H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute Nov 27 2024 A new study has uncovered an unexpected way cancer cells can escape the immune system, making it harder for treatments to work. The study, published in Cancer Cell , explains how a type of cancer cell death can actually make tumors grow faster by turning off the immune system's ability to fight the cancer. Researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center focused on a form of cell death called necroptosis. Previously thought to help the immune