Rethinking Cancer by Bernhard Strauss - ISBN: 9780262054348
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Cancer: Not just genes, but a complex system needing new thinking.

Rethinking Cancer

A New Paradigm for the Postgenomics Era

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    432 pages

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    9 September 2025

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Summary

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. Thanks to dramatic advances in genome sequencing, never before have we known so much about the individual cancer cell—and yet it is still unclear how to use this knowledge for treatment success. In this volume, leading…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780262054348
ISBN-10:0262054345
Author:Bernhard Strauss, Marta Bertolaso, Ingemar Ernberg, Mina J. Bissell
Publisher:MIT Press Ltd
Imprint:MIT Press
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:432
Release Date:9 September 2025
Weight:369g
Dimensions:229mm x 178mm
Series:Vienna Series in Theoretical Biology
About The Author

Bernhard Strauss

Bernhard Strauss is Senior Research Associate in the Department of Biochemistry at the University of Cambridge.

Marta Bertolaso is Associate Professor of Philosophy of Science in the Faculty of Engineering at Università Campus Bio-Medico in Rome.

Ingemar Ernberg is Professor of Tumor Biology at the Department of Microbiology, Tumor, and Cell Biology at the Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm.

Mina J. Bissell is Distinguished Scientist in the Biological Systems and Engineering Division at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.

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