Inflammatory cells in tumour microenvironment promote the transformation of prostate cancer cells into treatment-resistant cells
There is a challenge related to prostate and many other cancers that cancer cells form resistance to treatments as the disease progresses. However, these resistance mechanisms are not yet fully understood. A new study by the University of Eastern Finland found that inflammation-promoting immune cells, M1 macrophages, can transform cancer cells into stem-like cells and thus immune to treatment. The results were published in OncoImmunology journal. The study examined the impact of factors promoting inflammation in a tumour microenvironment on the progression of prostate cancer. Researchers