The glucocorticoids released during chronic stress cause neutrophil extracellular trap (NET) formation and establish a metastasis-promoting microenvironment. Therefore, NETs could be targets for preventing metastatic recurrence in cancer patients.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1535610824000370?via%3Dihub

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[–] Septimaeus@infosec.pub 4 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Isn’t metastasis the mechanism of spread? If so, this is more specific than “stress gives you cancer.” It’s more like, if you happen to already have cancer, avoiding stress can slow it down.

[–] Bebo@literature.cafe 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Yes, metastasis refers to the spread of cancer. This study speaks of the adverse effects of stress for people with cancer.

[–] Septimaeus@infosec.pub 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

My apologies, I meant to add that reply to one of the comments. Thanks for sharing!

It’s almost preparing your tissue for getting cancer.

This part was interesting too. It sounds like stress-induced NET formation can be shown to alter structures over time. I’ll have to read more about it.

[–] Bebo@literature.cafe 2 points 6 months ago

Yes. That's indeed interesting.

[–] ShrimpCurler@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 6 months ago

Humans actually develop cancerous cells very regularly. Our immune system can fight it off more often than not, but obviously not all the time. It makes sense that being stressed would make it worse, just like being stressed makes you more likely to be sick in general.