Aggressive Treatment may be the Wrong Approach
Most cancer treatment is based on a simple idea: kill as many cancer cells as possible as quickly as possible. But, for some cancers, that may be the wrong approach.
In this episode, Dr. Dawn Lemanne and Dr. Deborah Gordon explore a surprising idea emerging from evolutionary biology, ecology, and mathematical oncology: in some metastatic cancers, aggressive treatment may unintentionally accelerate the growth of treatment-resistant cancer cells.