Evolutionary Dynamics of Malignancy: The Genetic and Environmental Causes of Cancer

by Robert C. Jackson

Advances in cancer genomics are transforming our understanding of cancer, and have profound implications for its prevention, diagnosis, and treatment. Evolutionary dynamics suggests that as few as two mutations can cause transformation of normal cells into cancer stem cells. A process of Darwinian selection, involving a further three or more mutations, taking place over a period of years, can then result in progression to a life-threatening tumour...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3031325753
• ISBN13: 9783031325755
• Release Date: June 2024
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 269 Pages