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Book Review: Rethinking Cancer: A New Paradigm for the Postgenomics Era. Rethinking Our Path in the Fight Against Cancer?

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Submitted   Mar 26, 2025
Published   Jun 30, 2025
Issue    Vol 7 (2025)
DOI   10.25082/CCR.2025.01.004

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Ying-Yu Cui corresponding author
[1] Department of Cell Biology, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200331, China; [2] Institute of Medical Genetics, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200331, China; [3] State Key Laboratory of Cardiology, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200331, China

Abstract

Rethinking Cancer: A New Paradigm for the Postgenomics Era is a groundbreaking book edited by leading scientists Bernhard Strauss, Marta Bertolaso, Ingemar Ernberg, and Mina J. Bissell, and published by MIT Press in April 27, 2021.

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Rethinking Cancer

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Cui, Y.-Y. (2025). Book Review: Rethinking Cancer: A New Paradigm for the Postgenomics Era. Rethinking Our Path in the Fight Against Cancer?. Current Cancer Reports, 7, 286-289. https://doi.org/10.25082/CCR.2025.01.004
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