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What are the general causes of cancer? What are several types of environmental mutagens?
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Cancer is generally caused by changes (mutations) in the DNA within cells. The DNA inside a cell is packaged into a large number of individual genes, each of which contains a set of instructions telling the cell what functions to perform, as well as how to grow Show more…
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