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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Health
Harriette Boucher

Scientists may have found key to treating hidden cancer growths

Scientists may have discovered the way in which pancreatic cancer – dubbed the “silent killer” – hides from the immune system, and how disrupting this process could help tumours to shrink. 

In a recent study, researchers from the University of Würzburg in Germany found that the cancer gene MYC, which helps cancer cells grow, also camouflages tumours by suppressing alarm signals that normally activate the immune system and attack the tumour. 

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