The new era in cancer research Journal Article
| Author: | Varmus, H. |
| Article Title: | The new era in cancer research |
| Abstract: | For many years, discoveries about the genetic determinants of cancer appeared to be having only minor effects on efforts to control the disease in the clinic. Following advances made over the past decade, however, a description of cancer in molecular terms seems increasingly likely to improve the ways in which human cancers are detected, classified, monitored, and (especially) treated. Achieving the medical promise of this new era in cancer research will require a deeper understanding of the biology of cancer and imaginative application of new knowledge in the clinic, as well as political, social, and cultural changes. |
| Keywords: | mutation; review; united states; cancer diagnosis; genetic analysis; neoplasms; animals; heredity; biomedical research; genes; drug resistance, neoplasm; cancer research; oncogenes; cancer genetics; genetic engineering; tumors; medical oncology; forecasting; cancer epidemiology; cancer classification; cancer control; social aspect; disease control; financing, government; politics; national institutes of health (u.s.); cultural factor; medical applications; research work; research support; knowledge acquisition; research and development management; social aspects; cultural changes; genetic determinants; imaginative application; molecular terms |
| Journal Title: | Science |
| Volume: | 312 |
| Issue: | 5777 |
| ISSN: | 0036-8075 |
| Publisher: | American Association for the Advancement of Science |
| Date Published: | 2006-05-26 |
| Start Page: | 1162 |
| End Page: | 1165 |
| Language: | English |
| DOI: | 10.1126/science.1126758 |
| PUBMED: | 16728627 |
| PROVIDER: | scopus |
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| Notes: | --- - "Cited By (since 1996): 93" - "Export Date: 4 June 2012" - "CODEN: SCIEA" - "Source: Scopus" |
