ArticleFuture oncology (London, England)2013
Translation of the ecological trap concept to glioma therapy: the cancer cell trap concept.
Article in Future oncology (London, England), 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.
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- 3D Printed Multiplexed Competitive Migration Assays with Spatially Programmable Release Sources.Advanced biosystems · 2020Article
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- The Subventricular Zone, a Hideout for Adult and Pediatric High-Grade Glioma Stem Cells.Frontiers in oncology · 2020Review
- Reversing the Tumor Target: Establishment of a Tumor Trap.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2019Review
- Cancer-associated fibroblasts as target and tool in cancer therapeutics and diagnostics.Virchows Archiv : an international journal of pathology · 2015Review
- Cancer research in need of a scientific revolution: Using 'paradigm shift' as a method of investigation.Journal of biosciences · 2015Review
- Ecology meets cancer biology: the cancer swamp promotes the lethal cancer phenotype.Oncotarget · 2015Review
- Niche inheritance: a cooperative pathway to enhance cancer cell fitness through ecosystem engineering.Journal of cellular biochemistry · 2014Article
- The cancer diaspora: Metastasis beyond the seed and soil hypothesis.Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research · 2013Review
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Abstract
Viewing tumors as ecosystems offers the opportunity to consider how ecological concepts can be translated to novel therapeutic perspectives. The ecological trap concept emerged approximately half a century ago when it was observed that animals can prefer an environment of low quality for survival over other available environments of higher quality. The presence of such a trap can drive a local population to extinction. The cancer cell trap concept is the translation of the ecological trap into glioma therapy. It exploits and diverts the invasive potential of glioma cells by guiding their migration towards specific locations where a local therapy can be delivered efficiently. This illustrates how an ecological concept can change therapeutic obstacles into therapeutic tools.
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