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If a foreign cancer cells gets in the body of a person by any means .it would be killed by the immune system of that persons body because it is not self. my question is which cell in particular, of the immune system will kill it ?
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Very complicated, not completely understood. Many many different types of cells, sometimes combined with circulating antibodies. Understanding this represents the “cutting edge” of cancer research
Answered 8/30/2021
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