Effect of photodynamic therapy on selected laboratory values of patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma.
Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol
; 106(8): 680-2, 1997 Aug.
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| ID: mdl-9270433
ABSTRACT
We determined pre- and post-photodynamic therapy (PDT) serum levels of soluble interleukin-2 receptor (SIL-2R) and interleukin-2 (IL-2), as well as activity of natural killer (NK) cells, among 24 patients with either persistent or recurrent nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC), using a double-antibody sandwich technique, tritiated thymidine-deoxyribonucleoside incorporation, and iodine 125-uridine-deoxyribonucleoside release techniques, respectively. The results showed that the post-PDT serum level of SIL-2R had significantly declined (p < .0005), while that of IL-2 and the NK cell activity had significantly increased (p < .0005), compared with pre-PDT values, suggesting an immunoenhancing effect of PDT on NPC patients.
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Fotoquimioterapia
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Carcinoma de Células Escamosas
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Neoplasias Nasofaríngeas
Limite:
Adult
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Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
1997
Tipo de documento:
Article