title: [Evaluation of cell-mediated immunity in the course of primary malignant tumors of the ovary. Cutaneous reactivity. (author's transl)].
abstract: The present possibilities of clinically evaluating cell-mediated immune potential using skin reactivity to microbial protein antigens (streptokinase-streptodornase; tuberculin; formalin-killed parotitis virus) together with a contact sensitized such as dinitrochlorobenzene are examined. A single evaluation index for the set of cutireactions is proposed and, as a practical example, the delayed hypersensitivity data based on intradermal and patch tests in 41 cases of primary malignant tumor of the ovary are reported. There is a definite correlation between immune impairment and cancer spread, with a survival prognosis value even in initial cases.
mesh_terms: D004137:Dinitrochlorobenzene / Q000276:immunology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007111:Immunity, Cellular; D009109:Mumps virus / Q000276:immunology; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000276:immunology*; D011379:Prognosis; D012882:Skin Tests; D013299:Streptodornase and Streptokinase; D014373:Tuberculin
chemical_list: D004137:Dinitrochlorobenzene; D014373:Tuberculin; D013299:Streptodornase and Streptokinase
vernacular_title: Valutazione della immunità mediata da cellule in corso di tumori maligni primitivi dell'ovaio. La reattività cutanea