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To synthesize mechanistic insights into how the peripheral nervous system shapes tumor biology and the tumor microenvironment across cellular components, phenotypes, and communication modes.

March 9, 2026ResearchOpen Access

Peripheral Nerve–Cancer Interactions in the Tumor Microenvironment

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FSFanglin ShaoSouthwest Medical University JWJie WangSichuan University ALAiqing LiSichuan Academy of Medical Sciences & Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital

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Narrative review uncovers multifaceted peripheral nerve-tumor interactions within the tumor microenvironment, highlighting novel therapeutic targets in cancer neuroscience.

Key Points

To synthesize mechanistic insights into how the peripheral nervous system shapes tumor biology and the tumor microenvironment across cellular components, phenotypes, and communication modes.
Conducted a comprehensive literature synthesis evaluating over two decades of evidence in cancer neuroscience.
Categorized peripheral nerve–tumor interactions across three structural dimensions: pathological phenotypes, cellular components, and modes of communication.
Autonomic and sensory neural pathways actively drive tumor initiation, invasion, metastasis, and immune evasion through direct cellular crosstalk with tumor, immune, and glial cells.
Systemic and environmental modulators—including chronic stress, pain, aging, metabolic status, and the microbiome—dynamically reshape nerve-tumor signaling within the tumor ecosystem.
Disrupting nerve-cancer communication networks presents promising opportunities for emerging targeted oncological therapies.

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Shao et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a71e69d26770c2b8de14496 https://doi.org/10.34133/research.1221

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March 9, 2026ResearchOpen Access

Peripheral Nerve–Cancer Interactions in the Tumor Microenvironment

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Authors

FSFanglin ShaoSouthwest Medical University JWJie WangSichuan University ALAiqing LiSichuan Academy of Medical Sciences & Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital

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Implication

Narrative review uncovers multifaceted peripheral nerve-tumor interactions within the tumor microenvironment, highlighting novel therapeutic targets in cancer neuroscience.

Key Points

To synthesize mechanistic insights into how the peripheral nervous system shapes tumor biology and the tumor microenvironment across cellular components, phenotypes, and communication modes.
Conducted a comprehensive literature synthesis evaluating over two decades of evidence in cancer neuroscience.
Categorized peripheral nerve–tumor interactions across three structural dimensions: pathological phenotypes, cellular components, and modes of communication.
Autonomic and sensory neural pathways actively drive tumor initiation, invasion, metastasis, and immune evasion through direct cellular crosstalk with tumor, immune, and glial cells.
Systemic and environmental modulators—including chronic stress, pain, aging, metabolic status, and the microbiome—dynamically reshape nerve-tumor signaling within the tumor ecosystem.
Disrupting nerve-cancer communication networks presents promising opportunities for emerging targeted oncological therapies.

Cite This Study

Shao et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a71e69d26770c2b8de14496 https://doi.org/10.34133/research.1221

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