Rethinking Cancer: A New Paradigm for the Postgenomics Era - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0262054345 ISBN 13 : 9780262054348

Editeur : MIT Press, 2025

Synopsis

Leading scientists argue for a new paradigm for cancer research, proposing a complex systems view of cancer supported by empirical evidence.

Current consensus in cancer research explains cancer as a disease caused by specific mutations in certain genes. Thanks to dramatic advances in genome sequencing, never before have we known so much about the individual cancer cell—and yet it is still unclear how to use this knowledge for treatment success. In this volume, leading researchers argue for a new theory framework for understanding and treating cancer. The contributors propose a complex systems view of cancer, presenting conceptual building blocks for a new research paradigm supported by empirical evidence.

The contributors first discuss the new research framework in terms of theoretical foundations and then take up the relevance of a systems approach, reviewing such topics as nonlinearity, recurrence after treatment, the cellular attractor concept, network theory, and noncoding DNA—the “dark matter” of our genome. They address the temporality of cancer progression, drawing on evolutionary theory and clinical experience. Finally, they cover the dominant role of the tissue microenvironment in cancer, analyzing topics including altered metabolic pathways, the disease-defining influence on metastasis, and the interconnectedness of different environmental niches across levels of organization.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Bernhard Strauss is Senior Research Associate in the Department of Biochemistry at the University of Cambridge.

Marta Bertolaso is Associate Professor of Philosophy of Science in the Faculty of Engineering at Università Campus Bio-Medico in Rome.

Ingemar Ernberg is Professor of Tumor Biology at the Department of Microbiology, Tumor, and Cell Biology at the Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm.

Mina J. Bissell is Distinguished Scientist in the Biological Systems and Engineering Division at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: MIT Press
• Date d'édition: 2025
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0262054345
• ISBN 13: 9780262054348
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 433
• Éditeur: Strauss Bernhard, Bertolaso Marta, Ernberg Ingemar
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible