Ángel Lanas

Ángel Lanas

Ángel Lanas
Position

Professor at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Zaragoza, head of the Digestive Service of the Hospital Clínico Universitario Lozano Blesa of Zaragoza and scientific director of the Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria de Aragón (IIS Aragón)

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Aspirin reduces the formation of metastasis in mice, according to a study

An international team has found that aspirin is capable of reducing the appearance of metastasis in mice, by enabling the activation of T lymphocytes capable of recognising tumour cells. The research showed that several different mouse cancer models — including breast cancer, colon cancer and melanoma — treated with aspirin showed a lower rate of metastasis in other organs, such as the lungs and liver, compared to untreated mice. According to the authors, who publish the results in the journal Nature, ‘the finding paves the way for the use of more effective anti-metastatic immunotherapies’.

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