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A team at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory in New York found chronic stress leads to the formation of sticky webs of white blood cells called neutrophils, which make it easier for cancer cells to invade tissues.

The stress also caused a reduction in the number of immune cells, such as T cells and natural killer (NK) cells, while increasing the number of neutrophils traveling from the bloodstream and entering the tumors.

In their study, the stressed mice showed more tumor growth and spread to the lungs than mice not placed under stressful conditions, polkadot bar such as being under constant bright light, sitting in a tilted cage, hearing loud noise, and being deprived of food.