Effect of age and cigarette smoking on carcinoembryonic antigen levels

JC Alexander, NA Silverman, PB Chretien - Jama, 1976 - jamanetwork.com
Serum carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) levels were determined by the Hansen-Z-gel technique
in 276 healthy volunteers, of whom 154 were smokers and 122 nonsmokers. The mean …

The ethmoid sinuses: a re-evaluation of surgical resection

AS Ketcham, PB Chretien, JM Van Buren… - The American Journal of …, 1973 - Elsevier
The combined intracranial transfacial approach to the ethmoid, sphenoid, and frontal sinuses
has been satisfactory in performing en bloc resection of cancer arising in or involving these …

Lymphocyte reactivity in cancer patients: Correlation with tumor histology and clinical stage

WJ Catalona, WF Sample, PB Chretien - Cancer, 1973 - Wiley Online Library
The in vitro reactivity of peripheral blood lymphocytes and the effect of serum on normal
lymphocyte reactivity was determined in 89 patients with non‐lymphoid tumors by quantitation of …

A method for dinitrochlorobenzene contact sensitization: A clinicopathological study

…, PT Taylor, AS Rabson, PB Chretien - New England Journal …, 1972 - Mass Medical Soc
To facilitate measurement of cell-mediated immune responses, a method for quantitative
clinical evaluation of contact sensitization to dinitrochlorobenzene (DNCB) was devised and …

Inhibition of Phytohemagglutinin-Induced In Vitro Lymphocyte Transformation by Serum From Patients With Carcinoma

…, HR Gertner Jr, PB Chretien - Journal of the National …, 1971 - academic.oup.com
The in vitro reactivity in autologous serum of lymphocytes from 100 normal persons and 120
cancer patients was determined by quantitation of phytohemagglutinin-induced tritiated …

CEA levels in head and neck cancer

NA Silverman, JC Alexander Jr, PB Chretien - Cancer, 1976 - Wiley Online Library
Serum carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) levels were determined for 439 patients with
squamous carcinoma of the head and neck region, 154 healthy smokers, and 122 nonsmokers. …

Effects of radiation therapy on T‐lymphocyte subpopulations in patients with head and neck cancer

WC Gray, PB Chretien, CM Suter… - … –Head and Neck …, 1985 - Wiley Online Library
Cellular immunity was assessed in 85 patients with head and neck cancer with monoclonal
antibodies to lymphocyte surface antigens that identify total T cells, helper cells, and …

The immunobiology of skin cancer

LEEA DELLON, C Potvin, PB Chretien… - Plastic and …, 1975 - journals.lww.com
Thirty-three patients had SCC, 26 had BCC, 13 had Bowen's disease (BD), and 3 had xeroderma
pigmentosa (XP). Among the 33 patients with SCC, there were two with 3 different SCC…

Serum glycoproteins in cancer patients: First report of correlations with in vitro and in vivo parameters of cellular immunity

AM Baskies, PB Chretien, JF Weiss, RW Makuch… - Cancer, 1980 - Wiley Online Library
Serum levels of proteins previously shown to be elevated [acute‐phase proteins (APP)—haptoglobin,
α 1 ‐acid glycoprotein, α 1 ‐antitrypsin] or depressed (α 2 HS‐glycoprotein, …

High dose methotrexate as a preoperative adjuvant in the treatment of epidermoid carcinoma of the head and neck: a feasibility study and clinical trial

JL Tarpley, PB Chretien, JC Alexander Jr… - The American Journal of …, 1975 - Elsevier
Thirty patients with operable epidermoid carcinoma of the head and neck were treated with
intravenous high dose methotrexate and leucovorin rescue prior to resection. Their clinical …