Updating the Definition of Cancer

• Published in: Molecular cancer research Vol. 21; no. 11; pp. 1142 - 1147
• Main Authors: Brown, Joel S., Amend, Sarah R., Austin, Robert H., Gatenby, Robert A., Hammarlund, Emma U., Pienta, Kenneth J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States American Association for Cancer Research 01.11.2023
• Subjects: Cancer and Oncology; Cancer och onkologi; Clinical Medicine; Humans; Klinisk medicin; Medical and Health Sciences; Medicin och hälsovetenskap; Neoplasms - genetics; Selection, Genetic

Most definitions of cancer broadly conform to the current NCI definition: “Cancer is a disease in which some of the body's cells grow uncontrollably and spread to other parts of the body.” These definitions tend to describe what cancer “looks like” or “does” but do not describe what cancer “is”...