Communications Medicine (Apr 2022)

Spatial structure impacts adaptive therapy by shaping intra-tumoral competition

  • Maximilian A. R. Strobl,
  • Jill Gallaher,
  • Jeffrey West,
  • Mark Robertson-Tessi,
  • Philip K. Maini,
  • Alexander R. A. Anderson

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s43856-022-00110-x
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 2, no. 1
pp. 1 – 18

Abstract

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Strobl et al. develop an agent-based spatial model of drug resistance in tumour cells under adaptive therapy. Using this model, they investigate how the tumour’s spatial architecture impacts intratumoural competitive dynamics of drug-sensitive vs. -resistant clones in response to therapy.