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foreign and begin to destroy it. This rejection reaction is similar to
the rejection of a heart or kidney transplant. In this case, however,
the transplanted cells destroy the host's body rather than the host's
white blood cells destroying the transplanted kidney or heart.
Many cancers are curable by conventional techniques. New
experimental techniques such as immunotherapy and bone marrow
transplants and better diagnostic methods offer new hopes for the
future. We will turn to the cellular aspects of cancer now that we
have a broad understanding of the many aspects of the disease.
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