Table 3 Transient and chronic inflammatory immune responses

From: Moving beyond cytotoxicity in cancer immunotherapy: embracing tumor microenvironment remodeling for durable control

 

Function

Outcome

Transient

Elimination of nascent transformed cells

Tumor immunosurveillance

Chronic

Peripheral adaptation through the induction of mutations

* Spontaneous tumor regression

* Tumor immunoediting

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