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flag Study reveals breast cancer tumors use fat cells as energy source, linking obesity to increased cancer risk.

flag A new study in Nature Communications shows that breast cancer tumors can feed off nearby fat cells, potentially explaining why obesity increases breast cancer risk. flag Aggressive cancer cells use a "straw-like" structure to access and consume the fat cells' lipids for energy. flag Blocking this process could lead to new treatments for aggressive forms of breast cancer, like triple-negative, and highlights the importance of maintaining a healthy weight to reduce cancer risk.

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