The Cheating Cell : How Evolution Helps Us Understand and Treat Cancer /

A fundamental and groundbreaking reassessment of how we view and manage cancer When we think of the forces driving cancer, we don't necessarily think of evolution. But evolution and cancer are closely linked, for the historical processes that created life also created cancer. The Cheating Cell...

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Hlavní autor: Aktipis, Athena (Autor)
Médium: E-kniha
Jazyk:angličtina
Vydáno: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, 2020
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ISBN:9780691186085
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Obsah:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1. Introduction: Evolution in the Flesh
  • 2. Why Does Cancer Evolve?
  • 3. Cheating in Multicellular Cooperation
  • 4. Cancer from Womb to Tomb
  • 5. Cancer across the Tree of Life
  • 6. The Hidden World of Cancer Cells
  • 7. How to Control Cancer
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index