The Multiple Layers of the Tumor Environment

Lucie Laplane, Dorothée Duluc, Nicolas Larmonier, Thomas Pradeu, Andreas Bikfalvi

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Abstract

The notion of tumor microenvironment (TME) has been brought to the forefront of recent scientific literature on cancer. However, there is no consensus on how to define and spatially delineate the TME. We propose that the time is ripe to go beyond an all-encompassing list of the components of the TME, and to construct a multilayered view of cancer. We distinguish six layers of environmental interactions with the tumor and show that they are associated with distinct mechanisms, and ultimately with distinct therapeutic approaches.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)802-809
Number of pages8
JournalTrends in Cancer
Volume4
Issue number12
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 2018

Keywords

  • angiogenesis
  • immune system
  • niche
  • tumor microenvironment
  • tumor organismal environment

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Oncology
  • Cancer Research

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