[The first experience in Hungary with split-course multimodal treatment in high risk bladder cancer].

Összefoglaló. Az izominvazív vagy nagyon nagy kockázatú, felületes hólyagdaganatok kezelésének arany standardja a radikális húgyhólyag-eltávolítás (cystectomia). Válogatott betegek esetében hasonló hatékonyságú kezelés lehet az osztott dózisú (split-course) trimodális terápia, az endoszkópos tumorreszekció és a kemoirradiáció megszakított ciklusokkal történő alkalmazása.

Gastrointestinal stromal tumor presenting as a hormonally inactive adrenal mass.

Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) are the most common mesenchymal tumors of the gastrointestinal tract. Rarely, tumors with the same histological and immunohistochemical features arise in organs having no connection to the tubular gastrointestinal tract designated as extra-gastrointestinal stromal tumors (EGISTs). In this article, we report the first case of an EGIST presenting as a hormonally inactive adrenal mass.

Assessing remission in clinical practice.

Objective: Remission constitutes the best achievable state in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. We aimed at evaluating sustained remission in a large cohort of patients followed prospectively in clinical practice and to evaluate available instruments to define remission for their stringency in defining this state.

Patients And Methods: We analysed remission and sustained remission in 621 patients who had two consecutive and complete clinical observations; the average period between the two visits was 92 days (median; quartiles: 82; 105).

[Squamous papilloma of the esophagus. Clinical and pathological observations based on 172 papillomas in 155 patients].

Introduction: The papilloma of the oesophagus is a rare disease. The pathogenesis and biological features of the disorder are not clearly known.

Aims: The purpose of the present paper is to outline the clinical and pathological significance of the papilloma of the oesophagus as detected in the authors' endoscopic laboratory.

Low level of cyclin D1 protein expression in thyroid microcarcinomas from an autopsy series.

In a recent epidemiological screening study in an autopsy series, we found a high prevalence of microcarcinomas (MCs) (21/443 = 4.74%). We found no iodine intake-, gender-, or age-dependent differences in the prevalence of MCs.