How chronic inflammation causes cancer discovered

Related topics Newscancerinflamation Advertisement Stress, poor diet, lack of exercise, and diabetes have been linked with chronic inflammation and cancer. Alabama has some of the highest rates of cancer in the United States. A new study by researchers at the Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center published in the journal Cancer Cell on November 12, 2012, and reviewed at the Eureka Alert web site the same day, is the first to find a specific body chemical that promotes inflammation and is directly linked to the development of a cancer (leukemia). “The study shows that high levels of interleukin-15 (IL-15) alone can cause large granular lymphocytic (LGL) leukemia, a rare and...