Overall, the ready availability of ligands for the AhR, P2Y1r, and mGluR5 in the tumor microenvironment, and the consequences of their activation in macrophages suggest significant impacts on metabolism that include the upregulation of the NAS/melatonin ratio, contributing to an M2-like phenotype, whilst possibly enhancing the availability of NAS to promote cancer stem-like cell survival and proliferation. Here, AHR is linked to cancer.