Conclusion
Histologic changes observed in association with gastric, mammary, and bronchial carcinomas may be considered features of colorectal carcinomas also. We interpret our results as evidence of a local host reaction to the tumor, probably antigenic. We conclude that adjuvant immunotherapy after radical surgical treatment will probably increase the chance for survival.
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Colizza, S., Bertolotti, A., Anella, R. et al. The host defensive factor grade: Histologic features of colonic cancer and regional lymph nodes as putative indices of host resistance to the tumor. Dis Colon Rectum 22, 93–96 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02586769
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