Teach Evolution in Oncology Training

Updated: 2025.06.28 3M ago 1 sources
If cancer is best understood as an evolutionary reversion to ancient cellular programs, oncology needs core training in evolutionary biology and developmental constraints. This would shift clinicians toward targeting conserved vulnerabilities and interpreting tumors as failed multicellularity rather than purely mutation stacks. — Recasting medical education around evolutionary theory would influence guideline design, drug targets, and how institutions evaluate competing cancer models.

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The Evolutionary Theory of Cancer (podcast)
Seeds of Science 2025.06.28 100% relevant
The interview’s segment ('Doctors are not trained in evolution') ties the atavistic theory to a concrete education gap.
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