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VARIOUS reports of embryonal antigens in extracts of tumour tissues have appeared since 1932 (refs. 1–9). Such antigens, absent from homologous normal tissues, have been detected in colonic6, hepatic7 and lung cancers8. These findings stimulated a study of the possible universal appearance of embryonic antigens in cancer tissues.
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STONEHILL, E., BENDICH, A. Retrogenetic Expression: the Reappearance of Embryonal Antigens in Cancer Cells. Nature 228, 370–372 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1038/228370a0
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