Immune cell dysfunction, not absence, defines skin cancer in immunosuppressed patients
Researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have discovered that immunosuppressed patients with non-melanoma skin cancer are not missing the key cancer-fighting immune cells found in immunocompetent patients, but those cells—known as macrophages—have lost the ability to communicate effectively. This new understanding may help researchers develop treatment approaches for these…
Researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have revealed that immunosuppressed patients with non-melanoma skin cancer do not lack cancer-fighting immune cells, but these cells, called macrophages, have lost their effectiveness in communicating. This discovery, published in Cell, could pave the way for novel treatment strategies for these aggressive skin cancers.
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