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Tumor Microenvironment and Differential Responses to Therapy

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Hirata, Eishu, Sahai, Erik·2017·Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Medicine

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Cancer evolution plays a key role in both the development of tumors and their response to therapy. Like all evolutionary processes, tumor evolution is shaped by the environment. In tumors, this consists of a complex mixture of nontransformed cell types and extracellular matrix. Chemotherapy or radiotherapy imposes further strong selective pressures on cancer cells during cancer treatment. Here, we review how different components of the tumor microenvironment can modulate the response to chemo- and radiotherapy. We further describe how therapeutic strategies directly alter the composition, or function, of the tumor microenvironment, thereby further altering the selective pressures to which cancer cells are exposed. Last, we explore the consequences of these interactions for therapy outcomes and how to exploit our increasing understanding of the tumor microenvironment for therapeutic benefit.

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Authors
Hirata, E., & Sahai, E.
Affiliations
  • Kanazawa Medical University (JP)
  • The Francis Crick Institute (GB)
Venue
Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Medicine
Published
2017-02-17
Volume
7
Issue
7
Pages
a026781
ISSN
2157-1422 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2588118089
Cited by
422
References
130
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Type
posted content
Language
en
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  • Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Medicine (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • Francis Crick Institute (10144)
  • Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (17K07181)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › Cancer Cells and Metastasis
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Cancer Research › Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism
  • Physical Sciences › Mathematics › Modeling and Simulation › Mathematical Biology Tumor Growth
Keywords
tumor microenvironment, tumor evolution, chemotherapy response, radiotherapy response, extracellular matrix, selection pressure, treatment options, cancer therapy outcomes
MeSH terms
Drug Therapy, Extracellular Matrix, Humans, Neoplasms, Radiotherapy, Tumor Microenvironment

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