[The natural body resistance of patients operated on for differentiated thyroid cancer]

After operation for differentiated thyroid cancer, late assessment of the indices of cellular and humoral immunity was carried out in 37 patients ranging in age from 20 to 70 years. Control group included 38 healthy subjects of the similar age. In patients examined, increase in IgC content, absence of changes in IgA and IgM levels were noted. Relative content of B-lymphocytes was increased, total number of lymphocytes, T- and O-cells--significantly decreased.