Fighting Cancer: Ins and Outs of Immunotherapy | NIH MedlinePlus the Magazine

Fighting Cancer: Ins and Outs of Immunotherapy | NIH MedlinePlus the Magazine

Fighting Cancer: Ins and Outs of Immunotherapy

Shown here is a pseudo-colored scanning electron micrograph of an oral squamous cancer cell (white) being attacked by two cytotoxic T cells (red), part of a natural immune response.
 

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Cancer can play a cat and mouse game with our immune systems, hiding cells and making it harder to fight off the disease.

Fighting Cancer: Ins and Outs of Immunotherapy

07/23/2018 11:57 AM EDT

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