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ReviewMolecular oncology2021

Overcoming the senescence-associated secretory phenotype (SASP): a complex mechanism of resistance in the treatment of cancer.

Cecilia R Chambers, Shona Ritchie, Brooke A Pereira, Paul Timpson

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Review in Molecular oncology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 105 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
105citing papers in PubMed
12.4field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

105 citing papers in PubMed, 160 citations in OpenAlex.

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  16. The Yin-Yang of Stress and Senescence: Integrated Stress Response and SASP Crosstalk in Stem Cell Fate, Regeneration, and Disease.Biocell : official journal of the Sociedades Latinoamericanas de Microscopia Electronica ... et. al · 2026
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  19. Improving our understanding of the biology of aging: findings from the Age-It Research Program.The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences · 2025
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45 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Cecilia R ChambersGarvan Institute of Medical Research, The Kinghorn Cancer Centre, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Shona RitchieGarvan Institute of Medical Research, The Kinghorn Cancer Centre, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Brooke A PereiraGarvan Institute of Medical Research, The Kinghorn Cancer Centre, Sydney, NSW, Australia.ORCID 0000-0003-3513-1214
Paul TimpsonGarvan Institute of Medical Research, The Kinghorn Cancer Centre, Sydney, NSW, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-5514-7080
Garvan Institute of Medical Research · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Senescence is a cellular state in which cells undergo persistent cell cycle arrest in response to nonlethal stress. In the treatment of cancer, senescence induction is a potent method of suppressing tumour cell proliferation. In spite of this, senescent cancer cells and adjacent nontransformed cells of the tumour microenvironment can remain metabolically active, resulting in paradoxical secretion of pro-inflammatory factors, collectively termed the senescence-associated secretory phenotype (SASP). The SASP plays a critical role in tumorigenesis, affecting numerous processes including invasion, metastasis, epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT) induction, therapy resistance and immunosuppression. With increasing evidence, it is becoming clear that cell type, tissue of origin and the primary cellular stressor are key determinants in how the SASP will influence tumour development and progression, including whether it will be pro- or antitumorigenic. In this review, we will focus on recent evidence regarding therapy-induced senescence (TIS) from anticancer agents, including chemotherapy, radiation, immunotherapy, and targeted therapies, and how each therapy can trigger the SASP, which in turn influences treatment efficacy. We will also discuss novel pharmacological manipulation of senescent cancer cells and the SASP, which offers an exciting and contemporary approach to cancer therapeutics. With future research, these adjuvant options may help to mitigate many of the negative side effects and protumorigenic roles that are currently associated with TIS in cancer.

Indexed as

Antineoplastic AgentsNeoplasmsCarcinogenesisCellular SenescenceHumansPhenotypeSenescence-Associated Secretory PhenotypeTumor MicroenvironmentAntineoplastic Agentscancercellular senescencesenescence-associated secretory phenotypetherapy-induced senescence

Identifiers

PMID34137158
PMCPMC8637570
OpenAlexW3167095581

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