title: Transfer factor: a potential agent for cancer therapy.
abstract: This review has attempted to describe the characteristics of transfer factor which make it a very attractive potential agent for immunotherapy. Preliminary observations suggest that it may be capable of modifying resistance to a variety of diseases including cancer but considerable progress in basic knowledge regarding this agent is crucial to its successful application in clinical disease states. Fortunately, a sizable number of interested and dedicated investigators are exploring these difficult problems and their success may lead to new approaches in immunotherapy.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000912:Antibodies, Neoplasm / Q000494:pharmacology; D003601:Cytotoxicity Tests, Immunologic; D006801:Humans; D007111:Immunity, Cellular / Q000187:drug effects; D007116:Immunization, Passive; D007153:Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes / Q000276:immunology; D007167:Immunotherapy; D008214:Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000276:immunology / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy*; D012106:Research; D014165:Transfer Factor / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use*
chemical_list: D000912:Antibodies, Neoplasm; D014165:Transfer Factor