title: [Initial immunologic evaluations in breast and thyroid cancer].
abstract: In evaluating pre- and post-operative immunological status of 15 patients with malignant breast and thyroid tumors and of 9 patients with benign breast and thyroid lesions, rosette E test, CEA, cortisol, immunocomplexes and determination of circulating leukocytes, B lymphocytes and immunoglobulins was employed. The obtained data were not significative to show a lack of immune response in tumor bearing patients. Among the reexamined parameters, CEA was the only one that apparently correlated with prognosis; its serum levels, being at a high rate in a high percentage of malignancies, tended to fall down after surgical treatment.
mesh_terms: D000936:Antigen-Antibody Complex / Q000276:immunology; D001402:B-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000097:blood / Q000276:immunology* / Q000601:surgery; D002272:Carcinoembryonic Antigen / Q000097:blood; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006854:Hydrocortisone / Q000097:blood; D007136:Immunoglobulins / Q000032:analysis; D007958:Leukocyte Count; D012397:Rosette Formation; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000097:blood / Q000276:immunology* / Q000601:surgery
chemical_list: D000936:Antigen-Antibody Complex; D002272:Carcinoembryonic Antigen; D007136:Immunoglobulins; D006854:Hydrocortisone
vernacular_title: Prime valutazioni immunologiche nel carcinoma dell mammella e della tiroide.