THE APPLICATION OF CYTOLOGIC DIAGNOSIS TO CANCERS OF THE STOMACH, PANCREAS AND BILIARY SYSTEM
Authors: H M LEMON
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1952)

Article1 September 1952THE APPLICATION OF CYTOLOGIC DIAGNOSIS TO CANCERS OF THE STOMACH, PANCREAS AND BILIARY SYSTEMHENRY M. LEMON, M.D.HENRY M. LEMON, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-37-3-525 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptCarcinomas of the stomach, biliary tract and pancreas constitute one of the principal causes of death from cancers in both males and females. Not only are these malignant growths among the most frequent of all types of cancer, but they are also among those with the highest mortality rate in spite of therapy. Diagnosis of these tumors remains highly unsatisfactory, partly because their natural history is such that symptoms necessitating medical attention develop late, and partly as a result of the inaccessibility of some of the growths to radiologic or endoscopic methods of visualization.These diagnostic difficulties have perennially faced...Bibliography1. Rosenbach O: Über die Anwesenheit von Geschwulst Partikeln in dem durch die Magenpumpe entleerten Magenhalte bei Carcinoma ventriculi, Deutsche med. Wchnschr. 8: 452-453, 1882. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2. Lyon BB: Non-surgical drainage of the gall tract, 1923, Lea and Febiger, Philadelphia. Google Scholar3. PapanicolaouTraut GNHF: Diagnosis of uterine cancer by the vaginal smear, 1943, Commonwealth Fund, New York. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4. PanicoPapanicolaouCooper FGGNWA: Abrasive balloon for exfoliation of gastric cancer cells, J. A. M. A. 143: 1308, 1950. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar5. RosenthalTraut MHF: The mucolytic action of papain for cell concentration in the diagnosis of gastric cancer, Cancer 4: 147-149, 1951. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar6. SeyboldtPapanicolaouCooper JFGNWA: Cytology in the diagnosis of gastric cancer, Cancer 4: 285-295, 1951. Google Scholar7. ByrnesLemon WWHM: Cytologic diagnosis of gastric carcinoma, in preparation. Google Scholar8. LemonByrnes HMWW: Cancer of the biliary tract and pancreas, diagnosis from cytology of duodenal aspiration, J. A. M. A. 141: 254-257, 1949. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar9. Lemon HM: Early diagnosis of cancer, M. Clin. North America 34: 1381-1408, 1950. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar10. Lemon HM: The clinical value of duodenal drainage in the diagnosis of carcinoma of the biliary tract and pancreas, New York State J. Med. 51: 2155-2158, 1951. MedlineGoogle Scholar11. McNeerEwing GJH: Exfoliated pancreatic cancer cells in duodenal drainage: a case report, Cancer 2: 643-645, 1949. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Boston, Massachusetts*Presented at the Thirty-third Annual Session of the American College of Physicians, Cleveland, Ohio, April 24, 1952.From the Robert Dawson Evans Memorial, Massachusetts Memorial Hospitals and the Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine.The studies were carried out with partial assistance of cancer teaching grants from the National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Federal Security Agency. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byCytopathology of Human Gastrointestinal CancersMagenGastric Exfoliative Cytology: Past, Present, and FutureCytology in the Diagnosis of Gastric CancerMagenPankreasDie Cytologie und Biopsie der Magenschleimhaut und ihre diagnostische BedeutungNEWER ADVANCES IN THE EXFOLIATIVE CYTOLOGY OF THE GASTROINTESTINAL TRACTExfoliative cytology of the digestive tractThe Clinical Value of Gastrointestinal Cytologic Diagnosis , 1 September 1952Volume 37, Issue 3Page: 525-533KeywordsBiliary systemDeath ratesHospital medicinePancreasStomach ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 September 1952 PDF downloadLoading ...