Cancer cells accelerate aging and inflammation in the body to drive tumor growth
Thursday, May 26, 2011 - 14:30
in Health & Medicine
Researchers at the Kimmel Cancer Center at Jefferson have shed new light on the longstanding conundrum about what makes a tumor growand how to make it stop. Interestingly, cancer cells accelerate the aging of nearby connective tissue cells to cause inflammation, which ultimately provides "fuel" for the tumor to grow and even metastasize.