How Chronic Inflammation Can Lead To Stomach Cancer

Wednesday, November 5, 2008 - 21:14 in Health & Medicine

Researchers have uncovered a major contributor to the cause of stomach cancer -- the second leading cause of cancer-related mortality in the world. The team described for the first time, that elevated levels of a single proinflammatory cytokine, an immune system protein called interleukin-1 beta, can start the progression towards stomach cancer.

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