Genome Medicine (Jul 2021)

We need to bring R0 < 1 to treat cancer too

  • Devabhaktuni Srikrishna,
  • Kris Sachsenmeier

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/s13073-021-00940-9
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 4

Abstract

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Abstract If each cancer cell produces on average more than one cancer cell, we see a net growth of the tumors and metastases and vice versa. We review recent clinical results for microsatellite stable metastatic colorectal cancer (MSS-mCRC) suggesting immunotherapy combinations with personalized vaccines, checkpoint inhibitors, targeted therapies, multikinase inhibitors, chemotherapies, and radiation that simultaneously slow cancer cell growth rate and enhance T cell killing rate of cancer cells may in future synergize to control the disease.