title: Cancer: a response to prolonged tissue necrosis.
abstract: Various observations about cancers do not support the prevailing view that cancer is caused by genetic mutations. Some of these discrepancies are discussed and and a new theory of the nature of cancer is presented--namely, that cancer is a response to prolonged tissue necrosis. This leads to several predictions about carcinogens and possible cancer therapies.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Linsenmeier
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002273:Carcinogens; D002455:Cell Division / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D002470:Cell Survival / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D002471:Cell Transformation, Neoplastic / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D009336:Necrosis; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000473:pathology*
chemical_list: D002273:Carcinogens