2004
DOI: 10.1007/s00262-004-0556-2
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Evidence for immune defects in breast and lung cancer patients

Abstract: Immunosuppression is often identified in cancer patients. The aim of this study was to evaluate several immune parameters for patients with breast and lung cancer. Immunophenotyping analysis showed that the cancer patients investigated had significantly lower absolute numbers of peripheral blood lymphocytes than controls. The immunosuppression was more evident for the breast cancer subgroup. The most severe immune defect noticed was the marked impairment of IFN-gamma secretion. A shift toward the Th2 phenotype… Show more

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“…2,3 However, the presence of an existing immune tolerance in patients with advanced cancer may limit the clinical effectiveness of such therapeutic strategies. 4 Several mechanisms have been attributed to the immune defect seen in breast cancer patients with advanced disease; where a lower number of blood lymphocytes, 5 elevated T regulatory lymphocytes, 6 defective dendritic cells 7 and expression of FasL in breast cancer 8 were described.…”
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“…2,3 However, the presence of an existing immune tolerance in patients with advanced cancer may limit the clinical effectiveness of such therapeutic strategies. 4 Several mechanisms have been attributed to the immune defect seen in breast cancer patients with advanced disease; where a lower number of blood lymphocytes, 5 elevated T regulatory lymphocytes, 6 defective dendritic cells 7 and expression of FasL in breast cancer 8 were described.…”
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“…Одно из них базируется на на-блюдениях об обратной корреляции выживаемости и числа метастазов, а также пораженных органов и сис тем [22,25,26]. Есть результаты целенаправлен-ных иммунологических исследований об активации иммунной системы и улучшении соматического ста-туса после удаления первичной опухоли [27]. Уста-новлено, что некоторые опухоли, в том числе РМЖ, способны индуцировать иммуносупрессию и за счет секреции цитокинов ускорять прогрессирование бо-лезни.…”
Section: опухоли женской репродуктивной системы Tumors Of Female Reprunclassified
“…Все остальные опубликованные исследования но-сят ретроспективный характер [6,10,12,18,27,[31][32][33] [6,34]. Так, в работе E. Rapiti и соавт.…”
Section: опухоли женской репродуктивной системы Tumors Of Female Reprunclassified
“…Szereg obserwacji klinicznych potwierdza znaczenie liczby krążących komórek nowotworowych jako niezależnego czynnika odpowiedzi na leczenie chorych na raka piersi w stadium rozsiewu [16,17]. W wielu nowotworach, w tym i w raku piersi, guz pierwotny indukuje immunosupresję za pośrednictwem szeregu cytokin [18,19]. Usunięcie guza pierwotnego wpływa na poprawę funkcji układu odpornościowego gospodarza [18].…”
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“…W wielu nowotworach, w tym i w raku piersi, guz pierwotny indukuje immunosupresję za pośrednictwem szeregu cytokin [18,19]. Usunięcie guza pierwotnego wpływa na poprawę funkcji układu odpornościowego gospodarza [18]. Leczenie miejscowe (chirurgia i radioterapia) zapobiega lokalnemu wzrostowi guza.…”
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