Study Finds That Tumors Alter Metabolism to Spread Effectively
Cancerous tumors are one of the leading causes of death on the planet. Nearly one in six deaths are caused by cancer, and in 2020, there were nearly 10 million cancer-related deaths across the globe. Cancer-related deaths and the number of new cancer cases are expected to rise to 16.4 million and 29.5 million respectively by 2040. Consequently, researchers have been working tirelessly for decades to understand the biological mechanisms behind tumors and come up with a cure for cancer. A recent study published by scientists at Weill Cornell Medicine has revealed a crucial detail about how tumors metastasize and…