oncology
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How Stress Could Make Cancer Spread
New research in mice may pinpoint how chronic stress can fuel the spread of cancer. The study found evidence that stress can induce changes to certain immune cells that inadvertently make it easier for cancer cells to metastasize and invade other parts of the body. The findings emphasize the need to manage stress following a…
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Depression and Anxiety Won’t Raise Your Risk of Cancer, Study Finds
Here’s some potentially happy news: Depression and anxiety might not raise the chances of cancer after all, new research this week has found. The study, a review of existing research, found no significant link between either condition and an increased risk of cancer in general, or many of the most common types of cancer. The…
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A Deadly Cancer Hijacks the Brain to Render Itself Untreatable, Study Finds
New research this week suggests that an aggressive brain cancer can hijack the brain’s own circuitry to further spread and render itself unstoppable. Researchers in Germany studied glioblastoma cells in mice and in the lab, finding that these tumours use some of the same mechanisms behind normal neuron development and migration to systematically invade the…
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Study: Alcohol Linked to More Than 700,000 Cancer Cases Worldwide Every Year
New research this week is the latest to find that alcohol use is a major cancer risk, one that people aren’t necessarily too aware of. The study estimated that over 700,000 cases of cancer worldwide can be attributed to alcohol annually.