Novel Therapy Helps Tumor Cells Welcome Cancer Treatment
For years, one of the biggest frustrations in cancer care has been watching immunotherapy succeed spectacularly in some diseases while stalling almost completely in others. Solid tumors, especially those that spread aggressively, have remained stubbornly resistant, not because the immune system cannot kill them, but because it often cannot get close enough to try. New research from a U.S. academic team suggests that this long-standing barrier may be more fragile than once believed. Rather than attacking cancer cells head-on, the scientists focused on dismantling the internal defenses that shield tumors from immune attack, effectively forcing them to open themselves to treatment. The work, published in the journal Cancer Cell in January, examined…
