Changes in cellular immunity during chemotherapy for testicular cancer

International Journal of Urology

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 604-608

  Kubota, Yoko ^a   Ohji, Hirosi ^a   Itoh, Keiichi ^a   Sasagawa, Isoji ^a   Nakada, Teruhiro ^a  

^a YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cellular immunity; Chemotherapy; Natural killer cell activity; Neutrophil activity; Testicular cancer

Indexed keywords

BLEOMYCIN; CD16 ANTIGEN; CD56 ANTIGEN; CHROMIUM 51; CISPLATIN; ETOPOSIDE; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CELL COUNT; CELL FUNCTION; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GERM CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NEUTROPHIL; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TESTIS CARCINOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANTIMETABOLITES, ANTINEOPLASTIC; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; BLEOMYCIN; CARCINOMA, EMBRYONAL; CHORIOCARCINOMA; CISPLATIN; ETOPOSIDE; GRANULOCYTE COLONY-STIMULATING FACTOR; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; NEUTROPHILS; SEMINOMA; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0035660622     PISSN: 09198172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-2042.2001.00392.x     Document Type: Article

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