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Follicular Lymphoma
Findings from University of Barcelona in follicular lymphoma reported
July 8th, 2009
According to recent research from Barcelona, Spain, " Tumor microenvironment influences the behavior of follicular lymphoma (FL), although the specific cell subsets involved are not well known. The aim of this study was to determine the impact of programmed cell death 1 (PD-1) -positive inhibitory immunoregulatory lymphoid cells in the clinicobiologic features and outcome of patients with FL." "Patients and Methods We examined samples from 100 patients (53 men and 47 women; median age, 54 years) at diagnosis, as well as in 32 patients at first relapse, with a recently generated monoclonal antibody against PD-1. The cells were quantified using computerized image...
Source: Immunotherapy Weekly (2009-07-08)
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