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Prediction of survival in head and neck cancer based on leukocyte sedimentation in ficoll‐hypaque gradients
Author(s) -
Check Irene J.,
Hunter Robert L.,
Lounsbury Ben,
Rosenberg Karen,
Matz Gregory
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
the laryngoscope
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.181
H-Index - 148
eISSN - 1531-4995
pISSN - 0023-852X
DOI - 10.1288/00005537-198008000-00004
Subject(s) - ficoll , head and neck cancer , medicine , cancer , white blood cell , lymphatic system , head and neck , pathology , biology , surgery , peripheral blood mononuclear cell , biochemistry , in vitro
A battery of immunologic tests were performed on 42 patients with recurrent cancer of the head and neck whose median survival time was 6.8 months. Two tests correlated with survival: total white blood cell (WBC) count and the percentage of lymphoid cells (% LG) in the Ficoll‐Hypaque gradient separated leukocyte fraction of blood.