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Why are cancer patients often given $α - i n t e r f e r o n$ as part of the treatment?

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Interferon alpha helps stimulate the body’s immune system to fight some types of cancer by strengthening the immune system, reducing the ability of the cancer cells to defend themselves from the immune system and by slowing down or stopping the cancer cells from dividing.

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- interferon are used in treatment of cancer.

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