Clinical significance of peripheral blood and tumor tissue lymphocyte subsets in cervical cancer patients.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Alterations in peripheral blood lymphocytes in cervical cancer have been reported, although conflicting views exist. The present study investigated the distributions of lymphocyte subsets in tumor tissue and peripheral blood samples from cervical cancer patients and precancerous lesion patients, and evaluated the correlations of lymphocyte subsets with clinicopathological and prognostic variables.

Methods

A total of 44 patients with stage IB1-IIA2 cervical cancer and 13 precancerous lesion patients were included. Lymphocytes were collected from the tumor tissue and the peripheral blood, and isolated by Lymphoprep density gradient centrifugation. The percentages of lymphocyte subsets were quantified by flow cytometry analysis, and the differences between lymphocyte

SUBMITTER: Wu Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7057584 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature