Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute
Lung cancer and melanoma laid bare
Published in Pharma Law Weekly, December 29th, 2009
All cancers are caused by mutations in the DNA of cancer cells which are acquired during a person's lifetime. The studies, of a malignant melanoma and a lung cancer, reveal for the first time essentially all the mutations in the genomes of two cancers.
Lung cancer causes around one million deaths worldwide each year: almost all are associated with smoking. The number of mutations found suggest that a typical smoker would acquire one mutation for every 15 cigarettes smoked.
Although malignant melanoma comprises...
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Source: Pharma Law Weekly (2009-12-29)
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