Article
[A reductionnist approach of cancer].
Medecine sciences : M/S - 1 Jan 2000
Solary Eric
Abstract excerpt
According to a reductionnist view, a malignant tumour emerges and evolves as a consequence of genetic damages that accumulate in a cell. These damages generate a major clone and a number of sub-clones. A dynamic equilibrium emerges between these sub-clones in a given environment. Upon a multiform selective pressure, a great heterogeneity can appear in the primary tumour, between the primary tumour and its...
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