The link between blood vessels and Immune system

Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine have discovered that tumor blood vessels and immune system influences each other's roles.

There are different therapies for cancer, some therapies stop tumour growth by controlling the blood vessels that protects the tumor mass, others work on the immune system and trying to destroy the tumor.

Anti blood vessel therapies and immunotherapies have been used in treatment of cancer; immunotherapy has record great success in some cancer treatment like melanoma, but some patients are not responding to these therapies.

Researchers suggest consideration of vascular structure of the tumor and the presence of immune cells and their activities. Anti-cancer therapies toward the blood vessels is influencing the anti-tumor immune response and the other way round. Combining the therapies may produce a better result.