Relationships between cervical node histological patterns and rosette test scores: possible prognostic value in laryngeal cancer.
In previous research the authors have remarked that some hystological patterns--macrophagic hyperplasia and thymus-dependent areas hyperplasia--when prevailing in cervical nodes of laryngeal cancer patients, possess a positive prognostic value. In this study the possible relationship between the results of E and EAC-rosettes and prevailing hystologic patterns in cervical nodes is investigated. A positive correlation was not found. Conclusively, the inconsistency of aspecific tests for prognostic purposes and the need for a specific immunological monitoring system are outlined.
D006801:Humans; D006965:Hyperplasia; D007822:Laryngeal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000473:pathology*; D009333:Neck; D011379:Prognosis; D012397:Rosette Formation