title: Possible mechanisms in regression.
abstract: The mechanisms responsible for spontaneous regression of cancer may be nonimmunologic. Among other possible models, it is suggested that the necrotizing properties of endotoxin offer an open approach to the problem.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001777:Blood Coagulation / Q000187:drug effects; D004731:Endotoxins / Q000494:pharmacology; D005260:Female; D006737:Horseshoe Crabs; D006801:Humans; D007109:Immunity; D009336:Necrosis; D009365:Neoplasm Regression, Spontaneous; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D009360:Neoplastic Cells, Circulating; D014327:Trophoblasts / Q000166:cytology / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D004731:Endotoxins