# Treatment Resistance Overview

This section gathers cross-cancer treatment-resistance topics in one place.

Use it when the main question is about **why treatment may stop working**, not just what symptom it causes.

### Start here

* [Treatment Resistance](/myhealingcommunity-docs/treatment-resistance/treatment-resistance.md)\
  Cross-cancer resistance mechanisms, progression patterns, pharmacokinetic questions, and treatment-escape logic.
* [Dormant Cancer Cells](/myhealingcommunity-docs/treatment-resistance/treatment-resistance/dormant-cancer-cells-2.md)\
  Cross-cancer guide to dormancy, residual disease, reactivation risk, and treatment strategy questions.
* [Senescence — The Second Escape Route](/myhealingcommunity-docs/treatment-resistance/treatment-resistance/senescence-the-second-escape-route.md)\
  Hub for therapy-induced senescence, SASP biology, senolytic strategy, and safety questions.
* [Drug Metabolism & Supplement Interactions](/myhealingcommunity-docs/treatment-resistance/treatment-resistance/drug-metabolism-and-supplement-interactions.md)\
  Shared pharmacokinetic, transporter, supplement-interaction, and drug-exposure questions.

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### Use this section when the main question is

* why treatment may have stopped working
* whether progression reflects tumour biology or drug exposure
* how biomarkers or metabolism may change next steps
* how dormancy, residual disease, or resistance escape may fit the picture
* how therapy-induced senescence or senolytic follow-up may fit the picture
* how supplement use, enzyme pathways, or metabolism may affect drug exposure

For symptom burden, side-effect interpretation, and recovery support, use the separate [Side Effects Overview](/myhealingcommunity-docs/side-effects/side-effects-overview.md).

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### Related cross-cutting pages

Some related pages sit beside this hub rather than inside it:

* [Dormant Cancer Cells](/myhealingcommunity-docs/treatment-resistance/treatment-resistance/dormant-cancer-cells-2/overview.md)
* [Side Effects Overview](/myhealingcommunity-docs/side-effects/side-effects-overview.md)
* [Surgery Support; Before and After Care](/myhealingcommunity-docs/surgery-support-before-and-after-care.md)
* [Biopsy Support; Before and After Care](/myhealingcommunity-docs/biopsy-support-before-and-after-care.md)
* [TP53 in Cancer](/myhealingcommunity-docs/testing-monitoring-and-biomarkers/tp53-in-cancer.md)

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### Current status

This hub now stands on its own.

More resistance pages can be added here without being mixed into side-effect navigation.

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