Although cancer cells often express many of the same proteins on their surfaces as normal cells,they sometimes initiate an immune response by

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Cancer cells can initiate an immune response by overexpressing normal surface proteins, expressing proteins that are inappropriate for a nonembryonic cell, or expressing proteins in cell types or anatomical locations in which the proteins are not usually expressed. Therefore, the correct choice is D, all of the above.

Although Cancer Cells Often Express Many of the Same Proteins