Clostridi-al oncolysis in man
Clostridi-al oncolysis in man
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DOI:
10.1016/0014-2964(67)90060-6
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发表时间:
1967-01-01
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影响因子:
8.4
通讯作者:
BRYANT, B.
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作者:
CAREY, R. W.;HOLLAND, J. F.;BRYANT, B.
Antineoplastic activity of Clostridium butyricum was demonstrated in spontaneous adenocarcinoma of mice and in tumors of man. Improved survival of mice occurred among those undergoing clostridial oncolysis when treated supportively with antibiotics, corticosteroids, and electrolyte solutions. Five patients were treated with 1 x l010 spores of C. butyricum. Blood cultures were positive for this microorganism for 4[long dash]9 days after injection. Oncolysis occurred in 3 patients in their largest tumors, but not in their smaller tumors. Spore treatment resulted in transient clinical benefit in 1 subject, oncolysis of a clinically occult tumor in another, and oncolysis in a third patient which was not clinically recognized. A sensitive and specific hemagglutination test was developed to measure the bacterial antibody response of the patients and other subjects. Antibodies in low titers were demonstrated in healthy blood donors and patients with cancer. The 5 patients treated with spores developed antibodies in substantial titers. These titers were higher in the 3 subjects with oncolysis than in the 2 patients whose tumors failed to lyse. Clostridial oncolysis appears to be related to the physiologic and biochemical characteristics of large tumor masses rather than to qualitative differences between normal and neoplastic cells or to immunologic cytolysis, and thus appears to be of limited, if any, clinical usefulness. || ABSTRACT AUTHORS: Authors