Influence of multimodality therapy on the cellular immunity of patients with esophageal cancer

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 609-616

  Mafune, Ken Ichi ^a,c   Tanaka, Yoichi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b SAITAMA CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cellular immunity; Esophageal cancer; Lymphocyte subsets; Multimodality treatment; Natural killer activity

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CD16 ANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD57 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CELL ACTIVITY; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYTOTOXICITY; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; MALE; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; NATURAL KILLER CELL; SURGICAL STRESS;

EID: 0033835332     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02725341     Document Type: Article

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