Abstract
Our reasoning is shaped by the great successes of the last century Just like a microbe causes infection, cancer is supposed to be the consequence of genetic injuries inside a human cell. But cancer cells do not summarize cancer.
There may be a persistent tumor mass following successful chemotherapy. These cancer cells have changed destiny and stop dividing. Similarly, cancer cells injected into a healthy animal or an embryo often differentiate into normal cells. Cancer cannot be ascertained by cytological examination alone.
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Schwartz, L. (2004). Are Cancer Cells Malignant Per Se?. In: Cancer — Between Glycolysis and Physical Constraint. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-18543-4_2
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