Darwin, medicine and cancer

Annals of Oncology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 199-203

  Purushotham, A D ^a,b   Sullivan, R ^a,c  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c European Cancer Research Managers Forum   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Darwin; Dobzhansky; Evolution; Mayr; Tinbergen

Indexed keywords

BIOGENESIS; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER RESEARCH; CANCER STEM CELL; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CELL TRANSFORMATION; EVOLUTIONARY DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; GENE INTERACTION; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; HUMAN; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NATURAL SELECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY; EVOLUTION; GENETIC FITNESS; MEDICINE; METHODOLOGY; NEOPLASM; RESEARCH;

EVOLUTION; GENETIC FITNESS; HUMANS; MEDICINE; NEOPLASMS; RESEARCH;

EID: 77951892481     PISSN: 09237534     EISSN: 15698041     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdp537     Document Type: Review

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