Hallmarks of Cancer
Our current understanding of cancer is largely informed by biologists Douglas Hanahan and Robert Weinberg, who published “Hallmarks of Cancer: The Next Generation”, one of the most often cited papers in the field of oncology. The paper outlines the ten hallmarks of cancer that are now widely accepted and utilized by researchers around the world to understand tumorigenesis and the microenvironment of neoplastic disease. The majority of Chapter 3 (“Understanding Cancer Biology”) of the ...