Integrating evolutionary dynamics into cancer therapy

RA Gatenby, JS Brown - Nature reviews Clinical oncology, 2020 - nature.com
Many effective drugs for metastatic and/or advanced-stage cancers have been developed
over the past decade, although the evolution of resistance remains the major barrier to …

Tumour immunotherapy: lessons from predator–prey theory

PT Hamilton, BR Anholt, BH Nelson - Nature Reviews Immunology, 2022 - nature.com
With the burgeoning use of immune-based treatments for cancer, never has there been a
greater need to understand the tumour microenvironment within which immune cells …

A survey of open questions in adaptive therapy: Bridging mathematics and clinical translation

J West, F Adler, J Gallaher, M Strobl, R Brady-Nicholls… - Elife, 2023 - elifesciences.org
Adaptive therapy is a dynamic cancer treatment protocol that updates (or 'adapts') treatment
decisions in anticipation of evolving tumor dynamics. This broad term encompasses many …

Towards multidrug adaptive therapy

J West, L You, J Zhang, RA Gatenby, JS Brown… - Cancer research, 2020 - AACR
A new ecologically inspired paradigm in cancer treatment known as “adaptive therapy”
capitalizes on competitive interactions between drug-sensitive and drug-resistant subclones …

A theoretical analysis of tumour containment

Y Viossat, R Noble - Nature ecology & evolution, 2021 - nature.com
Recent studies have shown that a strategy aiming for containment, not elimination, can
control tumour burden more effectively in vitro, in mouse models and in the clinic. These …

The contribution of evolutionary game theory to understanding and treating cancer

B Wölfl, H Te Rietmole, M Salvioli… - Dynamic Games and …, 2022 - Springer
Evolutionary game theory mathematically conceptualizes and analyzes biological
interactions where one's fitness not only depends on one's own traits, but also on the traits of …

Prostate-specific antigen dynamics predict individual responses to intermittent androgen deprivation

R Brady-Nicholls, JD Nagy, TA Gerke, T Zhang… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Intermittent androgen deprivation therapy (IADT) is an attractive treatment for biochemically
recurrent prostate cancer (PCa), whereby cycling treatment on and off can reduce …

Multidrug cancer therapy in metastatic castrate-resistant prostate cancer: an evolution-based strategy

JB West, MN Dinh, JS Brown, J Zhang… - Clinical Cancer …, 2019 - AACR
Purpose: Integration of evolutionary dynamics into systemic therapy for metastatic cancers
can prolong tumor control compared with standard maximum tolerated dose (MTD) …

Adaptive therapy for metastatic melanoma: predictions from patient calibrated mathematical models

E Kim, JS Brown, Z Eroglu, ARA Anderson - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Tumors are composed of different cancer cells with varying degrees of
treatment resistance, which compete for a shared resource. Adaptive therapy is an evolution …

Optimal control to reach eco-evolutionary stability in metastatic castrate-resistant prostate cancer

J Cunningham, F Thuijsman, R Peeters, Y Viossat… - Plos one, 2020 - journals.plos.org
In the absence of curative therapies, treatment of metastatic castrate-resistant prostate
cancer (mCRPC) using currently available drugs can be improved by integrating …