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How Viral Infections Like COVID Can Reawaken Dormant Cancer Cells
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Researchers have discovered that common respiratory infections can "awaken" dormant breast cancer cells in the lungs, promoting the development of metastasis. This finding could have important implications for the monitoring and treatment of patients in remission. Vaccination and prevention of infections: a new front in the fight against cancer. A study has shaken the scientific world by revealing that common respiratory infections, such as infl…
How viral infections like COVID can reawaken dormant cancer cells
Some cancer cells don't die; they go quiet, like seeds lying dormant in the soil. These "sleeper cells," scattered throughout the body, can stay inactive for years. But when the body faces a respiratory virus like influenza or SARS-CoV-2, the resulting inflammation (both locally in the lungs and systemically throughout the body) acts like an alarm clock. It jolts these silent cells awake, especially in the lungs, giving them a chance to grow and…
Isidoro Martínez González , Instituto de Salud Carlos III ; Carlos Pita Martínez , Instituto de Salud Carlos III ; Daniel Sepúlveda Crespo , Instituto de Salud Carlos III and Salvador Resino García , Instituto de Salud Carlos III Many times we think that overcoming cancer is the end of the story. However, in some cases, the disease leaves a silent shadow : tumor cells that travel to other organs and remain inactive for years or even decades. Now…
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