S-phase fraction and menopausal status as the most important prognostic factors of disease-free survival for node negative patients with breast cancer. A prospective study.

The aim of our study was to determine a prognostic value of DNA flow cytometry measurements performed on fresh breast cancer tissues, separately for patients' groups defined by nodal status, with special attention to histological type of tumor. Between 1993 and 1996 samples from 677 patients were analyzed and 457 cases were included in the survival analysis. Two-hundred and nine patients from them were node negative (N0).

DNA analysis of laryngeal carcinoma cells by flow cytometry: the histoclinical factors and their significance.

In patients suffering from several types of malignant tumours, changes in deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) content are usually associated with poorer survival prognosis. In the present study, DNA content and clinical and histopathologic features were analyzed in patients suffering from laryngeal carcinoma, with a view to establishing the crucial prognostic factors. In the 5-year follow-up study, flow cytometry was used to analyze DNA content in the paraffin-embedded samples of laryngeal carcinoma tissue obtained from 90 patients who had undergone surgical treatment in the Department of Otolaryngology, Collegium Medicum, Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland, in 1987 and 1988.

Current problems in clinico-morphological assessment of soft tissue tumors.

Soft tissue tumors differ in their histology and biological behavior. Irrespectively of changing classification, different grading and staging systems of these lesions are based on similar characteristics and are of comparable clinical value. Electron microscopy, immunohistochemistry and particularly molecular biology facilitate their diagnosis, identification of new tumor entities and provide indicators for their prognosis and strategy of treatment.

Comparative analysis of DNA content estimated by flow and image cytometry in breast tumor samples.

The DNA ploidy status of 186 fresh primary breast tumors was analyzed in a comparative study of flow cytometric (FCM) and image (IA) analyses. Tumor size, histology and nodal status were also taken into account. The same piece of fresh tissue was used for touch imprints (IA) and for DNA analysis by FCM.

Calretinin and other mesothelioma markers in synovial sarcoma: analysis of antigenic similarities and differences with malignant mesothelioma.

Synovial sarcoma (SS) is a mesenchymal neoplasm that typically shows epithelial differentiation. SS commonly metastasizes to lung and pleura, and has also been reported as the primary in these locations. The histologic distinction of SS from mesothelioma may be difficult because of the combination of epithelioid and spindle cells, potentially shared locations, and antigenic expression.