Immunology and Cancer

The research activity of this area focuses on the relationship between the immune response and cancer, as well as on the study of malignancies derived from cells of the immune system, such as leukemias and lymphomas. Among other areas it relates with improved diagnosis and classification of leukemias and lymphomas as well evaluation of treatment e¿ectiveness during follow-up via detection of low numbers of therapy-resistant malignant cells, i.e. detection of "minimal residual disease" (MRD).