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Nitric oxide can either help cancer grow or kill cancer cells, depending on how much is around—little bits make tumors grow bigger, but lots of it damages the cancer cells until they die.

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This study says nitric oxide can be both good and bad for the body depending on how much is around, and it mentions this applies to cancer too—just like the claim says.

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