[Treatment with immunomodulating drugs of patients with operated cancer. Long-term results]. 1994

A Sortini, and L Di Marco, and G Navarra, and A Donini, and G Fiorentini, and M Santini, and A Sartori, and I Donini
Istituto di Clinica Chirurgica Generale e Terapia Chirurgica, Università degli Studi di Ferrara.

The authors produce a new course of study in order to verify the efficacy of immunomodulatory treatment in cancer-operated patients. In the General Surgical Clinic and Surgical Therapy Institute of University of Ferrara, from July '86 to June '92, 582 cancer-operated patients were treated by immunomodulatory drugs, making use of standard of absolute random. A group (100 patients) was subjected to peroperative anticontagious immunoprophylaxis; B group (482 patients) to postoperative cyclic immunomodulation; in this last group, were codified C group (166 patients) and D group (63 patients), controlled in follow-up, making use of 3 parameters: survival, clinical-oncological restage, performance status. The results obtained confirm the efficacy of the proposed immunomodulatory treatment: a reduction of incidence both early infections and late infections, an increase of survival, falls in clinical-oncological stage to less advanced levels and, above all, an improvement of performance status.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007369 Interferon Inducers Agents that promote the production and release of interferons. They include mitogens, lipopolysaccharides, and the synthetic polymers Poly A-U and Poly I-C. Viruses, bacteria, and protozoa have been also known to induce interferons. Inducers, Interferon
D009369 Neoplasms New abnormal growth of tissue. Malignant neoplasms show a greater degree of anaplasia and have the properties of invasion and metastasis, compared to benign neoplasms. Benign Neoplasm,Cancer,Malignant Neoplasm,Tumor,Tumors,Benign Neoplasms,Malignancy,Malignant Neoplasms,Neoplasia,Neoplasm,Neoplasms, Benign,Cancers,Malignancies,Neoplasias,Neoplasm, Benign,Neoplasm, Malignant,Neoplasms, Malignant
D011182 Postoperative Care The period of care beginning when the patient is removed from surgery and aimed at meeting the patient's psychological and physical needs directly after surgery. (From Dictionary of Health Services Management, 2d ed) Care, Postoperative,Postoperative Procedures,Procedures, Postoperative,Postoperative Procedure,Procedure, Postoperative
D002444 Cefuroxime Broad-spectrum cephalosporin antibiotic resistant to beta-lactamase. It has been proposed for infections with gram-negative and gram-positive organisms, GONORRHEA, and HAEMOPHILUS. Cephuroxime,Ketocef,Zinacef
D005500 Follow-Up Studies Studies in which individuals or populations are followed to assess the outcome of exposures, procedures, or effects of a characteristic, e.g., occurrence of disease. Followup Studies,Follow Up Studies,Follow-Up Study,Followup Study,Studies, Follow-Up,Studies, Followup,Study, Follow-Up,Study, Followup
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000276 Adjuvants, Immunologic Substances that augment, stimulate, activate, potentiate, or modulate the immune response at either the cellular or humoral level. The classical agents (Freund's adjuvant, BCG, Corynebacterium parvum, et al.) contain bacterial antigens. Some are endogenous (e.g., histamine, interferon, transfer factor, tuftsin, interleukin-1). Their mode of action is either non-specific, resulting in increased immune responsiveness to a wide variety of antigens, or antigen-specific, i.e., affecting a restricted type of immune response to a narrow group of antigens. The therapeutic efficacy of many biological response modifiers is related to their antigen-specific immunoadjuvanticity. Immunoactivators,Immunoadjuvant,Immunoadjuvants,Immunologic Adjuvant,Immunopotentiator,Immunopotentiators,Immunostimulant,Immunostimulants,Adjuvant, Immunologic,Adjuvants, Immunological,Immunologic Adjuvants,Immunological Adjuvant,Adjuvant, Immunological,Immunological Adjuvants
D013949 Thymus Extracts Extracts of the THYMUS GLAND that contain specific factors, peptides, and proteins with specific biological activities. Thymus Extract,Extract, Thymus,Extracts, Thymus
D013997 Time Factors Elements of limited time intervals, contributing to particular results or situations. Time Series,Factor, Time,Time Factor
D016305 Thymopentin Synthetic pentapeptide corresponding to the amino acids 32-36 of thymopoietin and exhibiting the full biological activity of the natural hormone. It is an immunomodulator which has been studied for possible use in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, AIDS, and other primary immunodeficiencies. TP-5,Thymopoietin Pentapeptide,Timunox,Pentapeptide, Thymopoietin

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