@article{fdi:010066773,
  title = {{C}ancer and life-history traits : lessons from host-parasite interactions},
  author = {{U}jvari, {B}. and {B}eckmann, {C}. and {B}iro, {P}. {A}. and {A}rnal, {A}. and {T}asiemski, {A}. and {M}assol, {F}. and {S}alzet, {M}. and {M}ery, {F}. and {B}oidin-{W}ichlacz, {C}. and {M}iss{\'e}, {D}oroth{\'e}e and {R}enaud, {F}. and {V}ittecoq, {M}. and {T}issot, {T}. and {R}oche, {B}enjamin and {P}oulin, {R}. and {T}homas, {F}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{D}espite important differences between infectious diseases and cancers, tumour development (neoplasia) can nonetheless be closely compared to infectious disease because of the similarity of their effects on the body. {O}n this basis, we predict that many of the life-history ({LH}) responses observed in the context of host-parasite interactions should also be relevant in the context of cancer. {P}arasites are thought to affect {LH} traits of their hosts because of strong selective pressures like direct and indirect mortality effects favouring, for example, early maturation and reproduction. {C}ancer can similarly also affect {LH} traits by imposing direct costs and/or indirectly by triggering plastic adjustments and evolutionary responses. {H}ere, we discuss how and why a {LH} focus is a potentially productive but under-exploited research direction for cancer research, by focusing our attention on similarities between infectious disease and cancer with respect to their effects on {LH} traits and their evolution. {W}e raise the possibility that {LH} adjustments can occur in response to cancer via maternal/paternal effects and that these changes can be heritable to (adaptively) modify the {LH} traits of their offspring. {W}e conclude that {LH} adjustments can potentially influence the transgenerational persistence of inherited oncogenic mutations in populations.},
  keywords = {{C}ancer ; evolutionary ecology ; life-history traits ; parasites ; plasticity},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{P}arasitology},
  volume = {143},
  numero = {5},
  pages = {533--541},
  ISSN = {0031-1820},
  year = {2016},
  DOI = {10.1017/s0031182016000147},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010066773},
}