Coexisting high-grade glandular and squamous cervical lesions and human papillomavirus infections

The frequency of high-risk human papillomavirus (hr-HPV) genotypes in patients with adenocarcinoma in situ (ACIS) with coexisting cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN), ACIS without coexisting CIN, and high-grade CIN (CIN II/III) was studied, in order to gain more insight into the relation between hr-HPV infections and the development of coexisting squamous and glandular lesions. The SPF(10) LiPA PCR was used to detect simultaneously 25 different HPV genotypes in biopsies obtained from 90 patients with CIN II/III, 47 patients with ACIS without coexisting CIN, and 49 patients with ACIS and coexisting CIN. hr-HPV was detected in 84 patients (93%) with CIN II/III, 38 patients (81%) with ACIS without CIN, and in 47 patients (96%) with ACIS and coexisting CIN. A total of 13 different hr-HPV genotypes were detected in patients with CIN II/III, and only five in patients with ACIS with/without coexisting CIN. HPV 31, multiple hr-HPV genotypes, and HPV genotypes other than 16, 18, and 45 were significantly more often detected in patients with CIN II/III, while HPV 18 was significantly more often detected in patients with ACIS with/without CIN. There were no significant differences in the frequency of specific hr-HPV genotypes between patients with ACIS with or without coexisting CIN. In conclusion, the frequency of specific hr-HPV genotypes is similar for patients with ACIS without CIN and patients with ACIS and coexisting CIN, but is significantly different for patients with CIN II/III without ACIS. These findings suggest that squamous lesions, coexisting with high-grade glandular lesions, are aetiologically different from squamous lesions without coexisting glandular lesions.     

Diet in the epidemiology of cancer of the colon and rectum.

We examined the diets as reported in interviews of 256 white male patients with cancer of the colon and of 330 white male patients with cancer of the rectum. Controls were 783 patients with nonneoplastic, nondigestive system diseases distributed by age similarly to the colon cancer patients and 628 patients with nonneoplastic, nondigestive diseases distributed by age like those with cancer of the rectum. We found no increase in risk for cancer of the colon or rectum regardless of the amounts of beef or other meats ingested. However, we found an increase in risk of colon cancer with decreases in the frequency with which vegetables were eaten. A study of 214 females with cancer of the colon and 182 females with cancer of the rectum yielded similar results. The decrease in risk we found associated with frequent ingestion of vegetables, and especially cabbage, Brussels sprouts, and broccoli, is consistent with the decreased numbers of tumors observed in animals challenged with carcinogens and fed compounds found in these same vegetables.     

T- and B-lymphocytes in chronic lymphocytic leukemia: correlation with clinical and immunologic status of the disease.

T- and B-lymphocyte count were correlated with clinical and immunologic status of 59 patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia. The mean total T-cell count was slightly lower than normal in patients in complete remission, within normal limits in those in partial remission, and significantly higher in those with active disease. The mean total B-cell count, however, was slightly elevated in patients in complete remission and those in partial remission, and markedly elevated in those with active disease. The T-cell count correlated well with the duration of disease in patients in remission: The mean count was within normal range in those patients with disease of less than 3 years, whereas for those patients with disease of 3-12 years, a significant reduction was observed. The T-cell count was well correlated with the status of skin test response of patients with either complete or partial remission; the B-cell count did not correlate with immunoglobulin levels in patients with this disease.     

Evidence for hypomethylation in two children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia and leukoencephalopathy

