title: [Immunologic control in patients with cancer of the gastrointestinal tract].
abstract: Blastic transformation in vitro was used to estimate immunological competence in patients having gastrointestinal cancer. The authors found a correlation between lymphocyte transformation by phytohemagglutinin and prognosis. Autologous plasma inhibited lymphocyte transformation, particularly in those patients that proved to have an unfavorable clinical evolution one year after surgery.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001790:Blood Physiological Phenomena; D005260:Female; D005770:Gastrointestinal Neoplasms / Q000276:immunology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007121:Immunocompetence; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation / Q000187:drug effects; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008954:Models, Biological; D010835:Phytohemagglutinins / Q000494:pharmacology; D011379:Prognosis
chemical_list: D010835:Phytohemagglutinins
vernacular_title: Control inmunológico en pacientes con carcinomas del tracto gastrointestinal.