Cancer--a degenerative disorder?

doi:10.1016/s0748-7983(98)91907-2

Article

Cancer--a degenerative disorder?

European journal of surgical oncology : the journal of the European Society of Surgical Oncology and the British Association of Surgical Oncology - 1 Oct 1998

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Abstract excerpt

Cancer is primarily a disease of ageing epithelia, and of ageing individuals. We now possess detailed insights into the changes in cell regulatory genes and DNA repair systems which accumulate with time and which manifest in malignancy. These demonstrate how cancer is frequently characterized by...

Topics

Aged
Aging
Aneuploidy
Apoptosis
Cell Division
Genotype
Humans
Mutation
Neoplasms
Signal Transduction
Terminology as Topic

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