[Electron microscopy in the diagnosis of small cell lung cancer]. 1985

N T Raĭkhlin, and E A Smirnova

The paper deals with an ultrastructural classification of small cell lung cancer distinguishing between wholly-undifferentiated tumors which do not contain cells with organ-, tissue- or cytospecific features (group 1) and tumors which incorporate both undifferentiated and differentiated cells (group 2). Depending on certain cytospecific characteristics, group 2 tumors histologically identifiable as small cell lung cancer may prove to be endocrine cancer, squamous cell cancer, adenocarcinoma or a mixed type tumor incorporating differentiated cells of two or more patterns. There is a correlation between the ultrastructural features of small cell lung cancer and its response to radiation and chemotherapy.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008175 Lung Neoplasms Tumors or cancer of the LUNG. Cancer of Lung,Lung Cancer,Pulmonary Cancer,Pulmonary Neoplasms,Cancer of the Lung,Neoplasms, Lung,Neoplasms, Pulmonary,Cancer, Lung,Cancer, Pulmonary,Cancers, Lung,Cancers, Pulmonary,Lung Cancers,Lung Neoplasm,Neoplasm, Lung,Neoplasm, Pulmonary,Pulmonary Cancers,Pulmonary Neoplasm
D008854 Microscopy, Electron Microscopy using an electron beam, instead of light, to visualize the sample, thereby allowing much greater magnification. The interactions of ELECTRONS with specimens are used to provide information about the fine structure of that specimen. In TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY the reactions of the electrons that are transmitted through the specimen are imaged. In SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY an electron beam falls at a non-normal angle on the specimen and the image is derived from the reactions occurring above the plane of the specimen. Electron Microscopy
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D018288 Carcinoma, Small Cell An anaplastic, highly malignant, and usually bronchogenic carcinoma composed of small ovoid cells with scanty neoplasm. It is characterized by a dominant, deeply basophilic nucleus, and absent or indistinct nucleoli. (From Stedman, 25th ed; Holland et al., Cancer Medicine, 3d ed, p1286-7) Carcinoma, Oat Cell,Oat Cell Carcinoma,Small Cell Carcinoma,Carcinomas, Oat Cell,Carcinomas, Small Cell,Oat Cell Carcinomas,Small Cell Carcinomas

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