Tumor antigen

Tumor antigen is a substance produced in tumor cells that triggers an immune response in the host. Tumor antigens are used tumor markers to identify tumor cells with diagnostic tests. The broader field of cancer immunology studies tumor antigens and other ways of provoking the immune system to attack tumor cells.

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