Are the Somatic Mutation and Tissue Organization Field Theories of Carcinogenesis Incompatible?

Two drastically different approaches to understanding the forces driving carcinogenesis have crystallized through years of research. These are the somatic mutation theory (SMT) and the tissue organization field theory (TOFT). The essence of SMT is that cancer is derived from a single somatic cell th...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Simon Rosenfeld
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2013-01-01
Series:Cancer Informatics
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.4137/CIN.S13013