Enhanced CRC Growth in Iron-Rich Environment, Facts and Speculations
Marcello Chieppa, Marianna Kashyrina, Alessandro Miraglia, Diana Vardanyan · 2024
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Description
Marcello Chieppa and co-authors review in 2024 the link between iron and growth of colorectal cancer. Food shapes the risk of many long-term diseases, and iron is one trace element with a mixed role: the body needs it, yet tumors seem to thrive where it is plentiful. The review gathers what is known and what is still guessed about that link.
Iron-handling proteins build up around tumors and help feed key cancer traits, such as fast cell division, new blood vessel growth, and spread to other sites. The authors sort firm facts from open questions, and ask how iron in the diet and in the tumor setting could be used in care. The piece aims to guide future work on food, iron, and cancer control.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Marcello Chieppa, Marianna Kashyrina, Alessandro Miraglia, Diana Vardanyan |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 35 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |