Cancer as a global health crisis with deep evolutionary roots

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The global burden of cancer incidence, deaths and economic costs is steadily increasing since several decades. Despite a massive allocation of research funds since the 1970s, no significant (in terms of years) improvements of survival times have been achieved for most cancer types. In this article, I argue that the failure to effectively prevent and treat cancer is partly owing to the gene-centric paradigm of the...

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• BRCA gene mutations in cancer
• Nutrition, Genetics, and Disease
• Science, Research, and Medicine

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de81f1f5-fb9e-5933-a4d9-2965815267a8

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10.1016/j.glt.2024.01.001