Published September 1988 | Version v1
Journal article

Indices of the system of natural immunity in patients with cancer of the rectum during radiation treatment

  • 1. L'vovskij Meditsinskij Inst., Lvov (Ukrainian SSR)

Description

Indices of the system of natural immunity (number of large granulocontaining lymphocytes, functional activity of natural killer cells in the cytotoxic test, its changes in vitro under the effect of interferon and indomethacin) were studied in 17 patients with cancer of the rectum. These values were found to be reduced as compared with healthy subjects. Radiation treatment resulted in a further reduction of natural immunity values

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Original title (Russian)
Показатели системы естественного иммунитета у больных раком прямой кишки при лучевом лечении

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Vrachebnoe Delo
Journal Issue
no.9
Series
Vrach. Delo.
ISSN
0049-6804
CODEN
VRDEA