title: Immunotherapy of cancer: regression of tumors after intralesional injection of living Mycobacterium bovis.
abstract: Injection of living Mycobacterium bovis (strain BCG) into established intradermal tumors caused tumor regression and prevented the development of metastases.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000628:therapy*; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D006968:Hypersensitivity, Delayed; D008113:Liver Neoplasms; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis / Q000517:prevention & control; D009163:Mycobacterium bovis / Q000276:immunology*; D009374:Neoplasms, Experimental; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000628:therapy*