Chronic stress promotes cancer metastasis

Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis, USA, have discovered that stress causes blood cells called neutrophils to form sticky, mesh-like structures that make tissues more susceptible to cancer metastases. The results of this study were published in the journal Cancer Cell. In the study, scientists subjected a group of laboratory mice with breast cancer…

Some cancer patients develop memory loss

In a rare but serious complication of cancer, the body’s own immune system can start attacking the brain, causing rapid-onset memory loss and cognitive deficits. What triggers this sudden biological civil war was largely unknown. Now, researchers at University of Utah Health have found that some tumors can release a protein that looks like a…