Biological Therapy
Type-1 innate and acquired immunity play crucial roles in tumor immunotherapy
Published in Gene Therapy Weekly, December 9th, 2004
According to a study from Japan, "the discovery of a large array of tumor antigens has demonstrated that host lymphocytes can indeed recognize and destroy tumor cells as originally proposed in the cancer immunosurveillance hypothesis. Recent reports that led to the cancer immunoediting concept also strongly support the immunosurveillance hypothesis, and they further indicate that the host immune system plays a critical role not only in promoting host protection against cancer but also in selecting tumors that can better escape from immune attack."
"Thus, it is now clear...
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Source: Gene Therapy Weekly (2004-12-09)
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