Author(s)

Chandra Bhan, Kartikeya Purohit, Jagdish Prasad Purohit, Ajay Pratap Singh, Bhoopendra Singh, Siva Selvaraj, Manish Pandey, Vineet Kumar, Vineet Kumar

Department of ENT, Head and Neck Surgery, MLB Medical College, Jhansi, India.

Immune response is known to develop against malignant tumours. Malignant tumours express newer antigen on their cell surface membrane which elicit immunological reaction in and around tumoural tissue. In early part of immune reaction neutrophil, eosinophil migrates followed by monocyte-macrophage cell. Tumor associated tissue eosinophilia (TATE) is believed to play a significant role in the biological behavior of the carcinoma. Eosinophil infiltrate in association with the head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) have been reviewed from time-to-time. The significance of such an association has been variably thought to be either a potential diagnostic tool for stromal invasion or as a prognostic indicator. The aim of this study was to investigate and evaluate the possible role of the tumour associated tissue eosinophilia (TATE) as a predictive indicator for the grading and establishing prognosis of the upper aerodigestive tract squamous cell carcinoma (SCC).

Tumour Associated Tissue Eosinophilia (TATE), Squamous Cell Carcinoma (SCC)

Bhan, C. , Purohit, K. , Purohit, J. , Singh, A. , Singh, B. , Selvaraj, S. , Pandey, M. , Kumar, V. and Kumar, V. (2016) Tumour Associated Tissue Eosinophilia as a Prognostic Indicator in Squamous Cell Carcinoma of Upper Aerodigestive Tract. International Journal of Otolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery, 5, 54-58. doi: 10.4236/ijohns.2016.52009.