Furthermore, the presence of key cell secretome cytokines with roles in innate immunity and inflammatory processes (e.g., CSF1 (GeneCards - Human Genes | Gene Database | Gene Search, n.d.)) and various growth factors implicated in the many steps of cancer progression uncovered additional areas of research that could benefit from the model, and prospects for the development of novel prognostic/diagnostic assays and targeted therapies. Here, CSF1 is linked to cancer.