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Interleukin-2 activation of cytotoxic cells in postmastectomy seroma.
The Journal of surgical research - 15 Feb 1996
Gercel-Taylor C, Hoffman J P, Taylor D D, Owens K J, Eisenberg B L
Abstract excerpt
Lymphocytes were isolated from breast seroma fluids and used to study the mechanism of activation of cytotoxic lymphocytes and possible role of immunological potentiation following surgery in breast cancer patients. Single or serial samples were obtained from patients who had undergone mastectomy or lumpectomy with axillary node dissection. Lymphocytes were activated with rIL-2 (interleukin-2) and their cytotoxic...
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