Domesticating Cancer: An Evolutionary Strategy in the War on Cancer

Since cancer shares the same molecular machinery as the host, most therapeutic interventions that aim to target cancer would inadvertently also adversely affect the host. In addition, cancer continuously evolves, streamlining its host-derived genome for a new single-celled existence. In particular,...

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Main Authors: Gustav van Niekerk, Theo Nell, Anna-Mart Engelbrecht
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Oncology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fonc.2017.00304/full