Spontaneous regression of malignant tumors: Importance of the immune system and other factors (Review)

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It has been established that malignant tumors as well as metastases, of almost all histological types, can regress spontaneously although certain histological types regress more frequently than others. Various causes thereof include apoptosis, the immune system and particular conditions of the tumor microenvironment. The action of the genome in the regression of tumors is not clear, but some data, apart from...

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