A nascent approach to cancer treatment is using lessons from Darwin’s theory of evolution.
Called adaptive therapy, the treatment stems from the recognition that cancerous cells, just like other forms of life, mutate and evolve in response to a changing environment. Traditional cancer treatment—continuously bombarding cancer cells with drugs—can encourage drug-resistant cells to multiply, eventually creating an untreatable tumor.
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From WSJ article:“I think pest managers are about 30 years ahead of the oncologists,” said Carlo Maley, ...director of the new Arizona Cancer Evolution Center. Indeed, insect refuges are an obligate component of systems that enable GM seeds to keep resistant bugs in check.