Patients categorized according t o tumor type were compared to a control nontumor population. Comparison of relative T cell values among the groups showed no significant differences; however, when absolute numbers of T cells/ mm3 were compared, all cancer patients, whether from treated or untreated
Effect of operation on B and T lymphocyte counts
β Scribed by Yeu-Tsu N. Lee; G. June Marshall; Jerry Jalaba
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1978
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 454 KB
- Volume
- 10
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0022-4790
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β¦ Synopsis
Abstract
Preoperative and postoperative studies of peripheral B and T lymphocyte counts were accomplished in 21 patients. Diagnoses included 10 carcinoma of the breast, 3 sarcoma, and 8 benign diseases. On postoperative day one and two, an increase in Bβcell percentage was observed in the majority of patients tested. However, there was a decrease in total lymphocyte count and fastβreacting T lymphocyte numbers on postoperative day one, especially in patients who had intraabdominal operations. All the lymphocyte counts returned to preoperative range within one week. Pertinent reports in the literature were reviewed and discussed.
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