Carcinogenesis

Inflammatory Cells Play Important Role In Fate Of Early-Stage Tumors

Published in Cancer Weekly, April 3rd, 2001

Findings of two University of California, San Francisco, studies dramatize what scientists have just begun to recognize: while so-called oncogenic cells drive the development of cancerous tumors, other, seemingly innocent cells - inflammatory cells - within emerging tumors can influence the fate of tumors, their aggression, and their response to therapy.

The findings, both reported in recent publications, suggest that blocking the action of these 'innocent' cells, or the factors they release, may interrupt the progression of cancerous tumors at early stages of development, the researchers say.

"Tumor biology has historically focused on the cells...

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