title: [Influence of treatment with ionizing radiations on the immune response of cancer patients].
abstract: We report the results of immunological surveillance of 60 patients with advanced ENT, mammary and bronchopulmonary cancers or Hodgkin's disease, treated only by physical agents. These patients were explored by blastic stimulation testing before, during and after radiation therapy. The results confirm an immunodepressive effect of radiotherapy which increase as the irradiated areas increase, thus showing the importance of immunological surveillance of the cancer patients especially after irradiation. In effect the correlation existing between the importance of immunological repair after irradiation and a good short-term prognosis lead us to plan new radio-immunotherapeutic associations in the treatment of advanced cancers or cancers with a poor prognosis.
mesh_terms: D004307:Dose-Response Relationship, Radiation; D006801:Humans; D007111:Immunity, Cellular / Q000528:radiation effects*; D007165:Immunosuppression Therapy; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation / Q000528:radiation effects; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000276:immunology* / Q000532:radiotherapy; D011830:Radiation Effects; D011839:Radiation, Ionizing
vernacular_title: Influence des traitements par rayonnements ionisants sur la réponse immunitaire du cancéreux