Research Article

The Plasticity of CD4+CD25+FOXP3+CD127low T Cells in Patients with Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma in the Course of Interferon-Alpha Immunotherapy

Table 1

General characteristics of patients.

Sex
 Males15 (83.3%)
 Females3 (16.7%)

Mean age, years55 (41–77)

Histological variant
 Clear cell RCC18 (100%)

Prognosis (MSKCC)
 Favorable11 (61.1%)
 Intermediate7 (38.9%)

Stage IV (at the moment of immunotherapy)
 After palliative nephrectomy6 (33.3%)
 After radical nephrectomy12 (66.7%)

Previous therapy
 Yes2 (11.1%)
 No16 (88.9%)