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Interaction between the immune system and tumor cells: cutaneous disorders as a consequence of autoimmunity and immunosuppression.

Laimer M, Lanschuetzer CM, Hintner H

Department of Dermatology, Paracelsus Private Medical University, Muellner Hauptstrasse 48, A-5020 Salzburg, Austria.

The interaction between the immune system and tumor cells is discussed with regard to examples of lymphoproliferative disorders associated with autoimmune phenomena, immunosuppression favoring tumorigenic infections, and a new therapeutic modality whereby a drug-induced Th1 immune response leads to complete regression of skin tumors.

Published 14 January 2005 in Ann N Y Acad Sci, 1028: 375-9.
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