Regulation and Reproduction

Question

HIV is a disease that reduces T cell production in the immune system. Would HIV increase or decrease a person's chance of developing cancer cells?

 The person's chances would increase because T cells can destroy cancer cells.

 The person's chances would increase because T cells prevent cancer cell division.

 

The person's chances would decrease because T cells create lymph, which reduces cancer cell growth. 



The person's chances would decrease because T cells are especially susceptible to becoming cancerous.

Answer 1

The answer is the person's chances would increase because T cells can destroy cancer cells.

Our immune systems are responsible for, among many other things, keeping cancer in check. A compromised immune system would increase the chance of cancer