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Metabolic Crosstalk Between Host and Tumor as a Circuit of Resilience in Cancer Therapy

Cancer thrives by reshaping both tumor cells and the patient's whole-body metabolism; blocking resistance requires addressing both simultaneously.

This review advances a bidirectional metabolic interaction framework linking host physiology (aging, nutrition, psychological stress) with tumor adaptation and therapeutic resistance, proposing that overcoming resistance requires simultaneously targeting tumor metabolism and reprogramming host metabolic milieu. It integrates evidence from immunotherapy, targeted therapy, and senescence-related mechanisms.

What the study was

Study design
Narrative review
Category
Genomics/Precision Medicine
Maturity
Exploratory
Journal
Cells

Why it surfaced

Conceptually interesting systemic oncology review; mixed species evidence base. Relevant to precision oncology watchlist but primarily mechanistic/speculative framing.

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