title: Influence of chemotherapy on the phagocytic activity of mononuclear cells in patients with Hodgkin's disease.
abstract: The phagocytic activity of mononuclear cells (MNC) was measured in 18 healthy blood donors and 16 patients with Hodgkin's disease (HD) before and after a new chemotherapeutic cycle (Cyclophosphamide - Vincristine - Prednisone - Procarbazine, CVPP; Adriamycin - Bleomycin - Vinblastine - Decarbazine, ABVD) using radiolabeled, opsonized yeast cells. The phagocytic activity of the MNC of HD patients was found to be significantly higher than that of the healthy controls. In patients in whom chemotherapy induced remission or partial remission, phagocytic activity of MNC was also reduced significantly, while phagocytic activity was increased in two patients, whose clinical course was not influenced by therapy.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols; D001761:Bleomycin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003606:Dacarbazine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004317:Doxorubicin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006689:Hodgkin Disease / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009000:Monocytes / Q000187:drug effects / Q000276:immunology*; D010587:Phagocytosis / Q000187:drug effects*; D014747:Vinblastine; D014750:Vincristine / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D001761:Bleomycin; D014750:Vincristine; D014747:Vinblastine; D003606:Dacarbazine; D004317:Doxorubicin