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lifeskim:mentions | |
pubmed:issue |
5
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pubmed:dateCreated |
1978-7-24
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pubmed:abstractText |
Peritoneoscopy with liver biopsy was routinely done as a pretreatment staging procedure in 190 patients with small-cell anaplastic carcinoma of the lung. Subtyping of the patients according to the WHO classification included 28.3% with fusiform cell type (WHO II,1), 28.9% with polygonal cell type (WHO II,2), 41.5% with lymphocytelike cell type (WHO II,3) and 1.3% with mixed types (WHO II, 4). Liver metastases were found in 21% of the patients with adequate liver biopsy. In addition macroscopic signs of liver metastases were observed in 9%. No significant differences were observed among the histological subtypes. Liver function tests, such as alkaline phosphatase, LDH and GOT, were of little value in excluding liver metastases. On the other hand, 2 of 3 abnormal liver function tests were highly indicative of liver metastases. In patients with positive liver biopsy, 41% had liver metastases alone and 76% had no other evidence of distant metastatic disease if bone-marrow involvement identified with bone marrow examination is excluded as a staging procedure.
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pubmed:language |
eng
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pubmed:journal | |
pubmed:citationSubset |
AIM
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pubmed:chemical | |
pubmed:status |
MEDLINE
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pubmed:month |
May
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pubmed:issn |
0008-543X
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pubmed:author | |
pubmed:issnType |
Print
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pubmed:volume |
41
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pubmed:owner |
NLM
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pubmed:authorsComplete |
Y
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pubmed:pagination |
2008-12
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pubmed:dateRevised |
2004-11-17
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pubmed:meshHeading |
pubmed-meshheading:206345-Adult,
pubmed-meshheading:206345-Aged,
pubmed-meshheading:206345-Alkaline Phosphatase,
pubmed-meshheading:206345-Aspartate Aminotransferases,
pubmed-meshheading:206345-Carcinoma, Small Cell,
pubmed-meshheading:206345-Female,
pubmed-meshheading:206345-Humans,
pubmed-meshheading:206345-L-Lactate Dehydrogenase,
pubmed-meshheading:206345-Laparoscopy,
pubmed-meshheading:206345-Liver Neoplasms,
pubmed-meshheading:206345-Lung Neoplasms,
pubmed-meshheading:206345-Male,
pubmed-meshheading:206345-Middle Aged,
pubmed-meshheading:206345-Neoplasm Metastasis,
pubmed-meshheading:206345-Neoplasm Staging
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pubmed:year |
1978
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pubmed:articleTitle |
Peritoneoscopy in the staging of 190 patients with small-cell anaplastic carcinoma of the lung with special reference to subtyping.
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pubmed:publicationType |
Journal Article
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