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From humans to hydra: patterns of cancer across the tree of life.
Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society - 1 Aug 2018
Albuquerque Thales A F, Drummond do Val Luisa, Doherty Aoife, de Magalhães João Pedro
Abstract excerpt
Cancer is a disease of multicellularity; it originates when cells become dysregulated due to mutations and grow out of control, invading other tissues and provoking discomfort, disability, and eventually death. Human life expectancy has greatly increased in the last two centuries, and consequently so has the incidence of cancer. However, how cancer patterns in humans compare to those of other species remains...
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