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Sci. Aging Knowl. Environ., 28 June 2006
Vol. 2006, Issue 10, p. cp1

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Mutation selection and the natural history of cancer

John Cairns

http://sageke.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/2006/10/cp1

Abstract: Survival of the rapidly renewing tissues of long-lived animals like man requires that they be protected against the natural selection of fitter variant cells (that is, the spontaneous appearance of cancer). This article discusses three possible protective mechanisms and shows how they could explain various features of the natural history of certain common cancers of man.

Reproduced by permission.

J. Cairns, Mutation selection and the natural history of cancer. Nature 255, 197-200 (1975).

Citation: J. Cairns, Mutation selection and the natural history of cancer. Sci. Aging Knowl. Environ. 2006 (10), cp1 (2006).






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