/newsroom/taxonomy/term/10694/all en /newsroom/channels/news/rewriting-our-understanding-gastric-tumours-288173 <p><span>The immune system can be an important ally in the fight against cancer. A study from ƽÌØÎå²»ÖÐ scientists published today in </span><em>Science</em><span> suggests that the reverse may also be true – that abnormal inflammation triggered by the immune system may underlie the development of stomach tumours in patients with a hereditary cancer syndrome known as Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome (PJS). The findings are likely to prompt a re-thinking of how gastric tumours form in patients with this syndrome and in others with gastrointestinal cancers.</span></p> Wed, 25 Jul 2018 11:00:49 +0000 laurie.devine@mcgill.ca 62581 at /newsroom