A rare situation where only one of the two copies of a particular tumor-suppressor gene needs to be inactivated before there is a progression toward cancer is called:

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Haploinsufficiency is a condition where a single functional copy of a gene is insufficient to maintain normal function, leading to disease progression, such as cancer, when a tumor-suppressor gene is involved.

A Rare Situation Where Only One of the Two Copies