@article{fdi:010058930, title = {{A}pplying ecological and evolutionary theory to cancer : a long and winding road}, author = {{T}homas, {F}. and {F}isher, {D}. and {F}ort, {P}. and {M}arie, {J}. {P}. and {D}aoust, {S}. and {R}oche, {B}enjamin and {G}runau, {C}. and {C}osseau, {C}. and {M}itta, {G}. and {B}aghdiguian, {S}. and {R}ousset, {F}. and {L}assus, {P}. and {A}ssenat, {E}. and {G}r{\'e}goire, {D}. and {M}iss{\'e}, {D}oroth{\'e}e and {L}orz, {A}. and {B}illy, {F}. and {V}ainchenker, {W}. and {D}elhommeau, {F}. and {K}oscielny, {S}. and {I}tzykson, {R}. and {T}ang, {R}. {P}. and {F}ava, {F}. and {B}allesta, {A}. and {L}epoutre, {T}. and {K}rasinska, {L}. and {D}ulic, {V}. and {R}aynaud, {P}. and {B}lache, {P}. and {Q}uittau-{P}revostel, {C}. and {V}ignal, {E}. and {T}rauchessec, {H}. and {P}erthame, {B}. and {C}lairambault, {J}. and {V}olpert, {V}. and {S}olary, {E}. and {H}ibner, {U}. and {H}ochberg, {M}. {E}.}, editor = {}, language = {{ENG}}, abstract = {{S}ince the mid 1970s, cancer has been described as a process of {D}arwinian evolution, with somatic cellular selection and evolution being the fundamental processes leading to malignancy and its many manifestations (neoangiogenesis, evasion of the immune system, metastasis, and resistance to therapies). {H}istorically, little attention has been placed on applications of evolutionary biology to understanding and controlling neoplastic progression and to prevent therapeutic failures. {T}his is now beginning to change, and there is a growing international interest in the interface between cancer and evolutionary biology. {T}he objective of this introduction is first to describe the basic ideas and concepts linking evolutionary biology to cancer. {W}e then present four major fronts where the evolutionary perspective is most developed, namely laboratory and clinical models, mathematical models, databases, and techniques and assays. {F}inally, we discuss several of the most promising challenges and future prospects in this interdisciplinary research direction in the war against cancer.}, keywords = {cancer ; disease biology ; evolutionary medicine ; evolutionary theory}, booktitle = {}, journal = {{E}volutionary {A}pplications}, volume = {6}, numero = {1}, pages = {1--10}, ISSN = {1752-4571}, year = {2013}, DOI = {10.1111/eva.12021}, URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010058930}, }