Fig. 2

Therapeutic strategies targeting dormancy-reactivation of cancer cells. A Proliferating cancer cells can be eliminated using traditional anti-proliferative chemotherapeutic drugs through a process of inducing reactivation of dormant cancer cells. B Dormant cancer cells after primary treatment for cancer can be maintained in dormant state for a long time. C After primary treatment for cancer, residual cancer cells can be completely eradicated. The size of the yellow circles refers the expected tumor burden at each step