Study Questions:
1. Does having an immune response to a colon tumor preclude you from getting lung cancer? Why or why not?
2. What happens if you systemically and non-specifically turn on all of your T cells at once?
3. What are TSAs?
4. How does a DC vaccine for cancer work?
5. Why can people often fight off virally induced tumors but not spontaneous tumors?
6. Name one way that viruses that cause tumors evade the immune system.
7. Which cells of the immune system have receptors for neurotransmitters?
8. What effect do glucocorticoids have on the immune system?
9. Name 3 problems that make it difficult to do PNI studies.
( answers and some info about unconventional cancer research and treatments )
1. Does having an immune response to a colon tumor preclude you from getting lung cancer? Why or why not?
2. What happens if you systemically and non-specifically turn on all of your T cells at once?
3. What are TSAs?
4. How does a DC vaccine for cancer work?
5. Why can people often fight off virally induced tumors but not spontaneous tumors?
6. Name one way that viruses that cause tumors evade the immune system.
7. Which cells of the immune system have receptors for neurotransmitters?
8. What effect do glucocorticoids have on the immune system?
9. Name 3 problems that make it difficult to do PNI studies.
( answers and some info about unconventional cancer research and treatments )