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• Study Reveals Why Breast Cancer Becomes More Deadly with Age

  Researchers at Georgetown’s Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center have identified a mechanism that may help explain a key reason why older people experience worse outcomes from breast cancer. The study implicates RAGE (Receptor for Advanced Glycation End-products), a cell surface receptor that amplifies inflammatory signaling, and which also becomes increasingly active with metastatic progression.

  Category: News Release Tags: aging and cancer, breast cancer, breast cancer research, RAGE receptor