Is cancer progression caused by gradual or simultaneous acquisitions of new chromosomes?

Abstract Background Foulds defined, “Tumor progression (as a) permanent, irreversible qualitative change in one or more of its characters” (Cancer Res. 1954). Accordingly progressions, such as metastases and acquired drug-resistance, were since found to be subspecies of cancers with conserved and nu...

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Main Authors: Mathew Bloomfield, Peter Duesberg
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-01-01
Series:Molecular Cytogenetics
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13039-017-0350-4