The sweet ingredient that could help ovarian cancer spread

The sweet ingredient that could help ovarian cancer spread

Many of us love the taste of sweet things. Could something found in everyday foods be helping cancer spread? That’s the question raised by new research on fructose and ovarian cancer, though scientists stress the findings were observed only in preclinical models. The study uncovered an unexpected way chemotherapy-surviving cancer cells may encourage ovarian cancer to spread, opening up new questions about diet, cancer biology and future treatmen…

Could Fructose Help Ovarian Cancer Spread? New Study Uncovers Surprising Mechanism

A common dietary sugar has emerged as an unexpected factor in research into how ovarian cancer spreads after chemotherapy. Scientists at The Wistar Institute found that ovarian cancer cells that survive chemotherapy can release fructose, which appears to act as a signal that makes neighbouring cancer cells more capable of spreading. The research, published in […]