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New research reveals that stress promotes cancer metastasis (scitechdaily.com)

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The glucocorticoids released during chronic stress cause neutrophil extracellular trap (NET) formation and establish a metastasis-promoting microenvironment. Therefore, NETs could be targets for preventing metastatic recurrence in cancer patients.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1535610824000370?via%3Dihub

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[–] captainastronaut@seattlelunarsociety.org 15 points 1 year ago

Oh good. Something else for me to worry about.