immune surveillance hypothesis

biology

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In cancer: Immune surveillance
…small tumours is known as immune surveillance.
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In immune system: Immunity against cancer
…a number of immunologists postulated immune surveillance, the theory that T-cell-mediated immunity evolved as a specific defense against cancer cells and that T cells constantly patrol the body, searching for abnormal body cells that carry antigens on their surface which are not found on healthy body cells. Although it has…
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