3 International Cancer Researchers to Receive the 2021 Fondation ARC Léopold Griffuel Prize
PARIS, April 20, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Whilst the Fondation ARC Léopold Griffuel Prize is widely recognised today as one of the most prestigious European awards in the field of cancer research, many people are unaware of the story behind it. It is the story of Léopold and Alice Griffuel, a couple of philanthropists whose generosity led to the creation of the foundation in 1970. Since then, the Fondation ARC Léopold Griffuel has honoured the work of researchers who advance science and improve treatment for cancer patients. This year we are celebrating the 49
Through genome analysis, scientists have confirmed extremely rare cases of mothers transmitting their tumors to their fetuses.
The researchers from the National Cancer Center in Tokyo s Chuo Ward and other institutes discovered that the children of mothers with cervical cancer developed lung cancer.
“It is normally impossible for someone’s cancer cells to spread to another person,” said Hiroyuki Mano, director of the National Cancer Center Research Institute. “The tumors likely grew in the children’s bodies because infants do not have a well-established immune system and because the transmitted cancer cells came from their mothers.”
According to the center’s announcement on Jan. 7, cancer gene sequences of two boys aged 1 and 6 who were suffering from lung carcinoma were examined. Their mothers had cervical cancer.