Injecting the flu vaccine into a tumor gets the immune system to attack it
Activating the immune system at the site of a tumor can re-engage the immune system.
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.Way cool. I've been told - but never seen any research on it - that we all develope and get cured of cancer multiple times (by our own immune system) in the course of our lives.
Cancer, unless caused by a genetic disease, is the result of cell division "gone wrong" and since we are continually undergoing cell division it makes sense that our bodies have an effective response to it.
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The famed "killer T cells" that are decimated by HIV were so named because they kill Tumor cells. They are also the basis of CAR-T therapy (chimeric t cells), which is one of the most promising new cancer therapies. [thoughtco.com]
Heres a bunch of discussion and links [boards.straightdope.com]
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