[Cancer cytology and cancer treatment introduction]. 1982

M Tajima

Diagnostic cytology may be of use for some information in the field of cancer treatment. From the view point of morphological characteristics of cancer cells which are obtained before treatment, we can presume the prognostic courses in certain level. For example, presumption of prognosis on 420 cases with uterine cervix carcinomas according to their cytological findings before therapy (Cobalt irradiation), showed 77% in its accuracy rate. Particularly 144 cases, which were classified to FIGO Stage III were tested by cytological method, accuracy rate of prognostic presumption showed 76%. On the other hand, presumption of prognosis on same cases by means of histological method showed 68% in its accuracy rate. On the base of morphological change of cancer cells, therapeutic effects can be checked during the treatment. Reoccurrence may be recognized in early stage when any subjective or clinical symptoms manifest. Alteration of cell components, except cancer cell, shows sometimes a relation with clinical course. In pleuroperitoneal effusions, numerical alterations of macrophage and lymphocyte are valuable factors which relate to clinical course and outcome of cancer patients.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D009369 Neoplasms New abnormal growth of tissue. Malignant neoplasms show a greater degree of anaplasia and have the properties of invasion and metastasis, compared to benign neoplasms. Benign Neoplasm,Cancer,Malignant Neoplasm,Tumor,Tumors,Benign Neoplasms,Malignancy,Malignant Neoplasms,Neoplasia,Neoplasm,Neoplasms, Benign,Cancers,Malignancies,Neoplasias,Neoplasm, Benign,Neoplasm, Malignant,Neoplasms, Malignant
D011379 Prognosis A prediction of the probable outcome of a disease based on a individual's condition and the usual course of the disease as seen in similar situations. Prognostic Factor,Prognostic Factors,Factor, Prognostic,Factors, Prognostic,Prognoses
D003581 Cytodiagnosis Diagnosis of the type and, when feasible, the cause of a pathologic process by means of microscopic study of cells in an exudate or other form of body fluid. (Stedman, 26th ed) Cytodiagnoses
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man

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