BACKGROUND: The prognosis of patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) in childhood has improved with intensive chemotherapy. In particular, central nervous system (CNS) leukemia has been well controlled by the presymptomatic administration of intrathecal methotrexate (MTX), high dose systemic MTX, and irradiation. However, the prolonged intrathecal administration and/or the administration of high doses of systemic MTX, especially when combined with irradiation, can lead to leukoencephalopathy (LE), a serious CNS complication of such prophylaxis. Because the mechanisms by which MTX causes this complication have not been elucidated, the authors investigated the transmethylation status of the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) in two children with ALL and LE to investigate the pathophysiology of that disorder. METHODS: The levels of S-adenosylmethionine (SAM) and S-adenosylhomocysteine (SAH) were measured in the CSF of 2 children with ALL and LE, 7 children with ALL only who were undergoing presymptomatic administration of MTX, and 18 reference children in whom diagnostic lumbar puncture was indicated for other reasons. A sensitive, high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) method was used with fluorescence detection. RESULTS: The concentrations of SAM in the CSF were lower in the patients with ALL during treatment with MTX compared with the reference children. The SAM levels in the 2 patients with both ALL and LE were slightly lower than the levels in the 7 patients with ALL only. The SAH concentrations in the CSF were higher in the patients with ALL and LE compared with the patients with ALL only and the reference children. The mean concentration of SAH in the CSF was similar in the reference children to that found in the 7 patients with ALL only. The SAM-to-SAH ratios were lower in the 2 patients with ALL and LE and in the 7 patients with ALL only compared with the reference children. The ratios in the patients with ALL and LE were still lower than in those with ALL only, thus providing supporting evidence of hypomethylation in the 2 patients with ALL and LE. CONCLUSIONS: The data suggest that the treatment of children with ALL using MTX causes subclinical hypomethylation and that progressive hypomethylation in the CNS, as evidenced in the 2 patients with ALL and LE, may be responsible for the demyelination in the LE induced by MTX.     

Specific diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma by delayed hepatobiliary imaging

For assessment of the value of delayed hepatobiliary imaging with technetium 99m (99mTc)-(Sn)-N-pyridoxyl-5-methyltryptophan (99mTc-PMT) for specific diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma, 88 patients with various malignant and benign liver diseases (49 with hepatocellular carcinoma, 4 with cholangiocellular carcinoma, 10 with metastatic liver carcinoma, 2 with liver cysts, 2 with liver hemangioma, 1 with liver abscess, 2 with intrahepatic lithiasis, 12 with liver cirrhosis, and 6 with chronic hepatitis) were studied. In 20 (41%) of the 49 patients with hepatocellular carcinoma, greater uptake of 99mTc-PMT by the tumor than by the surrounding liver tissue was seen in delayed hepatobiliary images, whereas in eight patients (16%), equilibrated uptake was seen. No increased uptake of the radioisotope by hepatic lesions was seen in 21 patients with localized liver diseases other than hepatoma. Moreover, in 18 patients with diffuse liver diseases, no focal accumulation of the radioisotope was seen in delayed 99mTc-PMT images. In addition, of 28 patients with hepatocellular carcinoma in whom the serum alpha-fetoprotein level showed little or no increase, 12 showed increased uptake of 99mTc-PMT by the tumor. In assessing delayed 99mTc-PMT images, however, it was necessary to consider following complications: accumulation of tracer in obstructed and dilated biliary trees; retention of radioactivity in nonneoplastic liver tissues; difficulties in evaluating 99mTc-PMT uptake by small hepatic tumors; overlapping of radioactivity in the gut and gallbladder in delayed 99mTc-PMT images of tumors. This study indicates that delayed 99mTc-PMT images can be useful in the diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma.     

血清降钙素原（PCT）鉴别肿瘤患者发热原因的价值探讨

目的探讨血清PCT检测对鉴别肿瘤患者发热原因的意义。方法回顾性分析170例恶性肿瘤伴发热患者PCT水平与发热原因的关系。结果败血症组血清PCT检测阳性率为93．75％,普通感染组阳性率为70．48％,肿瘤热组阳性率为6．06％,两两比较,均有显著性差异（P=0．00001）。按感染病原体分析发现,无论是细菌感染、真菌感染还是细菌混合真菌感染,其PCT水平均明显高于肿瘤热组（P〈0．05）,但细菌、真菌、细菌混合真菌感染3组两两比较,PCT值均无显著性差异。PCT诊断败血症的灵敏度为87．50％,特异度为70．32％,阳性预测值和阴性预测值分别为23．33％和98．19％。结论合并感染特别是合并败血症的肿瘤患者PCT水平明显升高,肿瘤相关性发热患者PCT水平正常,初步认为PCT水平的检测可鉴别肿瘤患者的发热原因,为恰当的抗感染或抗肿瘤治疗提供实验依据,从而更好更早地指导临床治疗。     

