Unresolved Inflammation and Cancer: Loss of Natural Immune Surveillance as the Correct 'Target' for Therapy! Seeing the 'Elephant' in the Light of Logic

Cell Biochemistry and Biophysics

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 501-509

  Khatami, Mahin ^a  

^a Section on Immunology Inflammation Aging and Cancer Cell Biochemistry and Biophysics (CBB)   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute and chronic inflammation; Aging; Autoimmune; Cancer; Immune surveillance; Immune privileged; Immune responsive; Neurodegenerative; Oxidative stress; Targeted therapy; Tumoricidal; Tumorigenic; Yin and Yang

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ACUTE DISEASE; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CHINESE MEDICINE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); ECONOMICS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; INFLAMMATION; LETTER; NEOPLASM; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOLOGY; PUBLISHING;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; NEOPLASMS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PUBLISHING; YIN-YANG;

EID: 84858706314     PISSN: 10859195     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12013-011-9319-9     Document Type: Letter

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