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They have been incorporated into clinical guidelines, providing vital diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment tools.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Content<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Several unresolved questions persist regarding the mechanisms that drive these translocations and their role in tumorigenesis. Notably, identical chromosomal translocations have been observed in healthy individuals without corresponding increases in cancer risk.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Summary<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>This review reevaluates the current models of cancer development, particularly the somatic mutation theory, in light of these phenomena. 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