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The diagnostic sensitivity and specificity of tumor markers in head and neck cancers is not satisfactory. It is a stimulus for search of other biochemical indicators, among others determinations of acute phase proteins, helpful in head and neck cancers diagnostics and prognosis. In a group of 33 patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the pharynx and larynx (T1-4 N0-3 M0) CYFRA 21-1, SCC-Ag and acute phase proteins such as prealbumin, albumin, alpha-1 acid glycoprotein, alpha-1 antytrypsin, transferrin, ceruloplasmin and C-reactive protein (CRP) determinations were performed before radiotherapy. Significantly greater area under ROC curve for CYFRA 21-1 than for SCC-Ag was found. In T3-4 group, significantly lower albumin and higher AAG and CRP concentrations in comparison with T1-2 patients were observed. Multivariate analysis revealed that apart from tumor stage, elevated concentrations of SCC-Ag and/or CRP are independent unfavorable prognostic factors.
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PMID:Predictive value of SCC-Ag, CYFRA 21-1 and selected acute phase proteins in radiotherapy of pharyngeal and laryngeal cancer. A preliminary report. 1519 Apr 19

Evaluation of the accuracy of descriptive and physiological parameters calculated from signal intensity-time curves using T1-weighted dynamic contrast enhanced MRI (DCE MRI) to differentiate prostate cancers from the peripheral gland. Twenty-seven patients with prostate cancers were examined with DCE MRI prior radical prostatectomy. Regions of interest were defined in tumors and non-affected areas in the peripheral zone. Dynamic data were parameterized in amplitude and exchange rate constant (kep) using a two-compartment model. Additionally, relative slope during 26, 39, 52 and 65 s, areas under the curve (AUC) and time to start of signal intensity increase (tlag) were determined. Vessel density (VD) of excised prostates was quantified in tumor areas using a CD34 stain. The parameter slope52 showed 20% higher values (P<0.001) in tumors than in the peripheral gland and compared with the other parameters the largest area under the ROC curve (0.81). The minimum total error rate was attained at a cut-point of 0.021, yielding a sample value of sensitivity and specificity of 70% and 88%, respectively, and a bias-corrected sum of sensitivity and specificity of 1.54. In addition, amplitude (P<0.001), kep (P=0.03) and AUC (P<0.001) were significantly higher in tumors. tlag did not discriminate carcinomas from glandular tissue. VD was higher in tumors than in the non-affected peripheral prostate (P=0.05). However, none of the dynamic parameters in carcinomas showed a significant correlation with VD or Gleason score. Although pharmacokinetic modeling in DCE MRI showed potential to discriminate prostate cancers from peripheral prostate tissue, descriptive parameters of the early signal enhancement after contrast media injection reached higher sensitivity and specificity.
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PMID:Simple models improve the discrimination of prostate cancers from the peripheral gland by T1-weighted dynamic MRI. 1523 14

The selection criteria in liver transplantation for HCC are a matter of debate. We reviewed our series, comparing two periods: before and after 1996, when we started to apply the Milan criteria. The study population was composed of patients with a preoperative diagnosis of HCC, confirmed by the pathological report and with a survival of >1 year. Preoperative staging as revealed by radiological imagining was distinguished from postoperative data, including the variable of tumor volume. After 1996 tumor recurrences significantly decreased (6 out of 15 cases, 40% vs. 3 out of 48, 6.3%, P < .005) and 5-year patient survival improved (42% vs. 83%, P < .005). Not meeting the Milan criteria was significantly related to higher recurrence rate (37.5% vs. 12.7%, P < .05) and to lower 5-year patient survival (38% vs. 78%, P < .005%) in the preoperative analysis, but not in the postoperative one. The alfa-fetoprotein level of more than 30 ng/dL and the preoperative tumor volume of more than 28 cm3 predicted HCC recurrences in the univariate and mutivariate analysis (P < .005 and P < .05, respectively). The ROC curve showed a linear correlation between preoperative tumor volume and HCC recurrence. Milan criteria significantly reduced tumor recurrences after liver transplantation, improving long-term survival. In conclusion, the efficacy of tumor selection criteria must be analyzed with the use of preoperative data, to avoid bias of the postoperative evaluation. Tumor volume and alfa-fetoprotein level may improve the selection of patients.
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PMID:Liver transplantation for hepatocellular carcinoma: further considerations on selection criteria. 1535 14

