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Immunotherapy
Data on immunotherapy reported by researchers at Dalhousie University, Department of Pathology
April 15th, 2008
Fresh data on immunotherapy are presented in the report 'Inhibition of T cell and natural killer cell function by adenosine and its contribution to immune evasion by tumor cells (Review).' "The resistance of many human cancers to immune-based therapies, including adoptive immunotherapy and the administration of therapeutic cancer vaccines, has been attributed to tumor-associated immune suppression, due in part to immunosuppressive molecules located within the tumor microenvironment. Adenosine is a purine nucleoside found within the interstitial fluid of solid tumors at concentrations that are able to inhibit cell-mediated immune responses to tumor cells," researchers in Halifax, Canada...
Source: Cancer Weekly (2008-04-15)
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