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Peripheral B‐ and T‐lymphocyte counts in patients with sarcoma and breast carcinoma
Author(s) -
Lee YeuTsu N.,
Marshall G. June,
Weiner John,
Bateman Joseph R.
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/1097-0142(197708)40:2<667::aid-cncr2820400212>3.0.co;2-n
Subject(s) - medicine , sarcoma , breast carcinoma , lymphocyte , peripheral , carcinoma , pathology , soft tissue sarcoma , oncology , breast cancer , cancer
Peripheral B‐ and T‐lymphocyte counts were studied in 50 patients before they received any therapy for their conditions: 16 had carcinoma of the breast; 8 soft tissue sarcoma; and 26, benign disease. Among 11 males, the six patients with advanced soft tissue sarcoma had significantly lower percentages of T lymphocytes than five patients with benign conditions. And six female patients with advanced breast cancers had significantly higher numbers of B lymphocytes than the 10 patients with early breast malignancies. Pertinent reports in the literature were reviewed and discussed. Presently, the clinical and prognostic values of quantitative study of T and B lymphocytes remain to be defined. Cancer 40:667–671, 1977.