Stomach cancer forms electrical circuits with nerves to fuel its growth, which could be disrupted using migraine drugs.

Researchers have found, for the first time, that a cancer outside the brain makes electrical connections with the nervous system to fuel cancer growth and aid its spread.

Cancer-neuron connections resemble synapses As a gastroenterologist, Wang's research has focused on stomach and other GI cancers. About 10 years ago, he discovered that cutting the vagus nerve in mice ...