TY  - JOUR
AU  - Victorino, Vanessa Jacob 
AU  - Jeremias, Isabela Casagrande 
AU  - Assunção, Anne Karine Martins 
PY  - 2015
TI  - Immunological Processes in Cancer: A Link Between Inflammation and Immunity
JF  - American Journal of Immunology
VL  - 10
IS  - 4
DO  - 10.3844/ajisp.2014.189.201
UR  - https://thescipub.com/abstract/ajisp.2014.189.201
AB  - Cancer is a worldwide issue and one of the most relevant death causes in child and adults. There are several causes that can lead to cancer development. It is well known that inflammation is one known hallmark of cancer and it favors tumor cells growth. Several alterations in immunological and inflammatory processes are caused in response to tumor presence and both innate and adaptive immunity have effective mechanism to destroy tumor cells. Nevertheless, distinct tumor types developed mechanisms to evade anti-tumor immunological responses. Here, we revise researches regarding inflammation and immune response during cancer development, as well as cancer signaling pathways and immunotherapy that have been performed in Brazil. The better understanding of the mechanisms regarding cancer and immunological processes is of huge importance and it may support the development of new cancer targets.