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As research into tumour immunology continues at an incredible pace, a
considerable amount of work is aimed at exploring the mechanisms that underlie
the immunological recognition and elimination of cancer and the downstream
consequences of these processes. The capacity of the immune system for
recognition is not limited solely to the classic models of self versus pathogen
or self versus non-self but encompasses the more-subtle differences that exist
between self and transformed self. This conclusion provides the argument for
reconsidering the largely discarded hypothesis of cancer immunosurveillance.
Immune system attempts to constrain tumour growth, but some times tumour cells
might escape or attenuate this immune pressure, similar to the way in which
these cells evade classic mechanisms of tumour suppression. [...] |
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