Roles of the immune system in cancer: from tumor initiation to metastatic progression.

Volume: 32, Pages: 1267 - 1284
Published: Oct 1, 2018
Abstract
The presence of inflammatory immune cells in human tumors raises a fundamental question in oncology: How do cancer cells avoid the destruction by immune attack? In principle, tumor development can be controlled by cytotoxic innate and adaptive immune cells; however, as the tumor develops from neoplastic tissue to clinically detectable tumors, cancer cells evolve different mechanisms that mimic peripheral immune tolerance in order to avoid...
Paper Details
Title
Roles of the immune system in cancer: from tumor initiation to metastatic progression.
Published Date
Oct 1, 2018
Volume
32
Pages
1267 - 1284
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