How do they originate?

What will be an ideal response?


They can originate from the following: (1) as the result of mutations in normal genes in the tumor cell that cause changes in amino acid sequence that generate new epitopes; (2) by the generation of hybrid genes through genetic recombination, with the consequent production of a new protein unique to the tumor cell; or (3) from viral proteins expressed as a result of viral infection or integration into the host-cell genome.

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