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...There does appear to be some relationship between the number of lymphocytes at the tumor site and the patients's prognosis," Dr. James T. Kurnick, assistant professor of pathology at the Medical School and the other researcher of the treatment, said in a statement...
...Generally, the prognosis will be better if there are large numbers of lymphocytes present, provided they are shown to be reactive against the tumor," he said...
...study, funded by a grant from the Upjohn Company, began by extracting a portion of live tumor in a patient suffering from adenocarcinoma, a type of lung cancer common to emphysema patients. The doctors mixed the removed tumor with a protein called Interleukin 2, which stimulates the growth of the lymphocytes normally present in the extracted tumor...
Cancers, considered one of the fastest and most uncontrollable of all growths, have proved so deadly since doctors have not yet perfected agents either to inhibit the unrestricted growth or to destroy an existing tumor...
Although Interleukin 2 has been available since 1976, in previous experiments doctors have concentrated on multiplying lymphocytes in general, and have not reproduced and experimented with the cells specifically associated with a malignant tumor...