From: news-medical.net Introduction Recent evidence shows a complex bidirectional relationship between the nervous system and cancer. This emerging field, known as cancer neuroscience, examines how neurons, neurotransmitters, and neural networks influence tumor initiation, growth, immune regulation, and metastasis, while tumors actively remodel and recruit neural structures to support their progression. These interactions can occur locally within the tumor microenvironment or …
Breast Cancer Survivors’ Psychoneurological Symptoms with Kynurenine and Tryptophan Pathway Metabolites
Source: sciencedirect.com From: physiciansweekly.com The following is a summary of the “Tryptophan and Kynurenine Pathway Metabolites and Psychoneurological Symptoms Among Breast Cancer Survivors,” published in the February 2023 issue of Pain management by Li, et al. Breast cancer survivors were studied to see if there was a connection between the metabolites in the tryptophan-kynurenine pathway and psychological and nervous system …
Stunning Possibility: Can Anesthetizing Nerve Cells Shrink Breast Cancer Tumors?
By Abigail Klein Leichman From: themississippilink.com Researchers at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology have developed an innovative treatment for breast cancer, based on analgesic nanoparticles that target the nervous system. The researchers found that cancer cells stimulate infiltration of nerve cells into the tumor, and these cells then help the cancer cells proliferate, grow and migrate. Based on these findings, …