Abstract
Efferocytosis is likely to be highly active in the Tumor Microenvironment (TME) of HNSCC, as apoptosis is a frequent event, either as a result of hypoxia/metabolic changes in growing/untreated tumors or as a result of treatment (chemoradiotherapy). Macrophages are the most abundant immune cell type in the TME, in which these cells are called Tumor-Associated Macrophages (TAM). Increased p…