Breaking: The healing process after breast cancer surgery may trigger cancer to spread, study finds

Having trouble viewing this email? | View it in your browser   As the immune system works to heal the surgical scar, it stops restraining cancer cells that have already wandered far from the tumor site, according to the study published Wednesday in "Science Translational Medicine". Without this brake, those cancer cells are free to grow and become new, more dangerous tumors. FOR MORE ON THIS STORY, GO TO:   USATODAY.COM     Help | Advertise | Home Delivery | Privacy Policy - Your California Privacy Rights     © 2017 USA TODAY, a division of Gannett Satellite Information Network, LLC. 7950 Jones Branch Drive, McLean, VA 22108