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Therapy sculpts the complex interplay between cancer and the immune system during tumour evolution

Thol, K; Pawlik, P; McGranahan, N; (2022) Therapy sculpts the complex interplay between cancer and the immune system during tumour evolution. Genome Medicine , 14 , Article 137. 10.1186/s13073-022-01138-3. Green open access

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Abstract

Cancer development is an evolutionary process. A key selection pressure is exerted by therapy, one of the few players in cancer evolution that can be controlled. As such, an understanding of how treatment acts to sculpt the tumour and its microenvironment and how this influences a tumour’s subsequent evolutionary trajectory is critical. In this review, we examine cancer evolution and intra-tumour heterogeneity in the context of therapy. We focus on how radiotherapy, chemotherapy and immunotherapy shape both tumour development and the environment in which tumours evolve and how resistance can develop or be selected for during treatment.

Type: Article
Title: Therapy sculpts the complex interplay between cancer and the immune system during tumour evolution
Location: England
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1186/s13073-022-01138-3
Publisher version: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13073-022-01138-3
Language: English
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Keywords: Tumour evolution, Immunotherapy, Immune evasion, Anti-cancer treatment
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences > Cancer Institute
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences > Cancer Institute > Research Department of Oncology
URI: https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10162392
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