Progress comes from the latest investigations into a long-standing question in immunology — the role of the immune system in maintaining small, potentially cancerous lesions in a state of dormancy.
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Melief, C. Immune pact with the enemy. Nature 450, 803–804 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/nature06363
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