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The host defensive factor grade: Histologic features of colonic cancer and regional lymph nodes as putative indices of host resistance to the tumor

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Diseases of the Colon & Rectum

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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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  1. Ospedale Generale di Zona, S. Giovanni Calibita Fatebenefratelli, Isola Tiberina, 00186, Roma, Italia

    S. Colizza M.D., A. Bertolotti M.D., R. Anella M.D. & M. Di Paola M.D.

  2. Patologia Chirurgica II dell'Università, Rome, Italy

    S. Colizza M.D., A. Bertolotti M.D., R. Anella M.D. & M. Di Paola M.D.

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Supported by grants from C.I.S.M. (Centro Italiano Studi Medici).

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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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