[Changes in the T- and B-lymphocyte ratio in bone sarcoma patients before and after carminomycin treatment]

The clinical ratio of T- and B-lymphocytes in the peripheral blood of patients with osteogenic sarcoma and Ewing's sarcoma was studied. Significant changes in the ratio of T- and B-cells was found in the patients in the stage of generalization with metastases to the bones and lungs. During the treatment with carminomycin the relative number of T-cells reached the values close to the normal. The total number of lymphocytes in the blood and the absolute content of T- and B-cells in some patients remained decreased for a long period of time.