Opinion Article
Molecular Mechanisms Involved in the Immune Control of the Malignant Disease Process
Arlen M*, Arlen P, Coppa G, Tsang K, Conte C, Crawford J, Molmenti E, Saric O and Doubokovskiy A
Department of Surgery and Pathology, Division of Surgical Oncology Northwell Health System, Hofstra College Medicine and Precision Biologics, USA
- *Corresponding Author:
- Myron Arlen
Co ordinator Surgical Oncology
North Shore/LIJ Medical Center
Surgical Oncology, 450 Lakeville Rd
Lake Success, NY 11042, USA
Tel: 1-516-482-1200
E-mail: marlenmd@msn.com
Received Date: August 12, 2017; Accepted Date: August 25, 2017; Published Date: September 1, 2017
Citation: Arlen M, Arlen P, Coppa G, Tsang K, Conte C, et al. (2017) Molecular Mechanisms Involved in the Immune Control of the Malignant Disease Process. J Mol Immunol 2:111.
Copyright: © 2017 Arlen M, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Abstract
In order to control Cancer effectively, it is essential to define the role of the host immune system in responding to the presence of growing tumour. For the most part the immune system is virtually oblivious to the existence of malignant cells developing within an organ. Understanding how immune reactivity can be activated to recognize a malignant process and the mechanism of how growing tumour cells can be eliminated immunologically is of major importance to the clinician.