RT Journal
A1 Prehn RT, Prehn LM
T1 THe flip side of tumor immunity
JF Archives of Surgery
JO Archives of Surgery
YR 1989
FD January 1
VO 124
IS 1
SP 102
OP 106
DO 10.1001/archsurg.1989.01410010112022
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archsurg.1989.01410010112022
AB • A large amount of data suggest that tumors are, to some degree, dependent for their growth on a positive level of immune reaction, a level that is unique for each tumor. Each tumor gradually adjusts its immunogenicity to the level that will, in the immunologic context of its own particular host, maximize its growth. Thus, it follows that immunosuppression may be as likely as immunoaugmentation to have a therapeutic effect.(Arch Surg 1989;124:102-106)