Iatrogenic Immunotherapy of Lung Cancer

IN attempts to rid himself of cancerous growths, man has used fire and cryogenics, laser and x-ray beams, caustics and excision, and an infinite spectrum of diets, drugs and suggestion. Every few years one or another method is rediscovered when one or several physicians record unusual responses of patients with cancer to one or another circumstance. A report in this issue provides evidence that empyema in the postoperative period may improve survival in some patients with lung cancer.The American literature concerned with the anticancer activity of micro-organisms traces its historical roots to the reports of Coley, who in 1891 . . .