Folia Medica (Sep 2016)

Autoimmune Phenomena in Patients with Solid Tumors

  • Nenova Ivanka S.,
  • Valcheva Mariana Y.,
  • Beleva Elina A.,
  • Tumbeva Dora Y.,
  • Yaneva Marianna P.,
  • Rancheva Emilia L.,
  • Grudeva-Popova Zhanet G.

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1515/folmed-2016-0026
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 58, no. 3
pp. 195 – 199

Abstract

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Introduction: Autoimmune disorders have been documented in solid tumors and malignant hematological disorders. They are very common and well studied in lymphomas which are associated with immune imbalance. They are less common in solid tumors and are categorized as paraneoplastic syndromes with unclear pathogenesis.

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