1987
Evaluation of circulating malignant cells provides prognostic information in cutaneous T cell lymphoma.
Schechter G, Sausville E, Fischmann A, Soehnlen F, Eddy J, Matthews M, Gazdar A, Guccion J, Munson D, Makuch R. Evaluation of circulating malignant cells provides prognostic information in cutaneous T cell lymphoma. Blood 1987, 69: 841-9. PMID: 3493044, DOI: 10.1182/blood.v69.3.841.bloodjournal693841.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCutaneous T-cell lymphomaT-cell lymphomaBlood involvementLymphocyte morphologyRisk factorsCell lymphomaCTCL cellsIndependent risk factorExtent of diseasePretreatment risk factorsPeripheral blood lymphocyte morphologyUntreated patientsVisceral diseaseWorse survivalLymph nodesInitial diagnosisT stageAggressive featuresSkin stageCutaneous tumorsSkin plaquesPrognostic informationPatientsMalignant cellsMultivariate analysisCytologic transformation in cutaneous T cell lymphoma: a clinicopathologic entity associated with poor prognosis.
Dmitrovsky E, Matthews M, Bunn P, Schechter G, Makuch R, Winkler C, Eddy J, Sausville E, Ihde D. Cytologic transformation in cutaneous T cell lymphoma: a clinicopathologic entity associated with poor prognosis. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 1987, 5: 208-15. PMID: 3492594, DOI: 10.1200/jco.1987.5.2.208.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsBiopsyDNA, NeoplasmFlow CytometryHumansMycosis FungoidesPrognosisRosette FormationSezary SyndromeSkinSkin NeoplasmsT-LymphocytesConceptsCutaneous T-cell lymphomaT-cell lymphomaCytologic transformationCell lymphomaClinical courseClinicopathologic entityCutaneous T-cell lymphoma patientsTumor cell DNA contentT-cell lymphoma patientsAggressive clinical courseDistinct clinicopathologic entityCell lymphoma patientsPeripheral blood smearMalignant T cellsLarge cell lymphomaConvoluted lymphocytesMedian survivalVisceral sitesLymph nodesOccasional patientMedian timeLymphoma patientsPoor prognosisCell DNA contentT cells
1982
Classification of cell lines derived from undifferentiated lymphomas according to their expression of complement and Epstein-Barr virus receptors: Implications for the relationship between African and American Burkitt's lymphoma
Freeman C, Magrath I, Benjamin D, Makuch R, Douglass E, Santaella M. Classification of cell lines derived from undifferentiated lymphomas according to their expression of complement and Epstein-Barr virus receptors: Implications for the relationship between African and American Burkitt's lymphoma. Clinical Immunology 1982, 25: 103-113. PMID: 7151335, DOI: 10.1016/0090-1229(82)90169-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEBV nuclear antigenEpstein-Barr virus receptorUndifferentiated lymphomaComplement receptorsExpression of complementEBNA-positive cell linesCell linesVirus receptorAmerican Burkitt's lymphomaCell typesEBV receptorBurkitt's typeReceptor expressionBurkitt's lymphomaNeoplastic counterpartsLymphomaHigh levelsIndividual tumorsVirus producersDegree of expressionNuclear antigenLow levelsReceptorsTumorsEBV
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