Rondeau, Elena and Larmonier, Nicolas and Pradeu, Thomas and Bikfalvi, Andreas (2019) Characterizing causality in cancer. eLife, 8. ISSN 2050-084X

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Abstract

Philosophers have explored the concept of causality for centuries. Here we argue that ideas about causality from philosophy can help scientists to better understand how cancerous tumors grow and spread in the body. After outlining six characteristics of causality that are relevant to cancer, we emphasize the importance of feedback loops and interactions between tumor-cell-intrinsic and tumor-cell-extrinsic factors for explaining the formation and dissemination of tumors.

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Item Type:	Published Article or Volume
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID Rondeau, Elena Larmonier, Nicolas Pradeu, Thomas Bikfalvi, Andreas
Depositing User:	Thomas Pradeu
Date Deposited:	19 Oct 2020 02:50
Last Modified:	19 Oct 2020 02:50
Item ID:	18272
Journal or Publication Title:	eLife
Official URL:	http://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.53755
DOI or Unique Handle:	10.7554/eLife.53755
Date:	2019
Volume:	8
ISSN:	2050-084X
URI:	https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/18272

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