Anaplastic seminoma
Shulman Y; Ware S; Al-Askari S; Morales P
Fourteen patients with anaplastic seminoma were analyzed retrospectively. At the time of presentation anaplastic seminoma has similar prognosis stage for stage as the classic seminoma. However, the distinctive histologic findings and the high rates of local invasion and of elevations of serum beta-subunit human chorionic gonadotropin serve to distinguish anaplastic seminoma from the classic seminoma. These features, suggesting a possibly greater metastatic potential for anaplastic seminoma, warrant its continued identification as a distinct pathologic subtype
PMID: 6836826
ISSN: 0090-4295
CID: 23421
CAT scanning in staging of prostatic cancer
Golimbu M; Morales P; Al-Askari S; Shulman Y
Forty-six patients with histologically proved adenocarcinoma of the prostate underwent pelvic lymphadenectomy after CAT scanning. The accuracy, specificity, and sensitivity of the CAT scan in detecting nodal metastasis were 70, 93 and 30 per cent, respectively; this compares favorably with pedal lymphangiography. Seventeen of the patients had radical prostatectomy. The accuracy, specificity, and sensitivity of the CAT scan in depicting local extent of the tumor were 47, 100, and 18 per cent, respectively; although low, no other clinical or biochemical method provides a better result
PMID: 7281403
ISSN: 0090-4295
CID: 23423