The human leukocyte antigen G (HLA-G) molecule exhibits limited tissue distribution and exerts multiple immunoregulatory functions. Recent studies indicate an ectopic up-regulation in tumor cells that may favor their escape from antitumor immune responses. The role of HLA-G in B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia (B-CLL) has not been defined. HLA-G expression was studied retrospectively in circulating B-CLL cells from 47 patients by flow cytometry using the anti-HLA-E specific monoclonal antibody MEM/G9. The proportion of leukemic cells expressing HLA-G varied from 1% to 54%. Patients with 23% or fewer HLA-G-positive cells (according to receiver operating characteristics [ROC] analysis; designated as HLA-G-negative group) had a significantly longer progression-free survival (PFS) time than patients with more than 23% positive cells (median PFS: 120 versus 23 months; P = .0001). In multivariate analysis, HLA-G expression (hazard ratio: 4.8; P = .002) was an even better independent prognostic factor than the zeta-associated protein 70 (ZAP-70) or CD38 status. Humoral and cellular immunosuppression were significantly more prominent in the HLA-G-positive compared with the HLA-G-negative patient group. In B-CLL, the level of HLA-G expression is correlated with the degree of immunosuppression and prognosis. HLA-G may contribute to the impairment of immune responses against tumor cells and infections. Thus, these findings need to be confirmed in a prospective study.
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PMID:HLA-G expression is associated with an unfavorable outcome and immunodeficiency in chronic lymphocytic leukemia. 1546 28

Numerous studies have been performed to determine diagnostic or prognostic utility of tumor markers in patients with lung cancer. The aim of the study was to evaluate the diagnostic usefulness of the tumor markers CA 125, CEA and CYFRA 21-1 in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) in patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). BAL was performed in 13 patients with NSCLC during diagnostic bronchofibroscopy. The control group consisted of 12 patients with sarcoidosis and 13 healthy volunteers. Tumor markers were determined in BALF supernatants using electrochemiluminescence technique (Elecsys 1010, Roche). To determine optimal cut-off values of tumor markers in BALF ROC curve was used. CEA and CA 125 concentration in BALF were significantly higher in NSCLC patients than in healthy volunteers and patients with sarcoidosis. CYFRA 21-1 in BALF was higher in NSCLC patients than in healthy volunteers, but no significant difference was found between NSCLC and sarcoidosis patients. The cut-off values of BALF concentration of CA 125, CEA and CYFRA 21-1 were 95 IU/mL, 3 ng/ml and 3 ng/ml, respectively. The sensitivity and specificity of CEA and CA 125 in BALF were 100%, 84% and 92%, 80%, respectively. In conclusion, we suggest that among the chosen markers, determination of CEA in BALF is the most useful in diagnosis of NSCLC. It may be a complementary method in diagnosing of patients in whom tumor cannot be visualized by bronchofibroscopy. These results need confirmation in larger groups of patients.
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PMID:[Diagnostic usefulness of selected tumor markers (CA125, CEA, CYFRA 21-1) in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid in patients with non-small cell lung cancer]. 1550 87

