Evolutionary therapy is a cancer treatment strategy grounded in evolutionary biology, based on the observation that tumors evolve resistance under the selective pressure of standard treatment. Rather than administering a fixed maximum dose, it uses adaptive strategies such as alternating drugs, adjusting doses, and scheduling planned treatment breaks to manage the balance between drug-sensitive and drug-resistant cancer cells, though monitoring a tumor's evolving population in real time remains a major practical obstacle.
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Evolutionary therapy (Wikipedia)
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Evolutionary therapy is a subfield of evolutionary medicine that utilizes concepts from evolutionary biology in management of diseases caused by evolving entities such as cancer and microbial infections.
Treats: Cancer, Lead
Evolutionary therapy is a subfield of evolutionary medicine that utilizes concepts from evolutionary biology in management of diseases caused by evolving entities such as cancer and microbial infections.
Treats: Bacterial Infection, Lead
Evolutionary therapy relies on the notion that Darwinian evolution is the main reason behind lethality of late stage cancer and multi-drug resistant bacterial infections such as methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
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