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Transposable elements--is there a link between evolution and cancer?

Medical hypotheses - 1 Jan 2006

Hauptmann Steffen, Schmitt Wolfgang D

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Currently, the most predominant theory concerning the formation of cancer is that it is a genetic accident. Accordingly, various agents are thought to cause DNA damage which then subsequently activates oncogenes and inactivates tumor suppressor genes. This article, however, describes a theory that interprets cancer as a misguided adaptation. Stressors, which cannot be compensated for with the usual cell...

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PMID: 16239072
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2005.08.051

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