ABSTRACT
The authors present epidemiology of the cancer in region of Lódz. The region of Lódz contains five provinces. In 1991 in this region were 532 males and 65 females with the cancer of larynx. The authors present coefficient: morbidity, mortality and disease in region of Lódz and in Poland in 1991.
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Laryngeal Neoplasms/epidemiology , Aged , Environmental Pollution/adverse effects , Female , Humans , Incidence , Laryngeal Neoplasms/etiology , Male , Poland/epidemiology , Risk Factors , Rural Health , Sex Distribution , Survival Rate , Urban HealthABSTRACT
The authors show case of lateral cervical cyst and carcinoma of the tonsil in woman 50 years, paying attention to large diagnostic and therapeutic difficulties. After operation of the lateral cervical cyst on the left side, metastasis of tumor followed, which was operated (after negative result of the thin-needle biopsy method) and histopathological examination of the tumor didn't prove atypical cells. In a few month after operation there followed tumorous infiltration in region angle of mandibula and in tonsillar region on the side and performed the thin-needle biopsy method showed planoepithelial carcinoma of the tonsil with transitional cells, which infiltrated the lingua, fundus of the oris and lymphonodes of the neck. Next the patient was sent to further treatment in the Oncological Hospital in Lodz. In connexion with advanced of the carcinoma, the using treatment (radiotherapy Co--60 and chemotherapy) was only the palliative treatment and prolongated life of the patient about 3 years.
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Carcinoma/diagnosis , Carcinoma/pathology , Cervical Vertebrae/pathology , Cysts/diagnosis , Head and Neck Neoplasms/diagnosis , Palatine Tonsil/pathology , Tonsillar Neoplasms/diagnosis , Tonsillar Neoplasms/pathology , Biopsy, Needle , Carcinoma/surgery , Cervical Vertebrae/surgery , Cysts/pathology , Cysts/surgery , Drug Therapy , Female , Head and Neck Neoplasms/pathology , Head and Neck Neoplasms/surgery , Humans , Lymph Nodes/pathology , Lymphatic Metastasis , Mandible/pathology , Mandibular Neoplasms/pathology , Middle Aged , Neoplasm Invasiveness , Palatine Tonsil/surgery , Radiotherapy , Tongue/pathology , Tongue Neoplasms/pathology , Tonsillar Neoplasms/surgeryABSTRACT
In the last years, 11 patients with tumors of anterior mediastinum were treated at the Oncologic Centre in Lódz. Lymphocytic-epithelial thymoma was diagnosed in 6 patients whereas thymoma was suspected in 5 patients. Therapy was a problem mainly in these 5 patients, especially if lymphoma was considered in the differential diagnosis. The authors suggest that therapy should start with cytostatic agents in all patients with mediastinal tumors and morphology which not justifies thymoma diagnosis. Radiotherapy may follow in these cases in which 1-2 chemotherapy cycles failed.
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Mediastinal Neoplasms/therapy , Thymoma/therapy , Thymus Neoplasms/therapy , Adult , Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols/therapeutic use , Combined Modality Therapy , Female , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Radiotherapy DosageABSTRACT
51Cr-bleomycin was used for the scintigraphic diagnosis of primary and secondary tumours of the thorax. The study was based on observations in 104 patients. The scintigraphy was performed using a gamma camera coupled to an on-line computer. Active lesions were scored using a semiquantitative scale of scores 0 to 5. Images were subdivided into 222 regions considered. In 72 of these, the presence of disease was diagnosed (64 malignant, 8 non-malignant) and 150 regions were classified as free from disease. At the decision threshold of score 2, over-all sensitivity and specificity of the scintigraphic detection of malignant tumours amounted to 97 and 79%, respectively. Inflammatory changes displayed some detectable accumulation of 51Cr-bleomycin but scores attributed to these lesions did not exceed the value of 2.
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Bleomycin , Chromium Radioisotopes , Thoracic Neoplasms/diagnostic imaging , Adolescent , Adult , Aged , Child , Child, Preschool , Evaluation Studies as Topic , Humans , Lymphatic Metastasis , Middle Aged , Radiography , Radionuclide Imaging , Thoracic Neoplasms/secondaryABSTRACT
51Cr-bleomycin was used for the scintigraphic detection of tumours and the assessment of the spread of the disease in 20 patients with various malignancies: 7 with Hodgkin's lymphoma, 5 with other malignant lymphomas, 4 cases of cervix carcinoma and 4 other tumours. The scintigraphy was performed using a Toshiba GC 401 gamma camera coupled to an MDSI computer Trinary. Active foci were scored using a semiquantitative scale of 0 to 5. Results of these studies were compared with those of tests similarly carried out with 57Co-bleomycin (in 9 of the cases) and 67Ga-citrate (11 cases); they demonstrated that the properties of 51Cr-bleomycin for scintigraphic detection of neoplastic foci are similar to those of 57Co-bleomycin.
