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
The long term effects of radiation on T and B lymphocytes in the peripheral blood after regional irradiation
โ Scribed by Richard T. Hoppe; Zvi Y. Fuks; Samuel Strober; Henry S. Kaplan
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1977
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 631 KB
- Volume
- 40
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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