Rethinking Cancer: A New Paradigm for the Postgenomics Era

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. After dramatic advances in genome sequencing, never before have we known so much about the individual cancer cell—and yet never before has it been so unclear what to do with this knowledge. In this volume, leading researchers argue for a new ...