Validation of axillary sentinel lymph node detection in the staging of early lobular invasive breast carcinoma: a prospective study

BACKGROUND: Previous reports have shown that regional lymph node involvement in patients with early-stage breast carcinoma can be evaluated by resection of axillary sentinel lymph nodes (ASLN). Axillary lymphadenectomy may be unnecessary in the absence of ASLN involvement. In the current study, the authors compared the results of ASLN resection in patients with lobular invasive carcinoma (LIC) with the results from patients with ductal invasive carcinoma (DIC) in terms of detection rates and false-negative rates. METHODS: For ASLN detection, technetium 99m sulfur-colloid and patent blue were injected around the tumor. Each patient underwent both ASLN resection and complete axillary lymphadenectomy. Detection rates and false-negative rates were evaluated in patients with LIC and in patients with DIC. RESULTS: Two hundred forty-three patients with invasive, early-stage breast carcinoma were enrolled in the study (208 patients with DIC and 35 patients with LIC). The median patient age, pathologic tumor size, hormone receptor status, and rates of involved lymph nodes were equivalent for both groups. ASLN detection and false-negative rates did not differ for patients with LIC and patients with DIC. CONCLUSIONS: The ASLN detection rate was not dependent on the pathologic type of invasive carcinoma. Pathologic examination of ASLN in patients with LIC and in patients with DIC predicted axillary lymph node status with the same predictive value in terms of lymph node metastasis. For patients with LIC, ASLN examination overestimated the rate of micrometastasis as diagnosed by immunohistochemical techniques. These results will require confirmation in larger studies.     

阴道彩超血流参数与微血管密度参数鉴别子宫内膜病变类型及评估预后的价值

目的 探讨阴道彩超血流参数阻力指数(RI)和搏动指数(PI)与微血管密度参数(MVD)鉴别子宫内膜病变类型及评估预后的价值.方法 选取2017年7月至2019年11月间宝鸡市妇幼保健院收治的71例子宫内膜癌患者纳入子宫内膜癌组,纳入的126例子宫内膜增生患者纳入子宫内膜增生组.分别对各组患者采用阴道彩超测量其血流参数和...     

A correlation between EGFR gene mutation status and bronchioloalveolar carcinoma features in Japanese patients with adenocarcinoma

BACKGROUND: The presence of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) mutations in gefitinib-naive lung cancer patients has been reported to be higher in females, in non-smokers, in Japanese, and in adenocarcinoma patients, especially in bronchioloalveolar carcinoma (BAC). To further investigate the prevalence of EGFR mutations in relation to pathological factors, we evaluated EGFR mutations in series of Japanese adenocarcinoma patients who had never been treated with gefitinib. METHODS: In the previous studies, we examined mutation status in the tyrosine kinase domain of EGFR, exon18 through exon21, in 112 primary lung adenocarcinoma samples. Using these data, adenocarcinomas were histologically classified according to the presence or absence of bronchioloalveolar components. RESULTS: Among 112 patients, 48 had adenocarcinoma with BAC components. Those with adenocarcinomas with BAC components had higher frequency of EGFR mutation (28/48, 58%) than those with non-BAC adenocarcinoma (24/64, 37%, P = 0.036). Male patients had the same trend; 12/23 (52%) male patients with adenocarcinoma with BAC components and 10/47 (21%) of those with non-BAC adenocarcinoma had EGFR mutation (P = 0.0135) but there was no correlation between the EGFR mutation status and with/without BAC components in 42 female patients (P = 0.30). Among 11 male non-smokers, patients with adenocarcinoma with BAC components had a tendency to have EGFR mutation more frequently than those with non-BAC adenocarcinoma (P = 0.061). In clear contrast, the frequency of EGFR mutation did not differ significantly between male smoker patients with adenocarcinoma with BAC components and those with non-BAC. Among patients with adenocarcinoma with BAC components, those with adenocarcinoma with EGFR gene mutation had a significantly better 5 year survival than those with adenocarcinoma with wild-type (85.7 versus 46.0%, P = 0.0017). CONCLUSIONS: Adenocarcinomas with BAC components in male non-smokers seem to predict the presence of EGFR mutation. Half of female adenocarcinoma patients with EGFR mutation exhibit adenocarcinomas with non-BAC suggesting a different behavior from those in males. The prognosis of patients with adenocarcinoma with BAC components with EGFR gene mutation is predicted to be better than that of patients with adenocarcinoma with BAC components with wild-type EGFR gene.     

