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ReviewCell2026

Senescence in cancer: Hallmarks, paradoxes, and therapeutic promise.

Clemens Hinterleitner, Hailey V Goldberg, Domhnall McHugh, Valentin J A Barthet, Aveline Filliol, Scott W Lowe

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Review in Cell, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
7citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Clemens HinterleitnerDepartment of Cancer Biology and Genetics, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065, USA.
Hailey V GoldbergDepartment of Cancer Biology and Genetics, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065, USA; Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences, New York, NY 10065, USA.
Domhnall McHughDepartment of Cancer Biology and Genetics, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065, USA.
Valentin J A BarthetDepartment of Cancer Biology and Genetics, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065, USA.
Aveline FilliolDepartment of Cancer Biology and Genetics, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065, USA.
Scott W LoweDepartment of Cancer Biology and Genetics, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065, USA; Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Chevy Chase, MD 20815, USA. Electronic address: lowes@mskcc.org.

Funding

X-RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHYP30CA008748 · NCI · SLOAN-KETTERING INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RES · PI FRANCESCA M GANY · 1985 to 2026
$347.4M
Impact of the aging niche on cancer phenotypes probed using mouse cancer models produced by somatic engineering.U01AG077921 · NIA · SLOAN-KETTERING INST CAN RESEARCH · PI LOWE, SCOTT W. · 2021 to 2025
$2.6M
Howard Hughes Medical InstituteNCI NIH HHS P30 CA008748NIA NIH HHS U01 AG077921
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cellular senescence is a conserved stress-responsive program defined by durable proliferative arrest and extensive remodeling of chromatin, metabolism, intercellular signaling, and immune interactions. Initially described as a barrier to unlimited cell division, senescence is now recognized as a pleiotropic and heterogeneous biological process with roles in development, tissue repair, immune surveillance, tumor suppression, aging, fibrosis, and cancer progression. Despite its broad relevance, senescence remains challenging to define operationally, as its molecular features, functional outputs, and physiological consequences vary across cell types, tissues, and stimuli. This review summarizes core hallmarks of senescence while synthesizing how these features are differentially engaged, diversified, and repurposed across biological contexts. Focusing on cancer, we discuss how senescence influences tumor initiation, evolution, and therapeutic response through both cell-intrinsic and microenvironmental mechanisms. We further evaluate emerging strategies to therapeutically modulate senescence, highlighting both opportunities and unresolved challenges for precision intervention.

Indexed as

Cellular SenescenceNeoplasmsAnimalsHumansTumor Microenvironment

Identifiers

PMID41935528
PMCPMC13552971

What Socratic holds

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Registered trials

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Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the Socratic graph.