The fight against cancer: Is it worthwhile?

This article alludes to the findings of Tomasetti and Vogelstein and argues that for clinicians and scientists no matter how difficult understanding the pathogenesis of cancer may be, they remain the only hope for patients suffering from the disease. Data citing wide differences in cancer incidence...

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Autores principales: Barreto, Savio George, Barreto, Merlyn, Chaubal, Rohan, Dutt, Amit
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4477382/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26157283
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0971-5851.158833
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description This article alludes to the findings of Tomasetti and Vogelstein and argues that for clinicians and scientists no matter how difficult understanding the pathogenesis of cancer may be, they remain the only hope for patients suffering from the disease. Data citing wide differences in cancer incidence in different parts of the world is presented to drive home the point that ‘Bad luck’ is not a good enough explanation for cancer pathogenesis. There remains a lot to be uncovered in cancer and clinicians and scientists should strive to this end.
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spelling pubmed-44773822015-07-08 The fight against cancer: Is it worthwhile? Barreto, Savio George Barreto, Merlyn Chaubal, Rohan Dutt, Amit Indian J Med Paediatr Oncol Comments and Controversies This article alludes to the findings of Tomasetti and Vogelstein and argues that for clinicians and scientists no matter how difficult understanding the pathogenesis of cancer may be, they remain the only hope for patients suffering from the disease. Data citing wide differences in cancer incidence in different parts of the world is presented to drive home the point that ‘Bad luck’ is not a good enough explanation for cancer pathogenesis. There remains a lot to be uncovered in cancer and clinicians and scientists should strive to this end. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015 /pmc/articles/PMC4477382/ /pubmed/26157283 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0971-5851.158833 Text en Copyright: © Indian Journal of Medical and Paediatric Oncology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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