Oral capecitabine for the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma, cholangiocarcinoma, and gallbladder carcinoma

BACKGROUND: The goal of the current study was to evaluate the efficacy and toxicity of capecitabine in patients with nonresectable hepatobiliary carcinoma. METHODS: The authors performed a retrospective analysis of all patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), cholangiocarcinoma (CCA), or gallbladder carcinoma (GBC) who were ever treated with oral capecitabine. The medical records of 116 patients with hepatobiliary carcinoma who were treated at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center (Houston, TX) between July 1998 and March 1999 were reviewed. RESULTS: A total of 63 patients were treated with capecitabine (37 with HCC, 18 with CCA, 8 with GBC). Capecitabine 1000 mg/m(2) was administered twice daily for 14 days. Treatment was repeated every 21 days. Each patient received 1-15 treatment cycles. Nine patients (14%)-11% of patients with HCC, 6% of patients with CCA, and 50% of patients with GBC-had either a complete response (CR) or a partial response. A CR was radiologically confirmed in one patient with HCC and in two patients with GBC. The median survival times were 10.1 months (95% confidence interval [CI], 4.5-15.7 months) for patients with HCC, 8.1 months (95% CI, 7.4-8.9 months) for patients with CCA, and 9.9 months (95% CI, 4.4-15.4 months) for patients with GBC. The most common toxicity was hand-foot syndrome (37%). Grade 3 thrombocytopenia occurred in 8% of patients with HCC. No other significant toxicities were observed. For all patients, response to treatment was positively correlated with survival and decline in tumor markers. CONCLUSIONS: Capecitabine was found to be safe for patients with hepatobiliary carcinoma, including those with cirrhosis. The antitumor activity of single-agent capecitabine was most pronounced in patients with GBC, was modest in patients with HCC, and was poor in patients with CCA.     

恶性淋巴瘤合并静脉血栓栓塞的临床特征及血液学指标检测

目的:了解恶性淋巴瘤（malignant lymphoma,ML）患者并发静脉血栓栓塞（venous thromboembolism ,VTE ）的临床特点及血液学指标变化情况,为预防和治疗ML合并VTE 提供有效依据。方法:回顾性分析2010年10月至2014年4 月江苏大学附属昆山医院收治的65例ML合并VTE 患者的临床资料,观察凝血功能和血液流变学等血栓相关血液学指标。结果:ML合并VTE 患者男女比例为2.6 1:1,主要集中于较晚期的患者,81.54% 病例为ⅢB～Ⅳ期。66.15%（43例）在ML确诊后发现。55例（84.62%）并发深静肿血栓形成（deep vein thrombosis,DVT ）,7 例（10.77%）并发肺栓塞（pulmonary embolism,PE）,仅3 例（4.62%）同时并发DVT和PE。上肢和颈部静脉为DVT 的最常见发生部位,占67.27%（37例）。 ML合并DVT 主要表现为患肢肿胀、胀痛和皮温升高,而PE患者表现为不明原因的呼吸困难、胸痛和晕厥。55例DVT 患者治疗总有效率为49.09%（27例）,而PE患者仅为14.29%（1例）。 与单独ML患者相比,ML合并VTE 患者血小板聚集、D-dimer、血液高切黏度、低切黏度、血浆黏度、红细胞比容、红细胞聚集指数和刚性指数均明显升高,而APTT、血沉、变形指数和血平均流速明显降低。结论:ML合并VTE 多为DVT ,好发于男性,且集中于晚期患者,上肢和颈部静脉为好发部位,患者血液学指标向“易栓状态”变化。      

