EBK HUMAN BIOLOGY
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Author: MCMILLAN
Publisher: Cengage Learning US
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Chapter 22, Problem 2CT
A textbook on cancer contains the following statement: “Fundamentally, cancer is a failure of the immune system.” Why does this comment make sense?
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