[Results of non-specific iliac crest biopsy in patients with bronchial carcinoma (author's transl)].
MMW Munch Med Wochenschr, 1975/11/14;117(46):1821-4.
Präuer HW, Rastetter J, Sauer E, Ultsch B
PMID: 172784
Abstract
Systematic bone marrow examinations in patients with bronchial carcinoma (n equals 75) gave positive findings (identification of tumor cells) in 12% related to all types of tumors and in 32% of microcellular carcinoma. The information value of this method is relatively small with regard to the assessment of operability, because positive findings in stages I and II are extremely rare. Non-specific iliac crest biopsy provides therapeutically and prognostically important pointers in patients who are to be irradiated (tumor stage III and all microcellular tumors of stages I-III), because a positive bone marrow finding must be valued as stage IV.
MeSH terms
Adult; Aged; Biopsy, Needle; Bone Marrow; Bone Marrow Cells; Bone Marrow Examination; Bronchial Neoplasms; Carcinoma, Small Cell; Cytodiagnosis; Female; Humans; Ilium; Male; Middle Aged; Preoperative Care; Prognosis
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