Devolving Toward Cancer (IMAGE)

SMBE Journals (Molecular Biology and Evolution and Genome Biology and Evolution)

Devolving Toward Cancer

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For cancer evolution, regardless of the environment, the pre-defined final destination is the embryonic stem cell (ESC) state, and the closer the evolutionary distance, the poorer the prognosis.

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Xionglei He, Ph.D. College of Ecology and Evolution School of Life Sciences Sun Yat-sen University

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