The role of mutation in the new cancer paradigm

The role of mutation in the new cancer paradigm

<p>Abstract</p> <p>The almost universal belief that cancer is caused by mutation may gradually be giving way to the belief that cancer begins as a cellular adaptation that involves the local epigenetic silencing of various genes. In my own interpretation of the new epigenetic parad...

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Main Author: Prehn Richmond T
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2005-04-01
Series:Cancer Cell International
Subjects:
carcinogenesis
mutation
cloning
epigenetic
differentiation
cancer regression
Online Access:http://www.cancerci.com/content/5/1/9

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