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Cancer – An Insurgency of Clones
- Source :
- Trends in Cancer; February 2017, Vol. 3 Issue: 2 p73-75, 3p
- Publication Year :
- 2017
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Abstract
- Oncological therapy resembles a military force that eliminates the central power of a country (dominant clone of a cancer) to create a vacuum where insurgents (subclones) thrive and instigate rebellion (relapse). We suggest that military counterinsurgency doctrine can inspire a discussion of cancer that uniquely embraces both cancer cell evolution and tumour microenvironment.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 24058033
- Volume :
- 3
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Supplemental Index
- Journal :
- Trends in Cancer
- Publication Type :
- Periodical
- Accession number :
- ejs40745392
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trecan.2016.11.010