Cancer - An Insurgency of Clones

David Gisselsson, Robert Egnell

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Abstract

Oncological therapy resembles a military force that eliminates the central power of a country (dominant clone of a cancer) to create a vacuum where insurgents (subclones) thrive and instigate rebellion (relapse). We suggest that military counterinsurgency doctrine can inspire a discussion of cancer that uniquely embraces both cancer cell evolution and tumour microenvironment.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)73-75
JournalTrends in Cancer
Volume3
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2017

Subject classification (UKÄ)

  • Cancer and Oncology

Free keywords

  • Cancer
  • Counterinsurgency
  • Evolution
  • Microenvironment

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