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Fifteen patients with invasive squamous cell carcinoma of the uterine cervix were treated with human leukocyte interferon (HLI). HLI was applied topically and i.m. to nine patients, and only topically to six. After therapy, surgical material was free from tumor cells in three patients, tumor cells were identified as invasive carcinoma in one patient and as CA in situ in two patients. Findings remained unchanged in nine patients. Tumor metastases in the lymph nodes were found in only one patient. The patients' overall response to therapy was assessed on the basis of stromal response, relation of tumor cells and macrophage activity, and the reactivity of lymph nodes.
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Krušić, J., Kirhmajer, V., Knežević, M. et al. Influence of human leukocyte inteferon on squamous cell carcinoma of uterine cervix: Clinical, histological, and histochemical observations. J Cancer Res Clin Oncol 101, 309–315 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00410116
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