Tag: MGH Center for Cancer Immunology

  • Nation & World

    Interaction between immune factors can trigger cancer

    Harvard researchers found that interaction between immune factors triggers cancer-promoting chronic inflammation, setting the stage for the development of skin cancer associated with chronic dermatitis and colorectal cancer in patients with colitis.

    3 minutes
    Cancer cells in mouse
  • Nation & World

    Topical treatment clears precancerous skin lesions

    Harvard researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital have found a topical chemotherapy and an immune-system-activating compound that is able to rapidly clear actinic keratosis lesions from patients participating in a clinical trial.

    4 minutes