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From Oncological Paradigms to Non-Communicable Disease Pandemic. The Need of Recovery Human Biology Evolution

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  • Elia Biganzoli

    (Unit of Medical Statistics, Biometry and Epidemiology, Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences (DIBIC) “L. Sacco” & DSRC, LITA Vialba Campus, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Gian Battista Grassi, 74-20157 Milano, Italy
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  • Romano Demicheli

    (Unit of Medical Statistics, Biometry and Epidemiology, Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences (DIBIC) “L. Sacco” & DSRC, LITA Vialba Campus, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Gian Battista Grassi, 74-20157 Milano, Italy
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Abstract

The paradigm of the Somatic Mutation Theory (SMT) is failing, and a new paradigm is underway but not yet established. What is being challenged is a conceptual approach that involves the entire human biology and the development of chronic diseases. The behavior of breast and other solid cancers is compatible with the concept that the primary tumor is able to control its microscopic metastases, in the same way that an organ (e.g., the liver) is able to control its physiological size. This finding suggested that cancer and its metastases may behave as an organoid. The new paradigm under construction considers the origin of tumors as a disturbance in the communication network between tissue cell populations and between cells and extracellular matrix, and supports a systemic approach to the study of both healthy and pathologic tissues. The commentary provides a rationale for the role of physical exercise in the control of tumor dormancy according to a human evolutionary perspective.

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  • Elia Biganzoli & Romano Demicheli, 2021. "From Oncological Paradigms to Non-Communicable Disease Pandemic. The Need of Recovery Human Biology Evolution," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(19), pages 1-6, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:18:y:2021:i:19:p:10087-:d:643087
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    1. Yoshiki Sasai, 2013. "Cytosystems dynamics in self-organization of tissue architecture," Nature, Nature, vol. 493(7432), pages 318-326, January.
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