‘Ambiguity of Cancer Associated Fibroblasts: Protumorigenic or Antitumorigenic’ Brief Review

The text was mostly too technical for my use. Being that the emphasis was on a very specific decision in cancer-related care and treatment, I cannot see myself referring to this piece extensively for the sake of my research. The analysis, in and of itself, though, was interesting.

The most pertinent excerpt, however, is undoubtedly related to the short discussion of laboratory viewpoints on cancer care in the future. Specifically, the use of words such as ‘increasingly’ and ‘efficiently’ when describing laboratories' change in focus towards the formation of a cancer cell imparts a certain level of heightened focus on prevention, or at least early stage curing. While absolutely an avenue worth pursuing (shout out to my mom; the amount of sunscreen I use stems from the same belief in prevention instead of curing, and she ingrained those beliefs in me), it is unfortunately not an area relevant to my work, as I am focused on later-stage happenings at this time.

Furthermore, some references might be of future interest. A History of Exploring Cancer in Context by Maman and Witz and Cancer-Associated Fibroblasts: An Emerging Target of Anti-Cancer Immunotherapy by Liu, Han, Wang, Fang, Ma, et al. will likely be papers I read and review in the near future.