Corbett S C, Cartwright R A
Med Hypotheses. 1980 Apr;6(4):389-400. doi: 10.1016/0306-9877(80)90053-5.
An alternative means of investigating atherosclerosis is suggested in the hope that this will lead to preventative and therapeutic measures more successful than current approaches. A putative link between arterial atherosclerotic lesions and neoplasia, suggesting that arterial plaques are monoclonal in origin, is discussed. If plaques do minic a neoplastic process, it is possible to look at many conventially accepted aspects of arterial disease in a new light. This is particularly the case with the role of diet, smoking and how the disease might be prevented or treated at an early stage or how the process might be reversed.
有人提出了一种研究动脉粥样硬化的替代方法，希望这将带来比目前方法更成功的预防和治疗措施。文中讨论了动脉粥样硬化病变与肿瘤形成之间的一种假定联系，这表明动脉斑块起源于单克隆。如果斑块确实类似于肿瘤形成过程，那么就有可能以一种新的视角看待许多传统上公认的动脉疾病方面。在饮食、吸烟的作用以及疾病如何在早期得到预防或治疗或者该过程如何逆转方面尤其如此。
