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Although endocrine research has greatly advanced our identification of the direct roles of steroid sex hormones such as androgens and estrogens on tumor cells in promoting metastasis or recurrence (e.g., treatment with gonadotropin releasing hormone agonists\/antagonists, aromatase inhibitors, and estrogen and androgen receptor antagonists), mechanistic insight regarding indirect effects of steroid hormones, including how the innate immune system responds to cancer and is influenced by steroid hormones, is lacking. Despite technological advances in engineering more robust adaptive immunity to combat tumor growth (e.g., CART or checkpoint inhibitors), there remains a relative lack of investigation into the role of innate immunity as a key defense system. Here we discuss recent studies that highlight the significance of neutrophils and their response to tumorigenic conditions with or without steroid hormones in animal models of cancer. 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