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Accumulating fundamental and clinical evidence indicates that age and sex play crucial roles in determining tumor susceptibility, disease progression, and the remodeling of the anti-tumor immune microenvironment. This review systematically delineates the profound impacts of the dual dimensions of age and sex on anti-tumor immune responses and immune evasion mechanisms. In the dimension of age, this article outlines the progressive functional decline of T\/B lymphocytes and innate immune subsets driven by immunosenescence, and emphatically reveals how inflammaging and its associated senescence-associated secretory phenotype (SASP) orchestrate the formation of an immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment. In the dimension of sex, we deeply explore four core mechanisms comprising sex chromosome genomics (e.g., escape from X-chromosome inactivation and loss of Y chromosome), sex hormone networks, microenvironmental metabolic reprogramming, and the host gut microbiome, elucidating the molecular basis driving the disparities in innate and adaptive immunity between males and females. 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