Cancer as a complex adaptive system.

doi:10.1016/s0306-9877(96)90086-9

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Cancer as a complex adaptive system.

Medical hypotheses - 1 Sept 1996

Schwab E D, Pienta K J

Abstract excerpt

The second leading cause of death in the USA is cancer. Institutions worldwide are devoting significant resources to the treatment of cancer, and the elucidation of the disease pathway. While great progress has been made in understanding and treating carcinogenesis, many aspects of the disease re...

Topics

Adaptation, Physiological
Cocarcinogenesis
Humans
Models, Biological
Mutation
Neoplasm Metastasis
Neoplasms
Nonlinear Dynamics

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