The prognostic impact of monocyte fluorescence, immunosuppressive monocytes and peripheral blood immune cell numbers in HIV-associated Diffuse Large B-cell Lymphoma.

The monocyte count, L:M and the number of HLA-DRlow monos are not strong prognostic indicators in HIV-DLBCL, while a low CD4 count and neutrophilia are. Elevation of the MO-Y shows some promise as a potential biomarker of antitumour immunity; further study in this regard would be of interest.