Hidden in the lungs of some breast cancer survivors are tumour cells that can remain dormant for decades — until they one day ...

Respiratory infections like COVID-19 and the flu can activate dormant cancer cells in breast cancer patients who are in ...

Dormant cancer cells in the lung could be reactivated after a bout of COVID-19 or flu, according to new research. The findings suggest that a respiratory infection could spark a chain of events ...

Using findings from a mouse model, this conclusion was corroborated with observational data in humans that showed increases ...

Common respiratory infections like the flu and COVID-19 might jolt dormant cancer cells back to life in survivors, causing ...

Certain respiratory infections could trigger a reawakening of dormant cancer cells in the body, according to a new study.

Question: I have heard that in some way COVID infection or having received the COVID vaccine is also a new risk for ...

A recent Aurora-based University of Colorado Cancer Center study found that COVID-19 infection in cancer patients can reawaken cancer cells and lead to metastasis. The study, published July 30 in ...

Scientists from Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Utrecht University, conducted a research study about the impact of ...

A new study published in the journal Nature reveals that respiratory viruses such as COVID-19 and influenza can awaken dormant breast cancer cells in the lungs, potentially leading to cancer ...

Mice with a handful of cancerous cells in their lungs experienced a 100-fold increase to this number after being infected ...