Cancer-Promoting Chronic Inflammation (IMAGE)

Massachusetts General Hospital

Cancer-Promoting Chronic Inflammation

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Mass. General Hospital investigators have identified immune factors that interact to initiate cancer-promoting chronic inflammation -- as in this image of cancer-prone colitis in a mouse colon.

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Amir Ameri, MGH Center for Cancer Immunology/Cutaneous Biology Research Center

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