Cancer as a mechanism of hypermutation.

doi:10.1007/BF00046549

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Cancer as a mechanism of hypermutation.

Acta biotheoretica - 1 Mar 1992

Walker E H

Abstract excerpt

The highly structured mechanisms of cancers, their tendency to occur as a response to environmental stress, and the existence of oncogenes, suggest that neoplasticity may represent more than a biological disfunction. It is proposed that cancer exists as a phylogenetic mechanism serving to promote...

Topics

Animals
Biological Evolution
Humans
Models, Biological
Mutation
Neoplasms
Stress, Physiological

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