during tumor progression, additional mutations occur within multiple cells of a tumor population, leading to multiple different clones of cells within that tumor. Some) but not all) clones may eventually metastasize, depending on the number and type of mutations that occur in those clones. true false
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during tumor progression, additional mutations occur within multiple cells of a tumor population, leading to multiple different clones of cells within that tumor. Some) but not all) clones may eventually metastasize, depending on the number and type of mutations that occur in those clones.
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