Table 3. Comparison of the therapies presented in this review.
Therapy | Pros | Cons |
Senolytics | High specificity - Targeted drugs Sporadic treatments - Depending on compound efficacy |
Low specificity - Non-targeted compounds Side effects - BCL family inhibitors Increase in apoptotic bodies Chronic treatments - Depending on compound efficacy |
Senomorphics | High specificity - Targeting individual SASP components Sporadic treatments - Depending on compound efficacy |
Low specificity - Targeting central pathways Chronic treatments - Depending on compound efficacy Lack of senescent cell clearance? Side effects |
Improving immune system | High specificity - Personalized treatments - Immunotherapy Sporadic treatments Dietary interventions |
Time consuming and expensive - Personalized treatments Low specificity - General activation Side effects - Autoimmunity? - Hematopoietic malignancies? Chronic treatments Patients affected by immunosuppression and/or immunosenescence |
TIS | High specificity - Specific targets Sporadic treatments Stops tumor growth Possibility to combine with other therapies |
Low specificity - General damage (chemo-radiotherapies) Side effects - New tumors - Fibrosis Chronic treatments Increasing senescence burden |