[Reaction of nitroblue tetrazolium reduction by leukocytes from patients with cancer of the lungs]. / Reaktsiia vosstanovleniia nitrosinego tetrazolia leikotsitami u bol'nykh rakom legkogo.

The investigation of 22 patients with lung cancer has shown that they have elevated indices of the nitroblue tetrazolium reduction and lower potentials of bactericidal activity of the cells due to the inhibiting action of tumor tissues.

[Natural killer activity and sensitization of the lymphocytes to tissue antigens in lung cancer]. / Estestvennaia killernaia aktivnost' i sensibilizatsiia k tkanevym antigenam limfotsitov pri rake legkogo.

A decreased natural killer activity was observed in patients with lung cancer as the disease progressed. Surgical intervention results in its elevation at the IIId stage, while the application of cytostatics or irradiation are efficient at the IIId and IInd stages. Pronounced sensibilization of the peripheral blood lymphocytes in cancer patients to normal and cancer tissue antigens was demonstrated with the help of the leukocyte adhesion inhibition test.