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1: Nature. 2001 May 17;411(6835):342-8.Click here to read Links

Proliferation, cell cycle and apoptosis in cancer.

Evan GI, Vousden KH.

UCSF Cancer Center, 2340 Sutter Street, San Francisco, California 94143-0875, USA.

Beneath the complexity and idiopathy of every cancer lies a limited number of 'mission critical' events that have propelled the tumour cell and its progeny into uncontrolled expansion and invasion. One of these is deregulated cell proliferation, which, together with the obligate compensatory suppression of apoptosis needed to support it, provides a minimal 'platform' necessary to support further neoplastic progression. Adroit targeting of these critical events should have potent and specific therapeutic consequences.

PMID: 11357141 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]