Mammary gland fibroblasts are highly plastic and transition through distinct states during development and disease. A new ...

The study presented here demonstrates this impairment by successfully identifying a relationship between cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAF) and T cells. The team was required to perform spatial ...

These cells, called cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAF), play an important role in how the cancer develops. Several types of CAF stimulate the growth of cancer cells and contribute to the cancer ...

“Several of these cancer types are known to be associated with excess body weight and so one of the leading hypotheses is increasing rates of obesity,” said lead author Meredith Shiels of the ...

CHIP has already been shown to be associated with risk of age-related disorders, such as cardiovascular disease, but the impact of these genetic changes on solid cancer evolution hasn't been ...

driven mostly by types of cancer that have been associated with factors like obesity, alcohol use and age when someone gives birth for the first time. The data continues to show large racial ...

Study Identifies Subtypes of Fibroblasts in Skin Cancer Nov. 19, 2024 — A study provides insights into the diversity of cancer-associated fibroblasts in white and black skin cancer and describes ...

is associated with lower risk. So is exercising, which can reduce risk of cancer even if it doesn’t lead to weight loss, said Alison Klein, a professor of oncology at the Johns Hopkins School of ...

Two years ago, Emma Dimery was told her stage 4 colon cancer was incurable. Today, she is healthy and cancer-free — and she says a last-resort clinical trial saved her life. Dimery, who lives in ...