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[Autoimmune reactions in patients with various tumor localizations]
E N Kologrivova1, N V Ivanova, V V Klimov
1Siberian Medical University.
Voprosy Onkologii
|May 2, 2000
Abstract:
Autoantibody levels in patients with malignancies of the oral cavity and lung and autoimmune disorders have been assayed. It was found that tumors initiated polymorphous autoimmune reactions to various tissue antigens. Autoantibody production rates in tumor patients were comparable with those in autoimmune disorders. The role of autoimmune reactions in cancer pathogenesis is discussed.