About 80% of people with cancer suffer from significant muscle wasting, or loss of muscle tissue, and 30% of these patients die from this condition. New research in mice finds…
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ATF4 protein works in tumors and tumor-supporting fibroblasts to promote tumor survival — ScienceDaily
A stress protein that is overactive in many types of tumor cells also has a key role in tumor-supporting cells called fibroblasts, and may be a good target for future…
How tumor cells use mitochondria to keep growing — ScienceDaily
Hormone therapy is often used to treat prostate cancer that has spread to other parts of the body, but many patients develop resistance to hormone therapy, causing their disease to…
New pathway for DNA transfer discovered in tumor microenvironment — ScienceDaily
University of Notre Dame researchers have discovered another way tumor cells transfer genetic material to other cells in their microenvironment, causing cancer to spread. In their latest study, published in…
Widely-used hormone drug associated with increased risk of benign brain tumor at high doses — ScienceDaily
High doses of a widely-used drug used in the hormonal treatment of conditions such as excessive hair growth, early puberty, prostate cancer, are linked to an increased risk of meningioma…