BLACKSBURG, Va., Oct. 5 -- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University issued the following news release:
After a stroke, the brain gets to work repairing damaged tissue. But new research suggests some of the same biological processes that aid recovery may also help tumor cells grow and spread.
In a study published inNature Cancer, researchers found that ischemic strokes - caused by blocked blood flow to the brain - altered the environment surroundinggliomas, a form of brain cancer,in ways that accelerated tumor progression.
"What we found is that glioma cells can take advantage of the same processes the brain uses to repair itself after an injury to help the tumor progress," said Qi Ye, assistant professor at the Fralin Biomedic...