Monday, July 02, 2007

Researchers Discover Method for Identifying How Cancer Evades the Immune System

Source: American Association for Cancer Research
Date: July 2, 2007

Summary:

One of the fundamental traits of a tumor – how it avoids the immune system – might become its greatest vulnerability, according to researchers from the University of Southern California. Their findings, demonstrated in human breast and colorectal cancers, indicate that a technique for determining a tumor’s “immune signature,” could be useful for diagnosing and treating specific cancers.