Cargando…

The paradoxical effects of splenectomy on tumor growth

BACKGROUND: There is a vast and contradictory literature concerning the effect of the spleen and particularly of splenectomy on tumor growth. Sometimes splenectomy seems to inhibit tumor growth, but in other cases it seems, paradoxically, to facilitate both oncogenesis and the growth of established...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Prehn, Richmond T
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2006
Materias:
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1538594/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16800890
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1742-4682-3-23