Open AccessThe Peripheral Lymphocyte Count as an Aid in the Clinical Staging of Lung Cancer
Author(s) -
Scott P. Aarons,
William A. Albano,
Randall E. Harris,
Claude H. Organ
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
annals of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.153
H-Index - 309
eISSN - 1528-1140
pISSN - 0003-4932
DOI - 10.1097/00000658-197803000-00006
Subject(s) - medicine , lung cancer , peripheral , stage (stratigraphy) , lymphocyte , lung , lung cancer staging , pathology , cancer , oncology , gastroenterology , paleontology , mediastinoscopy , biology
The association between disease staging and peripheral lymphocyte count (PLC) was studied in 178 patients with histologically verified lung cancer. Mean PLC varied inversely with the stage of disease (p less than .01). The mean values were 2821, 2217, and 1594 for Stages I, II and III respectively. Thoretical normal distributions were generated about the mean peripheral lymphocyte count for each stage. Relative frequencies of lung cancer staging based on the PLC are estimated utilizing these curves.