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The mutations that confer a selective growth advantage to the tumor cell are called

“driver” mutations. It has been estimated.

A driver gene is one that contains driver gene mutations. But driver genes may also contain passenger gene mutations A typical tumor contains two to eight of these "driver gene" mutations; the remaining mutations are passengers that confer no selective growth advantage.

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