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Catch us if you can

Nature volume 419, pages 679–680 (2002)Cite this article

Tumours have ways of evading the body's immune system. A surprising example involves a mechanism that at first sight would seem to have the opposite effect and improve immune responsiveness.

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Figure 1: Tumour evasion of the immune system.

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