Cancer Cells Form in Our Bodies Every Day

question 68

Multiple Choice

Cancer cells form in our bodies every day. How does the immune system destroy them?

• A) Natural killer and cytotoxic T cells recognize the cancer cells as foreign and attack them.
• B) Fevers slow the replication of cancerous cells.
• C) Immune secretions, such as interferon, disrupt the DNA of the cancer cells.
• D) Antibodies attach to the cancer cells and then macrophages engulf them.
• E) The immune system cannot destroy cancer cells.

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