Immunobiology of primary intracranial tumors. Part 5: Correlation of a lymphocyte index and clinical status.
Long-term assessment of general host immunocompetence of patients with primary malignant brain tumors indicates that although isolated determinations of nonspecific responsiveness are not clinically useful, sequential analyses utilizing a linear combination of in vitro lymphocyte probes are capable of predicting tumor recurrence prior to clinical deterioration.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000276:immunology* / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D005910:Glioma / Q000276:immunology* / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D007158:Immunologic Techniques; D008214:Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; D011379:Prognosis