The cause of cancer is inscribed in the DNA of tumors, discover scientists, creating a "black box" for the origin of the disease

"They allow us to treat tumors as a crime scene and, as forensic scientists, allow us to identify the culprit – and his accomplices – responsible for the tumor."

AApproximately 360,000 people are diagnosed with cancer each year in Britain and 163,000 people will die from the disease. It is estimated that about 38% of preventable cases, but the new study makes it possible to better estimate how environmental factors can be deadly.

The human genetic code is written in molecules called nucleotides, represented by the letters A, C, G, and T. The new technique is to study the "misspelling" or mutations of DNA due to factors such as ultraviolet light, alcohol smoke tobacco, such A becomes a G.