| Literature DB >> 187207 |
M A Wainberg, V Deutsch, D W Weiss.
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The immunoprophylactic effects of the methanol extraction residue (MER) of BCG were investigated in Strain 2 guinea-pigs injected with cells of the transplantable, diethylnitrosamine-induced, Line 10 hepatocarcinoma. Pretreatment with MER at times ranging from 18 to 182 days prior to tumour implantation protected approximately 40% of guinea-pigs from progressive neoplastic disease. In addition, MER-treated animals developed specific cell-mediated anti-tumour immunity both more rapidly and at higher levels than did non-MER-treated tumour-bearing controls. It was not possible, however, to prognosticate from the results of such laboratory studies to the outcome of immunoprophylaxis.Entities:
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Year: 1976 PMID: 187207 PMCID: PMC2025198 DOI: 10.1038/bjc.1976.204
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Br J Cancer ISSN: 0007-0920 Impact factor: 7.640