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Wild ass guess: Some patients developed localized tumors at the injection site, which were eradicated by the host immune system. Thus some could have tumors without really developing a disease we would call cancer

Edit: I've actually seen this exact reaction with subcutaneous injections of tumor cells in mice.




Makes sense. Thanks for clarifying the difference.




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