title: Implications for the involvement of the immune system in parasite-associated cancers.
abstract: Biological factors can be carcinogenic risk factors in humans and in animals. Numerous theories have been developed to explain the causal link between biologically-associated disease and the ensuing neoplasia. In this paper we discuss the merits of one of these theories, the possible association between the mammalian inflammatory response and cancer.
authors.affiliation: Biology Department, Hope College, Holland, MI 49423.
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Gentile
authors.forename: G J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Gentile
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005211:Fascioliasis / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology* / Q000276:immunology*; D010272:Parasitic Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000276:immunology*; D012307:Risk Factors; D014777:Virus Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology