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Journal of the National Cancer Institute, Vol. 93, No. 14, 1047-1048, July 18, 2001
© 2001 Oxford University Press

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Spontaneous Regression of Melanoma May Offer Insight Into Cancer Immunology

Carrie Printz

Why melanoma and a small handful of other tumor types undergo spontaneous regression is unknown and difficult to study. Some scientists believe that the immune system is involved, but many questions remain unanswered.

Laboratory studies have shown that melanomas induce immune responses and that some patients have immunity to their melanomas that keep the tumor under some sort of control. In most cases, the tumor outgrows the capability of the immune system to destroy it. In some cases, however, the immune system manages to win, either partially or completely destroying the tumor and . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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