Cancer Cells Aren't Just Growing Radomly—They Are Actively Learning How to Blind the Immune System
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If the immune system scans for and destroys cancerous cells every day, why do people still get cancer?
The answer is not that "the immune system failed," but rather that "some cancer cells got too smart." Cancer cells that successfully develop into tumors are the survivors of rigorous screening by the immune system. They didn't survive at random—they are the ones that happened to evolve strategies to make themselves "invisible" or to "shut down" the immune system.
This process is known as Immune Evasion. Understanding it is key to grasping how tumors form, why certain immunotherapies work, and why some tumors fail to respond to treatment.
