To carry out cancer research, the orbit seems an unlikely place, instead on the International Space Station there are conditions that may favor certain biological research, in particular microgravity.
Over the years, several biological experiments were performed on the Space Shuttles but also on Russian spacecraft and in recent years other ones have been carried out on the International Space Station. The accumulated results have allowed to obtain new information about some of the mechanisms of cancer cell development such as those related to cytokines, proteins that mediate and regulate immunity and inflammation.