Bhatia Alka, Kumar Yashwant
PGIMER, Chandigarh, India,
Cancer Microenviron. 2011 Aug;4(2):209-17. doi: 10.1007/s12307-011-0065-8. Epub 2011 May 24.
Cancer-immune (CI) equilibrium constitutes an important component of the cancer immunoediting theory. It is defined as a period during which our immune system and cancer live in harmony in the body. The immune system, though not able to completely eliminate the cancer, doesn't allow it to progress or metastasize further. Mechanisms of this phase are poorly understood because this phase is difficult to identify even by the most modern detection methods. Till now, the work done on the equilibrium phase of cancer, suggests promising improvements in cancer therapy if the disease could be withheld in this phase. However, there are many queries which remain to be addressed about this interesting yet unresolved phase of cancer immunity.
癌症-免疫(CI)平衡是癌症免疫编辑理论的一个重要组成部分。它被定义为我们的免疫系统与癌症在体内和谐共存的时期。免疫系统虽然无法完全消除癌症,但也不允许其进一步发展或转移。这个阶段的机制尚不清楚,因为即使采用最现代的检测方法也很难识别这个阶段。到目前为止,对癌症平衡阶段的研究表明,如果能将疾病控制在这个阶段,癌症治疗有望得到改善。然而,关于这个有趣但尚未解决的癌症免疫阶段仍有许多问题有待解决。