David DeGraff – The Conversation

Cancer cells don’t follow the typical rules that allow a multicellular collective to function. Dr. Cecil Fox/National Cancer Institute

November 1, 2023

Cancer has many faces − 5 counterintuitive ways scientists are approaching cancer research to improve treatment and prevention

Vivian Lam, The Conversation

From math to evolutionary game theory, looking at cancer through different lenses can offer further insights on how to approach treatment resistance, metastasis and health disparities.

Most tumors are made up of many different kinds of cancer cells, as shown in this pancreatic cancer sample from a mouse. Ravikanth Maddipati/Abramson Cancer Center at the University of Pennsylvania via National Cancer Institute

May 1, 2023

Every cancer is unique – why different cancers require different treatments, and how evolution drives drug resistance

Joshua Warrick, Penn State; David DeGraff, Penn State, and Monika Joshi, Penn State

There is no one-size-fits-all approach to treating cancer. Understanding how cancer cells evolve could help researchers develop more effective drugs.

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