Cooperation among cancer cells: applying game theory to cancer

Archetti, Marco and Pienta, Kenneth J. (2019) Cooperation among cancer cells: applying game theory to cancer. Nature Reviews Cancer, 19. pp. 110-117. ISSN 1474-175X

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Abstract

Cell cooperation promotes many of the hallmarks of cancer via the secretion of diffusible factors that can affect cancer cells or stromal cells in the tumour microenvironment. This cooperation cannot be explained simply as the collective action of cells for the benefit of the tumour because non-cooperative subclones can constantly invade and free-ride on the diffusible factors produced by the cooperative cells. A full understanding of cooperation among the cells of a tumour requires methods and concepts from evolutionary game theory, which has been used successfully in other areas of biology to understand similar problems but has been underutilized in cancer research. Game theory can provide insights into the stability of cooperation among cells in a tumour and into the design of potentially evolution-proof therapies that disrupt this cooperation.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	sdg 3 - good health and well-being ,/dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/good_health_and_well_being
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Science > School of Biological Sciences
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Organisms and the Environment
Depositing User:	LivePure Connector
Date Deposited:	21 Mar 2019 09:30
Last Modified:	12 May 2023 21:30
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/70289
DOI:	10.1038/s41568-018-0083-7

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