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Peto’s Paradox: how has evolution solved the problem of cancer prevention?

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Title
Peto’s Paradox: how has evolution solved the problem of cancer prevention?
Published in
BMC Biology, July 2017
DOI 10.1186/s12915-017-0401-7
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Marc Tollis, Amy M. Boddy, Carlo C. Maley

Abstract

The risk of developing cancer should theoretically increase with both the number of cells and the lifespan of an organism. However, gigantic animals do not get more cancer than humans, suggesting that super-human cancer suppression has evolved numerous times across the tree of life. This is the essence and promise of Peto's Paradox. We discuss what is known about Peto's Paradox and provide hints of what is yet to be discovered.

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Unknown 202 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 34 17%
Student > Bachelor 32 16%
Student > Ph. D. Student 29 14%
Student > Master 14 7%
Other 11 5%
Other 27 13%
Unknown 55 27%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 63 31%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 43 21%
Immunology and Microbiology 6 3%
Medicine and Dentistry 6 3%
Earth and Planetary Sciences 4 2%
Other 17 8%
Unknown 63 31%