Consumption of fatty fish from the Baltic Sea and PCB in whole venous blood, plasma and cord blood from delivering women in the Aland/Turku archipelago.

The present study aimed to assess the role of fish consumption for the body burden of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in mothers living in the Aland and Turku archipelago in Finland. The overall objective was to investigate whether there exists an appropriate population for a full-scale prospective study on PCB-related developmental effects in infants. Concentrations of the four major PCBs were determined in whole venous blood and cord blood from 30 delivering mothers, of which 20 subjects consumed fatty fish from the Baltic Sea (2.

Prognostic factors in invasive squamous cell carcinoma of the vulva.

Histological malignancy grading and its correlation to prognosis were retrospectively investigated in 303 cases of squamous cell carcinoma of the vulva. A scoring system based on several variables is suggested. The scores and the individual histological variables were tested along with clinical factors with a view to predicting survival.

State III squamous cell carcinoma of the vulva. Results of a Swedish study.

One hundred fifty-three cases of stage III vulvar squamous cell carcinoma were studied. The survival rate was significantly higher in the 99 patients given standard treatment than in the 54 given other treatments. The principal prognostic factor was the presence of groin metastases.