1981
Laboratory parameters as an alternative to performance status in prognostic stratification of patients with small cell lung cancer.
Cohen M, Makuch R, Johnston-Early A, Ihde D, Bunn P, Fossieck B, Minna J. Laboratory parameters as an alternative to performance status in prognostic stratification of patients with small cell lung cancer. Journal Of The National Cancer Institute 1981, 65: 187-95. PMID: 6263468.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSmall cell lung cancerCell lung cancerLaboratory parametersLung cancerPerformance statusPrognostic factorsPrognostic indexSmall cell anaplastic lung cancerInfluential prognostic factorObjective prognostic indexPretreatment performance statusMajor prognostic factorSelf-limited eventAlpha-1 globulinCancer clinical trialsLaboratory resultsSignificant prognosticatorMedian followupAlbumin levelsMinimum followupPrognostic stratificationSurvival durationClinical trialsHigher hemoglobinTreatment response
1980
Serum glycoproteins in cancer patients: First report of correlations with in vitro and in vivo parameters of cellular immunity
Baskies A, Chretien P, Weiss J, Makuch R, Beveridge R, Catalona W, Spiegel H. Serum glycoproteins in cancer patients: First report of correlations with in vitro and in vivo parameters of cellular immunity. Cancer 1980, 45: 3050-3060. PMID: 7388749, DOI: 10.1002/1097-0142(19800615)45:12<3050::aid-cncr2820451229>3.0.co;2-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDepressed cellular immunityLymphocyte reactivityCellular immunityCancer patientsAlpha 2 HS-glycoproteinAlbumin levelsTumor extentHS-glycoproteinVivo parametersLevels of haptoglobinLevels of APPSerum glycoprotein levelsSerum protein levelsSerum glycoproteinsOngoing trialsPreoperative patientsRegional tumorsSerum levelsImmune statusImmunologic functionSolid malignanciesNormal controlsPatientsGlycoprotein levelsPrimary site
1979
Serum glycoproteins in head and neck squamous carcinoma Correlations with tumor extent, clinical tumor stage, and T-cell levels during chemotherapy
Wolf G, Chretien P, Elias E, Makuch R, Baskies A, Spiegel H, Weiss J. Serum glycoproteins in head and neck squamous carcinoma Correlations with tumor extent, clinical tumor stage, and T-cell levels during chemotherapy. The American Journal Of Surgery 1979, 138: 489-500. PMID: 90464, DOI: 10.1016/0002-9610(79)90407-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsΑ1-acid glycoprotein levelsT cell levelsTumor stageAcute phase proteinsUntreated patientsSerum levelsTumor extentCellular immunityImmune reactivitySquamous carcinomaPhase proteinsGlycoprotein levelsSpecific acute phase proteinsCompletion of chemotherapyClinical tumor stageChronic cigarette smokersΑ1-antitrypsin levelsΑ1-antitrypsinCellular immune parametersNeck squamous carcinomaPreoperative chemotherapyRecurrent carcinomaAlbumin levelsControl patientsRegional metastases