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Cancer research meets evolutionary biology

John W Pepper1, C Scott Findlay2, Rees Kassen3

  • 1Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona Tucson, AZ, USA ; The Santa Fe Institute Santa Fe, NM, USA.

Evolutionary Applications
|January 9, 2015
PubMed
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Darwinian theory offers insights into cancer's origins and treatment by viewing neoplastic cells as evolving entities. This evolutionary framework aids in understanding cancer progression and developing new therapeutic strategies.

Keywords:
acquired drug resistancecancer progressiondrug developmentnatural selectionneoplasmssomatic evolutionstem cellstransdisciplinary research

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