No longer organs but molecules, new names for tumors are needed - Biotech. It has been discussed for many years, but the time really seems to have come to change the name of tumors.
Classifying tumors on the basis of their molecular characteristics would in fact help to quickly identify the most effective therapies. "The idea that cancer is a molecular disease is now shared by everyone", says Alberto Bardelli, scientific director of the Institute of Molecular Oncology Foundation in Milan and professor at the University of Turin.