Immuno-friendly use of BCG-cell wall skeleton remarkably improves the survival rate of various cancer patients

Proceedings of the Japan Academy Series B: Physical and Biological Sciences

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 50-55

  Hayashi, Akira ^a   Doi, Osamu ^a   Azuma, Ichiro ^b   Toyoshima, Kumao ^a  

^a OSAKA MEDICAL CENTER FOR CANCER AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

BCG CWS; Cancer immunotherapy; IFN ; Immuno friendly

Indexed keywords

EID: 0004627659     PISSN: 03862208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2183/pjab.74.50     Document Type: Article

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