Non-doctor health professionals that may be a part of the orthopedics team include: 1  Athletic trainers. 2  Counselors. 3  Nurse practitioners. 4  Physical therapists. 5  Physician assistants. 6  Psychologists. 7  Social workers. 8  Vocational workers.
The main response of the immune system to tumors is to destroy the abnormal cells using killer T cells, sometimes with the assistance of helper T cells. Tumor antigens are presented on MHC class I molecules in a similar way to viral antigens. This allows killer T cells to recognize the tumor cell as abnormal.
1 Helper T cells augment the immune response by recognizing the presence of a foreign antigen and then stimulating antibody production and producing cytokines that âturn onâ or activate other T cells. 2  Regulatory T cells function in an opposite manner: they dampen or turn off the immune response.