Article
Concepts in solid tumor evolution.
Trends in genetics : TIG - 1 Apr 2015
Sidow Arend, Spies Noah
Abstract excerpt
Evolutionary mechanisms in cancer progression give tumors their individuality. Cancer evolution is different from organismal evolution, however, and we discuss where concepts from evolutionary genetics are useful or limited in facilitating an understanding of cancer. Based on these concepts we construct and apply the simplest plausible model of tumor growth and progression. Simulations using this simple model...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.
