Significance of microvessel density in prostate cancer core biopsy.

Background/aim: In prostate tumors, angiogenesis, measured as microvessel density, is associated with tumor stage and Gleason score. The aim of this study was determine neovascularization of prostatic adenocarcinomas in core biopsies and corresponding prostatectomies.

Methods: The study population included 61 patients who underwent radical prostatectomy (RP) for localized prostate carcinoma patients and did not receive chemohormonal, or radiation therapy before surgery.

The role of cytological evaluation of pleural fluid in diagnosing malignant mesothelioma.

Malignant mesothelioma is the most significant pleural tumour and it can be divided into three types: epithelial, sarcomatoid and biphasic mesothelioma. The most significant clinical manifestation of this tumour is pleural effusion. This paper was aimed at determining the role of cytological evaluation of pleural fluid in the diagnosis of malignant mesothelioma.

[Treatment of cervical cancer in the Republic of Srpska].

Introduction: Since 1897, when the first radical hysterectomy with lymphadenectomy was done by Wertheim in Vienna, this operation has had the central role in the surgical treatment of invasive cervical tumors.

Material And Methods: In the period from 1997 to 2010, 177 patients diagnosed with invasive cervical cancer according to the International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO) stage IB1 - II were operated at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology in Banja Luka. All patients underwent radical hysterectomy by Wertheim - Meigs.