What Is “Cancer”? Is There A Need for New Terminologies?
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In recent years, partly due to aging populations and partly due to worsening environmental factors, the frequency of cancer has increased significantly. Fortunately, thanks to the modern technological revolution, the end of the twentieth and the first years of the twenty-first centuries witnessed a progress of epical proportions in the molecular biology, immunology and genetics of cancer. This progress was reflected as remarkable advances in diagnosis and treatment of cancer. Yet the definition of “cancer” remained the same for centuries.
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تاریخ انتشار 2016