Discussion
State whether the following is true or false.
A single mutated copy of a tumour suppressor gene is usually enough to cause cancer.
Answer: B
Both copies must normally be lost, which is the two-hit hypothesis. An inherited faulty copy explains why some families develop tumours far earlier, since only one further hit is then needed. Knudson worked the idea out from the ages at which retinoblastoma appears.
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