Persistent Neanderthal occupation of the open-air site of 'Ein Qashish, Israel.

Over the last two decades, much of the recent efforts dedicated to the Levantine Middle Paleolithic has concentrated on the role of open-air sites in the settlement system in the region. Here focus on the site of 'Ein Qashish as a cases study. Located in present-day northern Israel, the area of this site is estimated to have been >1300 m2, of which ca.

[Computerized tomography in the surgery of esophageal cancer].

Preoperative X-ray computerized tomography (CT) was performed in 60 patients with carcinoma of the esophagus at the All-Union Oncology Research Centre, USSR AMS in 1986-1989. The method is evaluated on the basis of comparison with the operative findings in determining the depth of invasion of the esophageal wall and adjoining structures by the tumor, metastatic involvement of the lymph nodes below the diaphragm, and metastases in the liver. Informativeness of X-ray CT proved to be highest in patients in whom the tumor had not spread beyond the esophageal wall.