Blocked blood flow makes cancer grow faster

Cutting off blood flow can prematurely age the bone marrow, weakening the immune system’s ability to fight cancer, according to a new study from NYU Langone Health.

Published online August 19 in JACC-CardioOncology, the study showed that peripheral ischemia-restricted blood flow in the arteries in the legs-caused breast tumors in mice to grow at double the rate seen in mice without restricted flow. These findings build on a 2020 study from the same team that found ischemia during a heart…

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