Article
[The description of a new cellular type, Pinocchio cells, induced during the treatment of solid tumors with interleukin-2].
Medicina clinica - 13 Oct 1990
Rosell R, Millá F, Carles J, Batlle M, Ribelles N, Juncà J
Abstract excerpt
Three patients with renal adenocarcinoma and one with metastatic malignant melanoma were treated with continuous intravenous infusion of 18 x 10(6) IU/m2/day interleukin-2 during 5 days per week (2 weeks). Overall 60% of the calculated dose was administered owing to the development of severe toxicity. Among the hematological effects, eosinophilia was found in all patients, which was more marked 15-20 days after...
Topics
- Adenocarcinoma
- Antigens, CD
- Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
- Eosinophilia
- Histocytochemistry
- Humans
- Interleukin-2
- Kidney Neoplasms
- Melanoma
- Phenotype
- T-Lymphocytes
