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Which statement BEST describes why the immune system does not attack cancer cells?

The immune system recognizes the cancer cells but they grow to fast to overcome.
The immune system is suppressed by the cancer and does not work properly.
The immune system does not recognize the cancer cell because it is not foreign.
O Oncogenes can out-smart the immune system by creating a protective coat.

User Jackhao
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Answer:

C) The immune system does not recognize the cancer cell because it is not foreign.

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User Arash Afsharpour
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C

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I believe it is C, the immune system does not recognize the cancer cells because it is not foreign. The cancer cells technically come from your own body, so your immune system would not see them as foreign.

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