Question 5

(Multiple Choice)

Analysis of a patient's lung tumor reveals that all of the malignant cells in this tumor have a specific chromosomal abnormality involving a fusion event between two sets of chromosomes.This MOST likely suggests that


A)This mutation was inherited.
B)The tumor is polyclonal.
C)The tumor is monoclonal in origin.
D)A large number of normal cells simultaneously underwent this mutation.
E)None of the above.

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