Cancer and the Tumor Microenvironment
By Eugene L. Heyden, RN “Although macrophages can target transformed [premalignant] cells, cancer cells evade this defense by reprogramming macrophages so that they support tumor progression.” ~ Geeraerts et al., 2017, emphasis added It has been said that cancer is “a wound that will not heal.” (Dehne et al., 2017). But perhaps a better…