Unless I accept my faults I will most certainly doubt my virtues. ~Hugh Prather
Alcohol consumption has long been linked to cancer and its spread, but the underlying mechanism has never been clear. Now, researchers at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago have identified a cellular pathway that may explain the link.
The researchers found that alcohol stimulates what is called the epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition, in which ordinary cancer cells morph into a more aggressive form and begin to spread throughout the body.
“Cancer cells become dangerous when they metastasize,” said Christopher Forsyth, Ph.D., assistant professor of medicine and biochemistry at Rush University Medical Center and the lead author of the study.
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