Darwinian medicine: a case for cancer

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Mel Greaves
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[1] Mel Greaves is at the Section of Haemato-Oncology,
[2] The Institute of Cancer Research,undefined
[3] London,undefined
[4] UK. mel.greaves@icr.ac.uk,undefined
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Nature Reviews Cancer | 2007年 / 7卷
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As we have evolved, we have aquired several evolutionary traits that might increase our susceptibility to cancer development. Mel Greaves outlines the benefits of a Darwinian view of cancer biology, cause and treatment.
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