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Vanderbilt University Medical Center: Obesity-Cancer Connection Discovery Suggests Strategies for Improving Immunotherapy
June 13, 2024
NASHVILLE, Tennessee, June 13 (TNSres) -- Vanderbilt University Medical Center issued the following news release:

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The study reported in the journal Nature provides a mechanistic explanation for the "obesity paradox" -- that obesity can contribute to cancer progression but also improve response to immunotherapy.

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Immune system cells called macrophages play an unexpected role in the complicated connection between obesity and . . .

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