Nasopharyngeal Cancer

Study Says Lymphocytic Infiltration is Beneficial

Published in Cancer Weekly, January 16th, 2001

Lymphocytic infiltration in undifferentiated nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) is actually beneficial to the patient, reducing the chances of metastasis and even destroying some cancer cells, researchers in Singapore report.

"Although the lymphoid infiltrate in NPC has been examined extensively in morphologic and immunocytochemical studies, the significance of this lymphoid infiltrate and its correlation with prognosis has been a subject of controversy for years," B.H. Bay and colleagues at the National University of Singapore explained in the Archives of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery.

Using light and electron microscopy, Bay et al....

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Source: Cancer Weekly (2001-01-16)

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