T and B lymphocyte levels in renal cancer patients: influence of preoperative transcatheter embolization and radical nephrectomy.
The mean percentage of T and B 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 had not been treated. This reduction in T lymphocyte levels persisted after embolization but there was a significant increase after radical nephrectomy.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001402:B-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology*; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000276:immunology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009392:Nephrectomy; D012397:Rosette Formation; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology*