Cancer cells form in our bodies every day. How does the immune system destroy them?
A) Antibodies attach to the cancer cells and then macrophages engulf them.
B) The immune system cannot destroy cancer cells.
C) Immune secretions, such as interferon, disrupt the DNA of the cancer cells.
D) Fevers slow the replication of cancerous cells.
E) Natural killer and cytotoxic T cells recognize the cancer cells as foreign and attack them.
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