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The content explains that scientists have discovered a new mechanism in lung cancer where lung adenocarcinoma cells exploit lung-resident macrophages to provide nutrients and promote tumor growth. This finding suggests potential interventions to disrupt this relationship and indicates that existing EGFR inhibitor treatments may be more effective when combined with statins.
Scientists discovered a novel self-perpetuating cancer mechanism in the lung microenvironment, wherein EGFR-driven lung adenocarcinoma cells exploit lung-resident macrophages — remodeling them to provide nutrients, like cholesterol, to the cancer cells and stimulate tumor growth. Their findings provide new inspiration for lung adenocarcinoma interventions that disrupt this tumor cell-macrophage relationship, as well as suggest that existing EGFR inhibitor treatments may be more successful if paired with statins.