How to Stop Cancer Cachexia? Start at the Top
July 09, 2024
July 09, 2024
COLD SPRING HARBOR, New York, July 9 (TNSres) -- The Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory issued the following news:
Cancer is insidious. Throughout tumor progression, the disease hijacks otherwise healthy biological processes--like the body's immune response--to grow and spread. When tumors elevate levels of an immune system molecule called Interleukin-6 (IL-6), it can cause severe brain dysfunction. In about 50%-80% of cancer patients, this leads to a lethal wasting disease called c . . .
Cancer is insidious. Throughout tumor progression, the disease hijacks otherwise healthy biological processes--like the body's immune response--to grow and spread. When tumors elevate levels of an immune system molecule called Interleukin-6 (IL-6), it can cause severe brain dysfunction. In about 50%-80% of cancer patients, this leads to a lethal wasting disease called c . . .