Computer-aided evaluation of radiologist's reproducibility and subjectivity in mammographic density assessment.

Mammographic density is an independent risk of breast cancer. This study has evaluated the radiologists' reproducibility and subjectivity in breast density estimation and in order to decrease the radiologists' subjective errors the computer software was developed. The very good reproducibility existed in the strong correlation with the first and the second mammogram assessment after three month period for each radiologist (correlation coefficient 0.

Statistical learning confirms the diagnostic significance of the anemia panel in breast cancer.

Background: Diagnostic value of available tumor markers, such as cancer antigen CA 15-3 and carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) in breast cancer is limited. There is an ongoing search for additional, potentially better diagnostic blood markers with improved clinical utility. The aim of this study is to evaluate performance of the approach based on routine blood tests accompanied by a statistical learning tool to the diagnosis of breast cancer.

Total skin electron treatment of extensive cutaneous lesions in Kaposi sarcoma.

We report on a 62-year-old HIV-negative male patient with Kaposi sarcoma. After 8 years of treatment of smaller localized skin lesions with surgery and local radiotherapy, the patient developed extensive lesions of the whole skin. The extent of the lesions required the administration of the total skin electron therapy (TSET).