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Cancer and the Immune System: The Vital Connection Oki K. Dzivenu, D.Phil., and Jill O’Donnell-Tormey, Ph.D. Copyright © Cancer Research Institute 2003 TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction An Enigma Called Cancer The Oncogene: A Key Factor in Development of Cancer The Human Defense System The Concept of an Innate Defense Network The Adaptive Defense System Brian Pricked His Thumb and His Immune Sy..

Cancer and the Immune System: Enigma Called Cancer

Cancer and the Immune System: Enigma Called Cancer AN ENIGMA CALLED CANCER The word “cancer” is an umbrella term that refers to about 200 diseases that share two common characteristics: first, an uncontrolled growth of cells and second, the ability to invade and damage normal tissues either locally or at distant sites in the body. Since a cell is our body’s basic unit of life, this diseas..