The majority of patients with breast carcinoma receive chemotherapy as a component of multimodality treatment. Over the past decade, it has become increasingly more common to deliver chemotherapy first, but this has raised new questions within all disciplines of cancer management. However, the effect of cytotoxic treatment cannot be predicted on individually specific basis, then identification of tumor characteristics associated with tumor therapeutic response and outcome is then of great clinical interest. We studied 141 patients at Masaryk Memorial Cancer Institute, who received neoadjuvant chemotherapy and/or chemotherapy + radiotherapy (CHT/CHT+RT) between 1994-2002. Tumor samples were taken prior to and after neoadjuvant therapy. We quantified the response to therapy pathologically and determined histological and molecular tumor characteristics (steroid receptors, CEA, Ca 15-3). In addition to therapeutic response as immediate outcome, event free survival (EFS) was examined as more complex primary end-point of the study. Complete remission (CR) has been achieved in 6.5%, partial remission (PR) in 49.6%, stable disease (SD) in 26.2% and progression disease (PD) in 17.7% patients. Patients were divided into two groups according to the result of neoadjuvant therapy--responders (CR+PR+SD, who successfully underwent surgery), and risk group (patients with SD or PD, who could not undergo surgery). Responders to neoadjuvant CHT/CHT+RT regimens reached statistically significant better EFS than non-responders, low tumor size (T2) and stage (II) categories were confirmed as additional predictive factors not only for EFS but for therapeutic response as well. The study primarily examined predictive power of tumor markers as CEA, Ca 15-3, and steroid receptors (ER/PR) and searched for their role in the prospective evaluation of neoadjuvant therapy. We evaluated these factors as potential predictors of EFS, independent in predictive power on therapeutic response to neoadjuvant therapy. Diagnostically valuable cut off points were proposed in ROC analysis for all these markers. Responders to the neoadjuvant therapy with Ca 15-3 <23.0 kU/l, CEA <5.0 mg/l, estrogen receptors (ER) >5.0 fmol/mg or both estrogen /progesterone receptors (ER/PR) positive had statistically significantly better EFS in comparison to patients with Ca 15-3 >23.0 kU/l, CEA >5.0 mg/l, ER <5.0 fmol/mg, or other cases than patients double positive in ER/PR. Marker Ca 15-3 revealed significant predictive power even within the group of non- responders, these patients with Ca 15-3 <23.0 kU/l had better EFS as compared to patients with Ca 15-3 >23.0 kU/l. Tumor size and low stage proved predictive value for immediate response to neoadjuvant therapy. Risk parameters for neoadjuvant therapy were T4, stage III, namely if RT was necessary. Therapeutic response to neoadjuvant therapy was independent on investigated molecular parameters, but there was strong predictive association of Ca 15-3, CEA and ER/PR receptors with event free survival development. Diagnostically valuable cut-off points were proposed and validated for sensitivity and specificity in ROC analysis.
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PMID:Breast cancer and neoadjuvant therapy: any predictive marker? 1564 Sep 58

The aim of this study was to define the preoperative diagnosis of thyroid follicular carcinoma by the vascular pattern and velocimetric parameters using high resolution pulsed and power Doppler ultrasonography (US). We compared the vascular pattern and the velocimetric parameters, such as peak systolic velocity (Vmax), end-diastolic velocity (Vmin), pulsatility index (PI), or resistance index (RI) between follicular adenoma (FA, n = 25) and follicular carcinoma (FC, n = 10) and analysed them by means of receiver characteristics curves (ROC). Of 10 patients with FC, 8 (80%) patients presented a moderate increase of intranodular vascularization using power Doppler US. In contrast, the majority (84%, 21 out of 25 cases) of FA cases showed only a peripheral rim of color flow even by power Doppler US. These color flow imagings by power Doppler US were suggested to be a reliable tool for the differential diagnosis of thyroid follicular tumor with a sensitivity of 87.5% and a specificity of 92%. In velocimetric analyses, the Vmax/Vmin ratios, PI, and RI were significantly higher in the patients with FC than those with FA (p<0.001, p<0.005, and p<0.001, respectively). By means of ROC, FC could be diagnosed with a cutoff value of ratio of PI (>1.35), RI (>0.78), and Vmax/Vmin (>3.79). The diagnostic efficiency evaluated by ROC curves were 0.898 for PI, 0.876 for RI, and 0.888 for Vmax/Vmin, respectively. In conclusion, the evaluation of the vascular pattern and the velocimetric parameters using pulsed and power Doppler ultrasound may provide important information that is useful in making correct differential diagnosis of malignant or benign thyroid follicular tumor preoperatively.
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PMID:Diagnosis of thyroid follicular carcinoma by the vascular pattern and velocimetric parameters using high resolution pulsed and power Doppler ultrasonography. 1586 49

