Adaptive Oncogenesis - A New Understanding of How Cancer Evolves Inside Us

James DeGregori proposes a way of thinking about cancer as a disease of evolution-one in which mutated cells outcompete healthy cells in the ecosystem of the body's tissues. By tying cancer's progression to natural selection and evolved strategies for reproductive success, his theory goes far in explaining who gets cancer, when it appears, and why.

About the author

James DeGregori is Deputy Director of the University of Colorado Cancer Center and Professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics at the University of Colorado School of Medicine.

Summary

James DeGregori proposes a way of thinking about cancer as a disease of evolution—one in which mutated cells outcompete healthy cells in the ecosystem of the body’s tissues. By tying cancer’s progression to natural selection and evolved strategies for reproductive success, his theory goes far in explaining who gets cancer, when it appears, and why.

Product details

• Authors: James DeGregori, James/ Weinberg Degregori
• Assisted by: Michael DeGregori (Illustration), Weinberg Robert A. (Foreword)
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.03.2018
• EAN: 9780674545397
• ISBN: 978-0-674-54539-7
• No. of pages: 288
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Clinical medicine; Evolution, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Evolution, Cancer, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Biology, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Cell Biology, Oncology, Cellular biology (cytology), MEDICAL / Oncology / General