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Scientists reveal how breast cancer hijacks nerves to fuel its growth
Researchers find that triple-negative breast cancer tumors recruit immune cells to release a protein that draws nerves into the tumor, potentially enabling growth and treatment resistance.
What to know
- Researchers identified that triple-negative breast cancer tumors exploit macrophages to release BDNF protein, which draws nerves into the tumor.
- Nerves recruited into tumors may accelerate cancer growth, enhance treatment resistance, and promote metastasis.
- The discovery reveals a previously unknown mechanism of immune system hijacking by cancer cells.
“Those nerves may then help the cancer grow, resist treatment, and potentially spread.”
Research team, Cancer researchers · Science Daily · Aug 13
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