Concepts in solid tumor evolution.
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چکیده
Evolutionary mechanisms in cancer progression give tumors their individuality. Cancer evolution is different from organismal evolution, however, and we discuss where concepts from evolutionary genetics are useful or limited in facilitating an understanding of cancer. Based on these concepts we construct and apply the simplest plausible model of tumor growth and progression. Simulations using this simple model illustrate the importance of stochastic events early in tumorigenesis, highlight the dominance of exponential growth over linear growth and differentiation, and explain the clonal substructure of tumors.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Trends in genetics : TIG
دوره 31 4 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2015