Studies indicate that tumor-immune system interactions may yield results ranging from significant cancer suppression to actual facilitation of tumor growth and spread. Lack of an integrated understanding of these interactions is a significant barrier to developing effective immune-based approaches. However, this complexity also suggests that there are many novel, immune-based strategies to combat human malignancies in addition to “traditional” elicitation of anti-tumor immunity.
There are different fundamental aspects of immunology including cellular immunology, immunochemistry, immunogenetics, allergy, transplantation immunology, cancer immunology and clinical immunology.
Today we can characterize the specific interactions between tumor and immune cells that lead to tumor recognition and tumor rejection (or failure to do so).
As a result of research, we can now understand and utilize the ability of the immune system to prevent, diagnose and treat human cancers.
Through science we can define the broader host-tumor immune interactions that modulate tumor cell biology and the anti-cancer immune response to.
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