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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1990-4-18
pubmed:abstractText
We analyzed various subsets of lymphocytes infiltrated into cancer tissues from 15 patients (10 cases of oropharyngeal cancer and 5 of hypopharyngeal cancer) before treatment and after irradiation with approximately 10 Gy (1,000 rad) and 30 Gy by the method of biotin-avidin-horseradish peroxidase using mouse monoclonal antibodies. The infiltration was graded (marked) to - (none). In 3 cases, tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes were remarkably increased at the delivery of a small dose of irradiation (approx. 10 Gy): 2 of them showed remarkable radiosensitivity, and the lymphocyte subpopulation of the cancer tissue was mainly composed of Leu-3a + 3b-positive and Leu-8-negative lymphocytes (helper inducer T lymphocytes or delayed-type hypersensitivity cells). On the other hand, the third one proved to be rather radioresistant, and the lymphocyte subpopulation was mainly composed of Leu-14-positive lymphocytes (B lymphocytes). These findings indicate that the analysis of the lymphocyte subpopulation infiltrating into cancer tissues at the delivery of small doses of irradiation is applicable as a predictive assay in radiotherapy of squamous cell carcinoma of the oropharynx and hypopharynx.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0030-2414
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
47
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
155-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1990
pubmed:articleTitle
Application of the immunohistochemical method as a predictive assay in radiotherapy of squamous cell carcinoma of oropharynx and hypopharynx.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Radiology, Kochi Medical School, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't