Tumor cell plasticity in targeted therapy-induced resistance: mechanisms and new strategies.

ABSTRACT: Despite the success of targeted therapies in cancer treatment, therapy-induced resistance remains a major obstacle to a complete cure. Tumor cells evade treatments and relapse via phenotypic switching driven by intrinsic or induced cell plasticity. Several reversible mechanisms have been proposed to circumvent tumor cell plasticity, including epigenetic modifications, regulation of transcription factors, activation or suppression of key signaling pathways, as well as modification of the tumor environment. Epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition, tumor cell and cancer stem cell formation also serve as roads towards tumor cell plasticity. Corresponding treatment strategies have recently been developed that either target plasticity-related mechanisms or employ combination treatments. In this rev

SUBMITTER: Shi ZD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10008648 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature