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Intratumoral Treatment of Incurable Head and Neck Cancer with Recombinant Human Tumor Necrosis Factor-α

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As early as 1893 Coley [5] observed a patient whose sarcoma showed hemorrhagic necrotization in the course of an infection with erysipelas. Subsequent experiments revealed that bacterial polysaccharides might be the cause of this hemorrhagic tumor necrosis.

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  1. II. Universitäts Klinik für Hals-Nasen-Ohrenheilkunde, Universitätsklinik für Kieferchirurgie Wien, Alser Straße 4, 1090, Wien, Austria

    R. Pavelka, K. Hollmann, F. Scholz & C. Schober

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  1. Allgemeines Krankenhaus der Stadt Wien, I. Chirurgische Universitätsklinik, Alser Straße 4, 1090, Wien IX, Austria

    Raimund Jakesz

  2. Universitätsklinik für Chemotherapie, Lazarettgasse 14, 1090, Wien IX, Austria

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Pavelka, R., Hollmann, K., Scholz, F., Schober, C. (1990). Intratumoral Treatment of Incurable Head and Neck Cancer with Recombinant Human Tumor Necrosis Factor-α. In: Jakesz, R., Rainer, H. (eds) Progress in Regional Cancer Therapy. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-74818-9_24

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