ISSN:
1432-0851
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Medicine
Notes:
Summary Peripheral Tγ lymphocytes were measured in head and neck cancer patients and controls. The percentage was significantly higher in the 59 cancer patients than in the 46 normal controls (P〈0.001). The 12 patients with recurrent disease had elevated percentages of Tγ lymphocytes compared with the untreated group (n=31; P〈0.05) and the treated, disease-free group (n=16; P〈0.05). Moreover, the percentage of Tγ lymphocytes was significantly higher in the 31 patients with regional lymph node metastasis than in the node-negative group (n=28; P〈0.05). In a total of 37 patients with squamous cell carcinoma histologically graded I, II, and III, the absolute counts and percentages of Tγ lymphocytes in the grade I group (n=13) showed significant decreases compared with those in the grade III group (P〈0.05; n=6). Moreover, postoperative serial determinations of the percentage of Tγ lymphocytes in the 14 treated, disease-free patients revealed a gradual decrease of Tγ lymphocytes, whereas the five patients with recurrent disease had a tendency to increases in the percentage of Tγ lymphocytes.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00205480
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