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(A): Cancer incidence increases with age...

(A): Cancer incidence increases with age.
(R) : Oncogenes are epistatic to other genes of normal body functions.

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If both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).

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If both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).

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If (A) is true but (R) is false.

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If both (A) and (R) are false.

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