I wonder if the immune system "leaves" some of these traditionally non-coding sequences behind as a canary in the coal mine. If a cell starts undergoing more fr

I wonder if the immune system "leaves" some of these traditionally non-coding sequences behind as a canary in the coal mine. If a cell starts undergoing more frequent mutations on the road to becoming cancerous then a well placed marker gene would be a great signal for the immune system to wake up and send the cell into apotosis or to be phagocytosed.