"Tumor Escape" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The ability of tumors to evade destruction by the IMMUNE SYSTEM. Theories concerning possible mechanisms by which this takes place involve both cellular immunity (IMMUNITY, CELLULAR) and humoral immunity (ANTIBODY FORMATION), and also costimulatory pathways related to CD28 antigens (CD28 ANTIGENS) and CD80 antigens (B7-1 ANTIGEN).
| Descriptor ID |
D019139
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| MeSH Number(s) |
G12.900
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| Concept/Terms |
Tumor Escape- Tumor Escape
- Tumor Immune Evasion
- Evasion, Tumor Immune
- Evasions, Tumor Immune
- Immune Evasions, Tumor
- Tumor Immune Evasions
- Immune Evasion, Tumor
- Immune Escape, Tumor
- Tumor Immune Escape
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| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Tumor Escape" by people in Profiles.
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Immune evasion in cancer: Mechanistic basis and therapeutic strategies. Semin Cancer Biol. 2015 Dec; 35 Suppl:S185-S198.