Wargaming cancer: a strategy for future precision oncology?

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Division of Clinical Genetics, Department of Laboratory Medicine, BMC C13, Lund University, 22184 Lund, Sweden; Division of Pathology, Skåne Region, 22185 Lund, Sweden; Childhood Cancer Working Group, Genomic Medicine Sweden, Department for Healthcare Governance, 29889 Kristianstad, Sweden. Electronic address:

Published: September 2023

Development of drug resistance is a mounting problem in precision oncology, demanding a rethink of treatment strategy. Here, we apply concepts from military theory and espionage to the battle-like dynamics between cancer and its host, thereby identifying system vulnerabilities in cancer and ways of tricking cancer evolution into dead ends.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.trecan.2023.06.006DOI Listing

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