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Understanding Cancer: Causes, Treatment & Prevention | Drs. Urvi Shah & Neil Iyengar

The Proof with Simon Hill

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The Immune System and Precancerous Cells

Our body can detect if a cell is precancerous and from what I've read about various processes like apoptosis, which is often called program sort of cell death. And then I think if it passes the immune system and self-death has not happened, then that's when cancer is likely to develop. So yes, this is one of several processes through which the body can recognize which cells it should eliminate. Okay. Just to add, as Neil already mentioned, but apoptosis is one way, but if ATP doesn't happen, then the next barrier would be the immune system.

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