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Flu, COVID may 'wake up' dormant cancer cells, new study finds
UNITED STATES, JUL 30 – Breast cancer survivors face a 44% to nearly twofold increased risk of lung metastases after respiratory infections due to inflammation-driven reactivation of dormant cancer cells, researchers found.
- Respiratory infections like COVID-19 and the flu may reactivate dormant breast cancer cells, increasing the risk of spreading in patients with a history of the disease.
- Patients who tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 had a twofold increase in cancer-related deaths compared to those who were negative.
- Patients with breast cancer who contracted COVID-19 were almost 50% more likely to experience metastatic progression to the lungs than those without a diagnosis of COVID-19.
- The findings indicate that cancer survivors may face increased risks of metastatic relapse after respiratory viral infections.
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rd.nlCoronavirus and influenza infections may play a role in cancer recurrence in previously recovered patients. The viruses appear to be able to reactivate "dormant" breast cancer cells that have ended up in the lungs, at least in mice, international researchers report in Nature.
Flu and Corona can wake up sleeping cancer cells - this is shown by a recently published US study in mice. Even years after an survived cancer, the tumor cells can wake up again.
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