T and B Lymphocyte Levels in Renal Cancer Patients: Influence of Preoperative Transcatheter Embolization and Radical Nephrectomy
- 1 December 1977
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Journal of Urology
- Vol. 118 (6) , 941-943
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s0022-5347(17)58256-7
Abstract
The mean percentage of T[thymus-derived] and B[bone marrow-derived] lymphocytes in peripheral blood was tested in 6 patients with renal cancer before and after preoperative transcatheter embolization and radical nephrectomy. While no significant difference was found in B lymphocyte levels compared to those in healthy control subjects a clear impairment in circulating T lymphocyte levels was observed in renal cancer patients who were not treated. This reduction in T lymphocyte levels persisted after embolization but there was a significant increase after radical nephrectomy.This publication has 14 references indexed in Scilit:
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