妊娠合并卵巢肿瘤和子宫肌瘤的临床诊断及治疗

目的:分析妊娠合并卵巢肿瘤和子宫肌瘤的临床特征、诊断及其治疗。方法:回顾性分析2010年1月-2012年8月我院产科妊娠合并卵巢肿瘤59例、妊娠合并子宫肌瘤（肌瘤直径大于4cm）患者265例临床资料,分析妊娠合并卵巢肿瘤、妊娠合并子宫肌瘤患者的临床资料、诊断时间、治疗等。结果:妊娠合并卵巢肿瘤患者平均孕次以及无临床自觉症状百分率显著高于妊娠合并子宫肌瘤患者（P＜0.05）;妊娠合并卵巢肿瘤患者彩超诊断准确率89.83%,妊娠合并子宫肌瘤患者彩超诊断准确率为85.28%,两组比较,差异无统计学意义（P＞0.05）;在59例妊娠合并卵巢肿瘤患者中,53例行剖宫产,剖宫产术中同时实施手术患者53例,占剖宫产人数的100.00%,实施卵巢肿瘤剥除加卵巢成形术患者43例（81.13%）、行患侧附件切除术患者10例（18.87%）;在265例妊娠合并子宫肌瘤患者中,164例行剖宫产,剖宫产术中同时行肌瘤剔除术患者135例,占剖宫产人数的82.32%。结论:妊娠合并卵巢肿瘤患者无明显的临床症状;彩超诊断对与妊娠合并卵巢肿瘤、妊娠合并子宫肌瘤具有着重要的应用价值;在严格控制患者病情、掌握手术指征的情况下,剖宫产同时行手术治疗是一种良好的治疗方式。     

Ectopic hormones in lung cancer patients at diagnosis and during therapy

In roughly 10 patients with lung cancer of various histologic types, the levels of hormones adrenocorticotropin (ACTH), calcitonin, parathormone, beta-choriogonadotropin (HCG), human placental lactogen (HPL), growth hormone (HGH), and prolactin were determined by radioimmunoassay. The ACTH level was elevated in 30% of patients with oat cell carcinoma and in 26% of patients with large cell carcinoma. Calcitonin levels were increased in 48% of patients with oat cell carcinoma. Elevated levels of HCG were found in 33% of patients with oat cell carcinoma, in 26% of patients with large cell carcinoma, and in 19% of patients with squamous cell carcinoma. Parathormone was increased in 32% of patients with squamous cell carcinoma in 27% of patients with oat cell carcinoma, and in a few patients with large cell carcinoma. Prolactin, HCG and HPL were present only in single cases. Elevated levels of at least one hormone were found in 65.2% of all patients, and in 78% of the patients with oat cell carcinoma. Serial determinations of ACTH and calcitonin showed that these hormones are useful for monitoring therapy in lung patients. There was no relation between hormone levels and the clinical stage of disease.     

Synergistic activity of ixabepilone plus other anticancer agents: preclinical and clinical evidence

Ixabepilone demonstrates marked synergistic activity in combination with capecitabine, which served as the rationale for the evaluation of this combination in the clinic. Ixabepilone plus capecitabine is currently approved for patients with locally advanced or metastatic breast cancer (MBC) progressing after treatment with an anthracycline and a taxane; approval was based on the results of two phase III trials comparing the combination with capecitabine monotherapy. An array of preclinical studies in multiple solid tumor types show that ixabepilone demonstrates therapeutic synergy with targeted therapies including trastuzumab, bevacizumab, brivanib, and cetuximab; with immune-modulating agents such as anti-CTLA-4 antibody; and with other chemotherapy drugs such as irinotecan and epirubicin. Notably, experiments in several xenograft models show that ixabepilone provides greater antitumor synergism when combined with bevacizumab than either paclitaxel or nab-paclitaxel combined with bevacizumab. These preclinical findings provide a foundation for ongoing phase II clinical trials using ixabepilone in combination with trastuzumab or lapatinib in HER2-positive breast cancer; with bevacizumab in breast cancer, endometrial cancer, renal cancer, and non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC); with cetuximab in breast cancer, NSCLC, and pancreatic cancer; and with brivanib, dasatinib, sorafinib, sunitinib, or vorinostat in MBC. Preliminary results from several of these trials suggest that ixabepilone-based combinations have promising anticancer activity.     

