Relativity study between tumor metastasis and the level of immune competent cells in patients with malignant carcinoma / 中国免疫学杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective:To study relativity between tumor metastasis and the level of immune competent cells from patients with malignant carcinoma.Methods:The percentage of NK cells and CTL cells and monocyte/macrophage cells were measured and analyzed in tumor tissue and peripheral blood from patients with malignant carcinoma by flow cytometry.Results:NK cells, CTL cells and monocyte/macrophage cells of tumor tissue and peripheral blood were lower than those of normal control groups ( P