Abstract
Tumor-associated antigen-induced leukocyte adherence inhibition has been used as an in vitro criterion for evaluating the effect of estrogen on cell-mediated antitumor-associated immunity in patients with adenocarcinoma of the prostate. Significant (p < 0.05) suppression from the reactivity obtained with untreated patients leukocytes to allogeneic extracts of malignant prostatic tissue ranging from 19 to 80% was observed in all patients following preincubation of their leukocytes with diethylstilbesterol diphosphate. The observed suppression of tumor-associated immunity in the presence of exogenous estrogen provides further evidence to earlier studies that demonstrated estrogenic suppression of nonspecific cellular responsiveness as evaluated by phytohemagglutinin-induced lymphocytic blastogenesis of normal and prostatic cancer patients lymphocytes and for the initially suggested concern over the efficacy of estrogenic therapy and its adverse effect on host cell-mediated immunological responsiveness.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 3702-3706 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Cancer Research |
| Volume | 38 |
| State | Published - Nov 1 1978 |
| Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Oncology
- Cancer Research