[A comparison of the morphofunctional characteristics of the peripheral blood lymphocytes and the immune status of patients with malignant melanoma of the skin].

As a results of the study of immune status of 75 patients with malignant skin melanoma, some signs of immunodeficiency with failure of cell and humoral reactions were revealed. The degree of quantitative and qualitative changes of immune system depended on clinical-morphological features of malignancy development.