title: Involvement of the local immune response in a case of advanced cervical cancer in a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus.
abstract: Although patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) have frequently accompanying malignancies, there are few documented cases in the literature of advanced cervical cancer patients with SLE. This report describes a case of advanced cervical cancer in a 39-year-old patient with a 20-year history of SLE (FIGO stage IIIb) and evaluates the immunological response of the tumor. The clinical course of this patient with SLE, with rapid growth of cervical cancer and a poor prognosis, may suggest that T cells play a key role in the growth of cancer.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Tottori University School of Medicine, Yonago, Japan.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kigawa
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kanamori
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Takeuchi
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Minagawa
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Terakawa
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001402:B-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology*; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000150:complications / Q000276:immunology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007108:Immune Tolerance / Q000276:immunology; D008180:Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / Q000150:complications* / Q000276:immunology; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology*; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000276:immunology*