ON THE PROGNOSTIC SIGNIFICANCE OF THE ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE, THE LEUKOCYTE COUNT, THE HEMOGLOBIN VALUE, AND BODY WEIGHT IN IRRADIATED AND NONIRRADIATED CANCER PATIENTS (in German)
Changes in these parameters were followed in 672 women with genital carcinoma during and after radiotherapy to determine whether any of them could be used to predict the eventual success of the treatment. All of these parameters were found to be of prognostic value in the 394 patients with carcinoma of the uterine cervix of grades I, II, and III. Erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) was initially elevated in these patients, and in those without recurrence, irradiation caused a prompt and progressive drop in ESR. It continued to rise after radiotherapy in those who later showed tumor recurrence. Similar changes in leukocyte count were seen in this group, the counts falling and staying down after successful treatment or rising when the treatment failed. An inverse relation with respect to the hemoglobin level and body wt was seen, both values progressively increasing in cases later shown to be cured and falling in those which were not. These relations did not hold or were of less prognostic value in patients with carcinomas of the body of the uterus, ovary, or vulva. However, in general, a gradual continual fall in ESR and a rapid fall in leukocyte count were favorable signs following irradiation. (BBB)
- Research Organization:
- Universitat, Giessen, Ger.
- NSA Number:
- NSA-17-038786
- OSTI ID:
- 4645490
- Journal Information:
- Geburtsh. Frauenheilk., Vol. Vol: 22; Other Information: Orig. Receipt Date: 31-DEC-63
- Country of Publication:
- Country unknown/Code not available
- Language:
- German
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