Ultrasonography is one of the most useful diagnostic tools for human soft tissue and it is in routine use in nearly all hospitals and many physicians' offices and clinics. However, the diagnosis mostly depends upon the personal experiences of the physicians. Moreover, the surface features and internal architecture of a tumor are not easy to be demonstrated simultaneously using the conventional two-dimensional (2-D) ultrasound. Recently, three-dimensional (3-D) ultrasound has been developed and allows the physician to view the 3-D anatomy. 3-D breast US can provide transverse, longitudinal planes as well as in addition simultaneously the coronal plane. This additional information has been proved to be helpful for clinical applications. In this paper, a new approach of texture classification of 3-D ultrasound breast diagnosis using run difference matrix with neural networks is developed. The test 3-D US image database includes 54 malignant and 161 benign tumors. In the experiments, the area index A(z) under the ROC curve of the proposal 3-D RDM method can achieve 0.9680. The accuracy, sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value and negative predictive value of the proposed 3-D RDM method is 91.9%(148/161), 88.9%(48/54), 93.5%(100/107), 87.3%(48/55), and 94.3%(100/105), respectively.
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PMID:3-D ultrasound texture classification using run difference matrix. 1593 92

Near infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) utilizes intrinsic optical absorption signals of blood, water, and lipid concentration available in the NIR window (600-1000 nm) as well as a developing array of extrinsic organic compounds to detect and localize cancer. This paper reviews optical cancer detection made possible through high tumor-tissue signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) and providing biochemical and physiological data in addition to those obtained via other methods. NIRS detects cancers in vivo through a combination of blood volume and oxygenation from measurements of oxy- and deoxy-hemoglobin giving signals of tumor angiogenesis and hypermetabolism. The Chance lab tends towards CW breast cancer systems using manually scannable detectors with calibrated low pressure tissue contact. These systems calculate angiogenesis and hypermetabolism by using a pair of wavelengths and referencing the mirror image position of the contralateral breast to achieve high ROC/AUC. Time domain and frequency domain spectroscopy were also used to study similar intrinsic breast tumor characteristics such as high blood volume. Other NIRS metrics are water-fat ratio and the optical scattering coefficient. An extrinsic FDA approved dye, ICG, has been used to measure blood pooling with extravasation, similar to Gadolinium in MRI. A key future development in NIRS will be new Molecular Beacons targeting cancers and fluorescing in the NIR window to enhance in vivo tumor-tissue ratios and to afford biochemical specificity with the potential for effective photodynamic anti-cancer therapies.
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PMID:NIR spectroscopic detection of breast cancer. 1617 21

Comparison of the diagnostic importance of traditional US and low-field MRI (0,23 T) in the characterization of solid tumors of internal reproductive system at 55 patients is performed by calculation of operational characteristics of tests and use of characteristic curves (ROC-analysis). Advantage MRI in distinguishing between of benign and malignant tumors (accuracy of 82% against 71% at ultrasonic) is established. Advantage is based on use, besides morphological criteria of a tumor, the characteristic of its MR-signal in T2-weight imaging. Advantage MRI in determination of the organ of origin of pelvic mass appeared insignificant.
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PMID:[Solid tumors of internal female reproductive organs: comparison of the diagnostic efficiency of ultrasound study and magnetic resonance tomography]. 1658 2


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