AIMS To determine the prognostic usefulness of the Nottingham histological grade (NHG) and its components in a series of 270 patients with stage pT1N0M0 breast cancer with a median follow up of 12.5 years. METHODS Microscopic slides were re-examined and the degree of tubule formation, nuclear pleomorphism, and mitotic counts were assessed and scored according to the suggested guidelines. The ...

Objective: To examine the relation between the serum levels of tumour necrosis factor α (TNFα), soluble tumour necrosis factor receptors (sTNF-R), and the histological pattern of rheumatoid synovitis. Methods: An enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) was used to measure TNFα, p55 sTNF-R, and p75 sTNF-R concentrations in the serum of 43 patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and 34 patients...

Major risk factor for lip cancer is smoking and alcohol consumption. The aim of the study was to reveal histopathological particularity in lip cancer correlated with smoking. Were studied medical records of patients admitted in Maxillo-Facial Clinic, Timisoara, between years 2003-2008, and were noted total number of patients and the number of patients with oral tumors, respectively with lip tum...

BACKGROUND/AIMS Mucinous gastric carcinoma (MGC) is a rare histopathological type of gastric carcinoma, for which the clinicopathological features and prognosis remain controversial. To clarify the clinical significance of mucinous histological type in gastric cancer, we studied clinicopathological characteristics of MGC tumors and prognosis of patients. METHODOLOGY Forty-one patients with MG...

OBJECTIVE Variable uptake of 2-deoxy-2-[18F]fluoro-D-glucose (FDG) has been noticed in positron emission tomography (PET) studies of gastric carcinoma patients, with low uptake occurring especially in some particular histological subtypes and early carcinomas. But this phenomenon has not been adequately explained. The aim of the present study is to clarify FDG uptake in gastric carcinomas espec...

OBJECTIVE To determine the role of angiogenesis in the clinical behavior and pathogenesis of lymphangioma tumors. DESIGN A retrospective study. Median follow-up period was 44.5 months. SETTING Children's Memorial Hospital, Chicago, Ill. PATIENTS Tumor specimens from 12 pediatric patients who underwent surgical excision of cervicofacial lymphangioma were examined for expression of angiogen...