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Immune response vital in cancer fight

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Activity of body's defences predicts outcome better than tumour spread.

When the immune system attacks a tumour it bodes well for the patient. Credit: Punchstock

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Ledford, H. Immune response vital in cancer fight. Nature (2006). https://doi.org/10.1038/news060925-12

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