Sep 2026· Medical Oncology· Vol 43· 0 citations· 42 references
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This review synthesizes how nerves and brain activity directly influence tumour growth across multiple diseases—including gliomas, small cell lung cancer, breast cancer, pancreatic cancer, and prostate cancer—and how these neural signals converge with metabolic and drug-resistance pathways that limit the efficacy of conventional therapy.
Neural–tumor crosstalk has emerged as a critical frontier in tumor microenvironment research. Central to this field is the dynamic, bidirectional regulatory network between the nervous system and tumor cells that orchestrates malignant progression. This review focuses on tumors arising outside the central nervous syste...
Cancer research has undergone a fundamental paradigm shift, moving beyond a tumor-cell-centric framework toward a systems-level understanding in which the nervous system occupies a central regulatory role. The brain and its peripheral extensions engage in sophisticated, bidirectional crosstalk with tumors across multip...
Yu-Xin Liu, Chunyuan Guo, Xing Wang et al.· Cancer Treatment and Researc...· 0 citations
Tumour–nerve interactions have emerged as a critical yet underexplored component of cancer biology, particularly in oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC). Beyond traditional paradigms cantered on tumour size and stage, accumulating evidence demonstrates that neural elements actively contribute to tumour initiation, progr...
A. Atchuthan· Ceylon Journal of Otolaryngo...· 0 citations
Current knowledge of neuronal regulation in cancer across three layers is summarized: direct synaptic communication, neuron-derived paracrine signaling, and neuroimmune modulation, and a translational framework is proposed to bridge basic discoveries with clinical application.
Shiyi Liu, C. Cao, Chang Zhu et al.· Biochimica et biophysica act...· 0 citations