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Lung cancer TRICKS immune cells into helping tumors invade organs - Daily Mail

Lung cancer TRICKS immune cells into helping tumors invade organs - Daily Mail

Lung cancer TRICKS immune cells into helping tumors invade organs - Daily Mail
Jun 16, 2021 45 secs

Lung cancer can trick immune system cells into helping tumors invade the organ, a new study suggests.

Researchers found that early-stage lung cancer tumors seek out macrophages, which are white blood cells that protect the immune system and repair tissues.

The cancer than 'coopts' these macrophages into allowing the tumors to infect our cells and hide from the immune system, allowing the cancer to spread and reach later-stage levels.  .

A new study found that lung cancer tumors trick macrophages into letting cancer infect cells and hide from the immune system, allowing the cancer to spread (file image).

NSCLC makes up between 80 and 85 percent of lung cancer and new therapies have emerged over the last decade including drugs that target genetic changes in tumors and others that help the immune system better attack the cancer. .

The American Cancer Society estimates there will be more 235,000 new cases of lung cancer and more than 131,880 cancer deaths. 

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