[Effectiveness of transthoracic puncture in the diagnosis and treatment of neoplasms of chest organs]. / Effektivnost' transtorakal'noi punktsii v diagnostike i lechenii novoobrazovanii organov grudnoi kletki.

A complex examination of 1400 patients with pathologies of the lungs and mediastinum was carried out using roentgenologic, endoscopic, bioptic and cytologic methods. Diagnosis was confirmed morphologically in 93.7% of cases. More specific information was obtained by express cytologic examination in 97.9% of cases of malignant growth and in 64.4% with benign tumors. On the basis of the test results, preoperative intratumor chemotherapy technique suggested by the authors may be recommended for clinical use.

[The history of the development of roentgenology in Ukraine]. / Iz istorii razvitiia rentgenologii v Ukraine.

In the Ukraine x-ray examinations have been in use since 1902. Main development of roentgenology service are presented: organization of x-ray rooms and training of their personnel, foundation of science research institutes in Kharkiv, Kiev, Odessa, chairs of roentgenology at medical institutes and advanced training institutes for doctors. Results of research activities of ukrainian scientists for the period till 1941 are briefly enumerated.

[Effectiveness of transthoracic puncture in the diagnosis and treatment of lung cancer]. / Effectivnost transtorakalnoi punktsii v diagnostike i lechenii raka lëgkogo.

The complex examination of 1400 patients with pathologic masses of the lungs and mediastinal organs with the use of roentgenologic, endoscopic, puncture bioptic and cytologic methods was carried out. Morphologic verification of diagnosis was performed in 93.7% of the patients. In express cytologic study, histogenesis of neoplasms of the thoracic cavity organs was specified in 97.9% of cases of a malignant tumour, and in 64.4% of those of a benign one.

[Half-body irradiation in the combined therapy of disseminated lymphomas]. / Polutotal'noe obluchenie v kompleksnoi terapii rasprostranennykh limfom.

Half-body irradiation at a single dose of 400-800 cGy was delivered to patients with disseminated fast-growing types of lymphomas and large aggregates of tumors and vital dysfunction of the body (the compression syndrome). Active detoxification therapy including heparinization, hemodilution with enforced diuresis and hemosorption was performed to prevent the syndrome of acute tumor lysis and postradiation complications. This treatment modality resulted in the elimination of clinical manifestations of the compression syndrome, normalization of the body homeostasis, a considerable reduction of the volume of tumor aggregates on a short-term basis, entering the patients into a curable state; the 5-year follow-up results were evaluated.