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1: Science. 2004 Jul 9;305(5681):200-5.Click here to read Links

Cancer immunotherapy: a treatment for the masses.

Blattman JN, Greenberg PD.

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, 1100 Fairview Avenue North, Seattle, WA 98109, USA.

Cancer immunotherapy attempts to harness the exquisite power and specificity of the immune system for the treatment of malignancy. Although cancer cells are less immunogenic than pathogens, the immune system is clearly capable of recognizing and eliminating tumor cells. However, tumors frequently interfere with the development and function of immune responses. Thus, the challenge for immunotherapy is to use advances in cellular and molecular immunology to develop strategies that effectively and safely augment antitumor responses.

PMID: 15247469 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]