TAU pinpoints what brings about metastases in post-op cancer patients
With physical and psychological stress, hormones called prostaglandin and catecholamine are produced in greater amounts - suppressing activity of immune system cells while speeding up metastases.
A tray containing cancer cells sits on an optical microscope in the Nanomedicine Lab at UCL's School of Pharmacy in London May 2, 2013.(photo credit: REUTERS/SUZANNE PLUNKETT)ByZACHARY KEYSER