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Tumors disrupt the immune system throughout the body

from University of California, San Francisco via Medical Xpress

Tumors disrupt the immune system throughout the body University of California, San Francisco via Medical Xpress Cancer treatment has advanced with the advent of immunotherapies that, in some cancers, can overcome tumors' ability to evade the immune system by suppressing local immune responses. But a new study in mice by UC San Francisco researchers has found that, depending on a cancer's tissue of origin, tumors cause widespread and variable disruption of the immune system throughout the body, not just at the primary tumor site. READ MORE

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