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Immune mechanisms and tumor dormancy

¹Ottawa General Hospital, Ontario, Canada.

|January 1, 1996

Summary

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Tumor dormancy, a state where cancer cells remain inactive, is naturally maintained by the immune system. Reactivation of dormant cancer cells, like non-small cell lung cancer, is often linked to immune suppression.

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Background:

Tumor dormancy is a natural phenomenon observed in cancer patients.
It is believed to be maintained by immune surveillance mechanisms.
Microscopic metastases can remain dormant after initial treatment.