Autoimmune reactions in patients with various tumor localizations

Kologrivova, E.N.; Ivanova, N.V.; Klimov, V.V.; Lebedev, M.P.; Choĭnzonov, E.L.; Kolomiets, S.A.; Kolomiets, L.A.

Voprosy Onkologii 46(1): 61-63

2000


ISSN/ISBN: 0507-3758
PMID: 10789226
Document Number: 516412
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.

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