Low venous thromboembolic risk with bortezomib in multiple myeloma and potential protective effect with thalidomide/lenalidomide-based therapy: review of data from phase 3 trials and studies of novel combination regimens

Patients with multiple myeloma (MM) are at elevated risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE), specifically deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism (PE). VTE risk in MM is increased by various patient- and disease-related factors. The type of anti-MM therapy represents a key factor, with a substantially elevated VTE risk in patients treated with the immunomodulatory drugs (IMiDs) thalidomide or lenalidomide in combination with dexamethasone and/or chemotherapy; VTE risk with lenalidomide-dexamethasone is further increased with concomitant erythropoietin. By contrast, treatment with the proteasome inhibitor bortezomib, alone or in combination, does not increase VTE risk; rates of DVT/PE do not appear affected by the use of erythropoiesis-stimulating agents. Bortezomib has shown antihemostatic effects in patients with relapsed or refractory MM, which supports that it exerts antithrombotic actions and thus potentially provides a protective effect in combination with regimens with an elevated VTE risk. Herein, we review data from phase 3 trials of bortezomib- and/or IMiD-based therapy in frontline MM, together with other studies of novel combination regimens. Despite the confounding effect of variable VTE prophylaxis, bortezomib-based regimens were typically associated with DVT/PE rates of ≤5%, similar to those seen with melphalan-prednisone and dexamethasone, whereas IMiD-based bortezomib-free regimens were generally associated with higher rates. Direct comparisons of regimens of thrombogenic potential with or without bortezomib demonstrated lower VTE risk with bortezomib. Between-study comparisons of VTE risk support these findings. Taken together, these data confirm the low VTE risk associated with bortezomib and support a potential protective effect of bortezomib in combination with IMiD-based regimens associated with elevated VTE risk.     

Study on the Relationship between P-glycoprotein and CD44 Expression in Gastric Carcinoma

Objective： Investigation of the relationship between P-glycoprotein （P-gp） and adhesion molecule CD44 as well as their clinical significance in gastric carcinoma. Methods： To examine the expressed level of P-gp and CD44 in 98 cases with gastric carcinoma by flow eytometry and evaluate their relationships with elinieopathologieal factors. Results： Among the 98 gastric carcinomas, 40 cases （40.8%） were P-gp negative （positive cells 〈25%）; 14 cases （14.2%） were 25%-40% expression of P-gp positive cells; 17 cases （17.3%） were 41%-60% expression of P-gp positive cells; 27 cases （27.5%） were the high expression （positive cells 〉60%） of P-gp in all patients with gastric carcinoma. When the tumor sizes were more than 6 cm, the P-gp positive of CD44 showed a significant difference （P〈0.05） in 35 cases with P-gp positive, compared with it in 24 cases with P-gp negative. When the tumors were in low-moderate differentiated gastric carcinoma, the expression of CD44 showed a significant difference （P〈0.05） in 44 cases with P-gp positive, as compared with it in 30 cases with P-gp negative. When the patients were in clinical Ⅲ-Ⅳ stage, the expression of CD44 showed a significant difference （P〈0.05） in 42 cases with P-gp positive, as compared with it in 30 cases with P-gp negative. When the patients with lymph node metastasis, their CD44 expression showed a significant difference （P〈0.05） in 46 cases with P-gp positive, compared with it in 32 cases with P-gp negative. When the tumors P-gp expressed positive, their CD44 expression will be increase. Conclusion： When the CD44 and P-gp both have the positive high expression, it will be significantly associated with the gastric carcinoma progression and metastasis, so both were a positive expression in gastric carcinoma, it might suggest a poor and unfavorable prognosis result.     

The emerging role of Lapatinib in HER2-positive breast cancer

In breast cancer, overexpression of HER2 is associated with an aggressive tumor phenotype and poor prognosis. Lapatinib has demonstrated benefit in combination with capecitabine in patients with HER2-positive locally advanced and metastatic breast cancer that has progressed after prior treatment with an anthracycline, a taxane, and trastuzumab. It has also demonstrated benefit with paclitaxel in patients with metastatic disease not previously treated with chemotherapy. This review discusses results from clinical trials suggesting an advantage with the use of lapatinib with other treatment modalities in the setting of metastatic and locally advanced disease.     

