RE: NCRP 136 / Immunology, DNA repair, cancer...

[Susan Gawarecki <loc@ICX.NET>]

The medical community is finding more evidence that cancers can be

initiated by exposures to viruses.  A good example is cervical cancer. 

>From this perspective, the immune system may indeed be important with

respect to whether one "contracts" cancer, though from Bjorn's

discussion, it may not be significant in the body's response (or lack

thereof) to the cancer itself.

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Susan L. Gawarecki, Ph.D., Executive Director

Oak Ridge Reservation Local Oversight Committee

Please visit our Web site - http://www.local-oversight.org

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