Elevated absolute NK cell counts in peripheral blood predict good prognosis in chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

Wen-Ting WangHua-Yuan ZhuYu-Jie WuYi XiaJia-Zhu WuWei WuJin-Hua LiangLi WangLei FanJian-Yong LiWei Xu

Published in: Journal of cancer research and clinical oncology (2018)

Our results suggest that NK cell count is an independent prognostic marker for OS in patients with CLL and NK cell counts ≥ 0.40 × 109/L can routinely be used to identify patients with favorable survival.

Keyphrases

nk cells
peripheral blood
chronic lymphocytic leukemia