Stress Response Protein Links Inflammatory Disease to Colon Cancer
Weizmann Institute of Science The findings might help identify those at extra risk of this cancer and develop means of prevention Inflammation promotes some of the deadliest cancers. In the colon, inflammatory bowel disease is well known to be associated with higher-than-average rates of malignancy. Nevertheless, the developing tumor is commonly diagnosed only when it has already advanced or even metastasized, possibly because the early symptoms of malignancy are often mistakenly ascribed to a flare-up of intestinal inflammation. Weizmann Institute of Science researchers have now revealed a m...