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Cancer Immunology
Specific antitumor antibody patterns exist in sera of patients with lung cancer
April 22nd, 2003
Cancer patients produce anticancer antibodies with specific patterns, and patients who have received large doses of radiation have fewer antibodies, while normal people do not have them. According to recent research from Russia, "The objective of the present study was to reveal antitumor antibodies in sera of patients with small cell lung cancer (SCLC). The antibodies in sera of patients with SCLC and other tumors were detected by immunoblotting with whole extracts of SCLC cells as the antigen source. Sera of patients with various pulmonological disorders, irradiated during the Chernobyl nuclear power plant incident (a high risk group in lung cancer), were also...
Source: Cancer Weekly (2003-04-22)
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