Open AccessChaos and cancers. Theories concerning carcinogenesis
Author(s) -
Wojciech Kwaśniewski,
Aleksandra Stupak,
Jan Kotarski,
Anna Gozdzicak-Jozefiak
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
ginekologia polska
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.4
H-Index - 21
eISSN - 2543-6767
pISSN - 0017-0011
DOI - 10.5603/gp.a2021.0003
Subject(s) - carcinogenesis , cancer , cancer cell , chaos theory , mutation , somatic cell , biology , chaotic , computational biology , genetics , gene , computer science , artificial intelligence
One of the most intriguing problems in biomedical sciences is the theory explaining cancer formation. It is known that cancer is the result of many molecular processes, the presence of oncogenic factors and the loss of apoptosis of affected cells. We currently have hypotheses based on carcinogenesis because of a single cell gene mutation, i.e. somatic mutation theory (SMT), or disorders in tissue architecture and intercellular communication called (TOFT) Tissue Organization Field Theory. An attempt to combine these separate and compatible cause and effect pathways into one unified theory of cancer transformation is the theory of chaotic adaptation. The new interpretative model is the systemic-evolution theory of cancer (SETOC) which postulates disintegration between the symbiosis of "energy" and "information" in normal cells. There are also epidemiological studies confirming that some types of cancer arise from viral infection. So, let us ask the question, can one hypothesis explain all the features of cancer?