超声光散射成像联合红外线对乳腺肿瘤诊断的应用价值

目的:探讨超声光散射成像系统联合红外线检查对鉴别乳腺良、恶性肿瘤的临床应用价值。方法:随机选取113例乳腺肿物患者进行超声光散射和红外线检查,与术后病理结果对照,评价其诊断符合率。结果:超声光散射联合红外线检查结果良性58例,恶性47例,术后病理诊断良性病变61例,恶性病变52例。联合应用诊断特异性95.08%,准确性92.92%,阳性预测值94%,假阳性率4.92%。结论:超声光散射成像系统可作为早期乳腺癌检测的新手段,联合红外线检查可提高诊断符合率,对乳腺癌的早期诊断,减少漏诊、误诊具有重要价值。     

Loss of Lewis antigen expression on erythrocytes in some cancer patients with high serum CA19-9 levels

The Lewis (Le) phenotype of both erythrocytes and sera and serum CA19-9 levels were studied in 49 patients with pancreatic carcinoma, in 37 with gastric cancer, in 22 with colorectal cancer, in 21 with bile duct carcinoma, and in 19 with hepatocellular carcinoma. The Le phenotype was determined in sera with the use of the dot-immunobinding assay and on erythrocytes. The localizations of the Le antigen and CA19-9 were studied in pancreatic tissues from 22 patients with pancreatic carcinoma. The prevalence of Le(a-,b-) on erythrocytes was significantly higher in patients with pancreatic carcinoma than in normal controls. Nineteen of 21 patients with pancreatic carcinoma, whose Le phenotype on erythrocytes was Le(a-,b-), had Le antigen in tissues and sera, and they had a raised serum CA19-9 level. The remaining 2 patients were of the Le(a-,b-) phenotype for both erythrocytes and sera, and their serum CA19-9 levels were below 6 U/ml. Neither Le antigen nor CA19-9 could be localized in tissues of these 2 patients. Two patients with gastric cancer, 6 with colorectal cancer, and 6 with bile duct carcinoma had Le antigen in sera in spite of having Le(a-,b-) on erythrocytes. These results indicate that the Le phenotype on erythrocytes can undergo a change not infrequently in patients with pancreatic carcinoma as well as in patients with other gastrointestinal cancers, but patients with the Le(a-,b-) phenotype in sera cannot synthesize CA19-19.     

Clinical significance of hematologic parameters in non-Hodgkin's lymphoma at diagnosis

Three hundred seventeen patients with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) (54 low grade, 180 intermediate grade, 76 high grade, and seven unclassified) treated with chemotherapy were evaluated for the presence of hematologic abnormalities at diagnostic staging. Anemia was present in 42%, leukopenia in 6%, thrombocytopenia in 13%, leukocytosis in 26%, and thrombocytosis in 14% at presentation. The presence of bone marrow involvement by lymphoma was more likely to be associated with leukopenia and thrombocytopenia than the absence of bone marrow involvement. Although anemia was slightly more common in patients with bone marrow lymphoma than in those without marrow lymphoma, the difference was not statistically significant. Hematologic parameters were similar for patients with B-cell or T-cell lymphoma. Evidence of bone marrow failure with multiple cytopenias was present in 26 patients (8%). Leukoerythroblastosis was present in 2%. Circulating lymphoma was present in 9.5%. Anemic patients had a shorter survival time than nonanemic patients, whether bone marrow was involved by lymphoma or not. Survival was not affected by the presence of leukopenia or mild leukocytosis, but, in patients without marrow lymphoma, leukocytosis with a leukocyte count greater than 20 x 10(9)/l was associated with short survival length. Thrombocytopenia was associated with short survival time only in patients with bone marrow involvement by lymphoma. Patients with multiple cytopenias or leukoerythroblastosis had short survival times, but the presence of circulating lymphoma did not alter survival when compared with other patients with bone marrow involvement by lymphoma. These data suggest that hematologic evaluation at the time of diagnostic staging of NHL provides useful prognostic information that may have therapeutic implications.