Abstract

Cancer is an ecosystem whose intrinsic mechanisms do not show up under the microscope of pathologists. However, the information provided by pathologists is absolutely necessary for the correct implementation of personalized treatments. This short paper seeks to analyze this apparent paradox, i.e. static snapshots for making crucial decisions in essentially dynamic diseases, taking clear cell renal cell carcinoma as a paradigmatic example of tumor variability. We seek to call the attention of pathologists and other cancer-related medical specialists to extend knowledge of the evolutionary features of the disease to help obtain a better understanding of why cancer behaves as it does.

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