The immune system of the host responds to tumor growth as it does to infectious agents, with specific (e.g. T cells and antibodies) and non-specific (e.g. natural killer cells and cytokines) effector and regulatory mechanisms. The immune response reduces the number of tumors arising in the host, but is no longer effective against established tumors. Tumor immunotherapy is the attempt to elicit a therapeutic immune response in cancer patients.

Immune response to tumor

LOLLINI, PIER LUIGI
2005

Abstract

The immune system of the host responds to tumor growth as it does to infectious agents, with specific (e.g. T cells and antibodies) and non-specific (e.g. natural killer cells and cytokines) effector and regulatory mechanisms. The immune response reduces the number of tumors arising in the host, but is no longer effective against established tumors. Tumor immunotherapy is the attempt to elicit a therapeutic immune response in cancer patients.
2005
Encyclopedic reference of immunotoxicology
670
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P.L. Lollini
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