A common sugar may help cancer cells break free and spread
Researchers at The Wistar Institute discovered that fructose acts as a signaling molecule released by chemotherapy-surviving cancer cells to promote metastasis in ovarian cancer. This finding highlights a new mechanism by which dormant cancer cells contribute to disease recurrence.
A study from The Wistar Institute has identified a surprising connection between fructose, a widely consumed dietary sugar, and the spread of an aggressive type of ovarian cancer. The findings, published in Nature Aging , suggest that cancer cells that remain after chemotherapy can communicate with nearby tumor cells and make them more likely to spread.
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