cancer immunology

Cancer is a product of genetic mutations and errors in epigenetic regulation.

However, the potential of these malignant changes to cause disease is significantly regulated by the host immune system.

See also

 immune system
 Cancer

• cancer prevention
• cancer progression

 cancer immunoediting

• immunologic control of cancer
• immunologic shaping of cancer

 tumor antigens
 antitumor immunity
 regulation of the immune system by tumors
 cancer immunotherapy

See also

References

 Finn OJ. Cancer immunology. N Engl J Med. 2008 Jun 19;358(25):2704-15. PMID: 18565863

 de Visser KE, Eichten A, Coussens LM. Paradoxical roles of the immune system during cancer development. Nat Rev Cancer. 2006 Jan;6(1):24-37. PMID: 16397525