Précis
Without a correct hypothesis, even the most rigorous scientific methods and promising experimental results can lead us astray, generating and propagating more cancer myths.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
References
Hahn WC, Weinberg RA (2002) Rules for making human tumor cells. N Eng J Med 347:1593–1603, Erratum in N Engl J Med 2003;348:674
The ENCODE Project Consortium (2007) Identification and analysis of functional elements in 1% of the human genome by the ENCODE pilot project. Nature 447:799–816
Rosenberg SA, Yang JC, Restifo NP (2004) Cancer immunotherapy: moving beyond current vaccines. Nat Med 10:909–915
Kwak LW, Young HA, Pennington RW, Weeks SD (1996) Vaccination with syngeneic, lymphoma-derived immunoglobulin idiotype combined with granulocyte/macrophage colony-stimulating factor primes mice for a protective T-cell response. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 93:10972–10977
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Corresponding author
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2010 Springer Science+Business Media, LLC
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Tu, SM. (2010). Cancer Myths. In: Origin of Cancers. Cancer Treatment and Research, vol 154. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-5968-3_2
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-5968-3_2
Published:
Publisher Name: Springer, Boston, MA
Print ISBN: 978-1-4419-5967-6
Online ISBN: 978-1-4419-5968-3
eBook Packages: MedicineMedicine (R0)