Twenty-one patients with malignant melanoma stage III and IV were treated by intradermal injections of MER--methanol extraction residue of Baccillus Calmette-GuΓ©rin (BCG). Twelve of the patients, all with active disease, received chemotherapy in addition. Tests of skin reactivity to recall antigens
Cellular immunity in patients with malignant melanoma and their household contacts
β Scribed by L. E. Spitler; F. N. Littooy; R. W. Sagebiel
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 1977
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 719 KB
- Volume
- 2
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0340-7004
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