Bad luck and cancer: Does evolution spin the wheel of fortune?

Benjamin Roche^{1

2}, Beata Ujvari³, Frédéric Thomas^{1

4}

Affiliations

¹ Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Research on Cancer (CREEC), Montpellier, France.
² UMI IRD/UPMC 209 UMMISCO, Paris, France.
³ Centre for Integrative Ecology, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Deakin University, Waurn Ponds, Australia.
⁴ UMR CNRS/IRD/UM1 MIVEGEC, Montpellier, France.

Comment

Benjamin Roche et al. Bioessays. 2015 Jun.

. 2015 Jun;37(6):586-7.

doi: 10.1002/bies.201500012. Epub 2015 Mar 20.

Benjamin Roche^{1

2}, Beata Ujvari³, Frédéric Thomas^{1

4}

¹ Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Research on Cancer (CREEC), Montpellier, France.
² UMI IRD/UPMC 209 UMMISCO, Paris, France.
³ Centre for Integrative Ecology, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Deakin University, Waurn Ponds, Australia.
⁴ UMR CNRS/IRD/UM1 MIVEGEC, Montpellier, France.

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Cancer etiology. Variation in cancer risk among tissues can be explained by the number of stem cell divisions.
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