Practical sheet | REF: FIC1179 V1

Action of chemical substances on organs: carcinogenesis

Author: Alain LOMBARD

Publication date: November 10, 2014, Review date: May 1, 2025 | Lire en français

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3. Is cancer inevitable?

Fortunately, regulatory processes are in place.

3.1 Repair/elimination of cancer cells

Spontaneous mutations occur as a result of genetic coding errors during chromosome replication, or contact with chemicals or radiation.

There is a kinetic competition (speed race) between the power of detoxification and cellular repair on the one hand, and the formation of nucleophilic reagents on the other.

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