Article
Genomic instability: on the birth and death of cancer.
Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico - 1 Apr 2007
Murga M, Fernández-Capetillo O
Abstract excerpt
The presence of an abnormal chromosomal content is probably the most universally conserved hallmark of cancer cells. Predicted at the beginning of the 20th century as the origin of tumours, and extensively documented thereafter, genomic instability lies at the core of neoplastic development. Regardless of this classic model, the actual impact that deficient control of genomic integrity has on human health and...
Topics
- Breast Neoplasms
- Cellular Senescence
- Clinical Trials as Topic
- DNA Damage
- DNA Repair
- Female
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Genetic Research
- Genomic Instability
- Humans
- Lymphoma, B-Cell
- Male
- Mutation
- Neoplasms
- Oncogenes
- Precancerous Conditions
- Spectral Karyotyping
