The Cheating Cell How Evolution Helps Us Understand and Treat Cancer [] Aktipis, Athena

Aktipis, Athena

ISBN 10: 0691207860 / ISBN 13: 9780691207865

Published by Princeton University Press, 2020

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Cheating Cell How Evolution Helps Us Understand and Treat Cancer [] Aktipis, Athena
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Publication Date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0691207860
• ISBN 13: 9780691207865
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Good

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Synopsis

A fundamental and groundbreaking reassessment of how we view and manage cancer

When we think of the forces driving cancer, we don't necessarily think of evolution. But evolution and cancer are closely linked, for the historical processes that created life also created cancer. The Cheating Cell delves into this extraordinary relationship, and shows that by understanding cancer's evolutionary origins, researchers can come up with more effective, revolutionary treatments. Unifying the latest research from biology, ecology, medicine, and social science, The Cheating Cell challenges us to rethink cancer's fundamental nature and our relationship to it.

About the Author

Athena Aktipis is associate professor in the Department of Psychology and in the Arizona Cancer Evolution Center at Arizona State University and cofounder of the International Society for Evolution, Ecology and Cancer. She is also the host of the science podcast Zombified and the producer of Channel Zed. Twitter @AthenaAktipis