Tumor Specific Transplantation Antigen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

• Methods of Induction of Antitumour Immunity.
• A. Immunization with Viable Tumour Cells.
• B. Immunization with Tumour after Eliminating its Capacity for Repopulation.
• Methods of Detection of Antitumour Immunity.
• Tumour-Specificity of the Antigen Detected by the Method of Transplantation Resistance.
• Specific Tumour Antigenicity and the Aetiology of the Tumour.
• Chemical Carcinogens.
• Virus Induced Tumours.
• Immunity Directed against Spontaneous Tumours.
• Immunity Directed against Tumours of Various Origin.
• Individual Specificity of the Tumour Antigen.
• Stability of Antigen.
• The Characteristics of TSTA.
• The Relation of TSTA to Tumour-Specific Antigens Detected by other Methods.
• The Mechanisms of Antitumour Immunity.
• Immunity and Carcinogenesis.
• Tolerance to TSTA.
• Immunological Enhancement in Relation to TSTA.
• Tumour Growth and Development of Immunity.
• Theoretical and Practical Possibilities of the Presence of Transplantation Immunity against Tumours in Man.
• Indirect Evidence.
• The Possibility of the Presence of Organ Specific Antigen in Cancer Tissues.
• Chorioepithelioma.
• Summary and Perspectives.
• References.