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| Title |
Epistemology of the origin of cancer: a new paradigm
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|---|---|
| Published in |
BMC Cancer, May 2014
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| DOI | 10.1186/1471-2407-14-331 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Björn LDM Brücher, Ijaz S Jamall |
| Abstract |
Carcinogenesis is widely thought to originate from somatic mutations and an inhibition of growth suppressors, followed by cell proliferation, tissue invasion, and risk of metastasis. Fewer than 10% of all cancers are hereditary; the ratio in gastric (1%), colorectal (3-5%) and breast (8%) cancers is even less. Cancers caused by infection are thought to constitute some 15% of the non-hereditary cancers. Those remaining, 70 to 80%, are called "sporadic," because they are essentially of unknown etiology. We propose a new paradigm for the origin of the majority of cancers. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 51 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 10 | 20% |
| United Kingdom | 5 | 10% |
| France | 4 | 8% |
| Germany | 3 | 6% |
| Canada | 3 | 6% |
| Spain | 2 | 4% |
| India | 2 | 4% |
| Belgium | 1 | 2% |
| Italy | 1 | 2% |
| Other | 5 | 10% |
| Unknown | 15 | 29% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 33 | 65% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 8 | 16% |
| Scientists | 5 | 10% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 5 | 10% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 190 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | <1% |
| Colombia | 1 | <1% |
| India | 1 | <1% |
| Germany | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 186 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 29 | 15% |
| Student > Bachelor | 25 | 13% |
| Researcher | 23 | 12% |
| Student > Master | 15 | 8% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 15 | 8% |
| Other | 45 | 24% |
| Unknown | 38 | 20% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 43 | 23% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 31 | 16% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 27 | 14% |
| Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 7 | 4% |
| Engineering | 5 | 3% |
| Other | 30 | 16% |
| Unknown | 47 | 25% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 53. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 15 April 2023.
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