[Local cellular immune response in bronchopulmonary carcinoma after surgery in relation to long-term prognosis]

The prognostic value of local stromal cell reaction has been examined in 48 carcinomas of the lung (23 squamous cell carcinomas, 16 large cell anaplastic carcinomas, 9 adenocarcinomas) after radical surgery. The intensity of the peri and intratumoral lymph cell (R.L.), plasma cell (P.R.) and macrophage (M.R.) reactions has been classified in low, moderate and high reactions. The 5 year survival rate is significantly higher in patients having large cell carcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma in relation to a high or moderate lymphocytic reaction. There is no correlation between the age of the patient and the stromal cell reaction.