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IGURE
26. Simulation of carcinogenesis. A:
A bilayer of cells is in a quiescent state.
B:
The cell types are destabilised by modification of the value of the parameter C
0
:
localised cell proliferation resumes.
C and D:
This resumption of proliferation gives
rise to the release of cell masses into the environment.
arise from modification of a multitude of factors. We simply want to
suggest that cancer could occur from a similar logic and not from
alteration in the way the genetic programme functions. There is
moreover already a series of experimental arguments in favour of
this conception. Several observations back the role of the cell
microenvironment. Carlos Sonnenschein and Ana Soto have put
