title: Bacteria and cancer--antagonisms and benefits.
abstract: There is considerable historical and recent evidence concerning the antagonisms between acute bacterial infections or their toxins and cancer and allied diseases. These data provide renewed incentives to undertake clinical programmes with mixed bacterial vaccines in many countries at the present time.
authors.affiliation: Cancer Research Institute, Science and Medical Communications, New York, New York 10128.
authors.forename: H C
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Nauts
mesh_terms: D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000266:history; D001427:Bacterial Toxins / Q000008:administration & dosage; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D009365:Neoplasm Regression, Spontaneous; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000266:history / Q000628:therapy
chemical_list: D001427:Bacterial Toxins