A word of caution: do not wake sleeping dogs; micrometastases of melanoma suddenly grew after progesterone treatment
Open Access
- 20 March 2013
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Springer Nature in BMC Cancer
- Vol. 13 (1) , 132
Abstract
Hormonal treatment might affect the immune response to tumor antigens induced in cancer patients who are being vaccinated.Keywords
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