... stable precursor of GRP, pro-GRP (ProGRP), has been shown to be secreted by neuroendocrine tumors. This study was designed to assess the validity of ProGRP as a diagnostic marker in endometrioid adenocarcinomas (EAs) of the endometrium. Methods: Thirty-seven patients with a diagnosis of EA, 23 patients...

...Jung-Yun Lee; Chulmin Lee; Seo Kyung Hahn; Hee Seung Kim; Hyun Hoon Chung; Jae Weon Kim; Noh Hyun Park; Yong-Sang Song Background/Aims: The aim of this study was to compare the survival outcomes of adenocarcinoma and adenosquamous carcinoma in early-stage cervical cancer patients after radical...

...Matti Korhonen; Frej Stenbäck In this study 208 patients with adenocarcinoma of the uterine cervix were examined for the occurrence of tumors metastatic to this location. A total of 45 secondary tumors were found, 31 with a primary endometrial tumor, 6 with an ovarian serous or mucinous...

...L.H. Honoré; M. Koch; L.B. Brown The possible link between oral contraceptives (OCs) and cervical adenocarcinoma was tested by a case-case study of prior and current OC use in women with adenocarcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma. Cases were matched by age, year of diagnosis, and stage...

...Yasuhiko Nakamura; Mutsuo Takahashi; Akinobu Suga; Katsusuke Naito; Hiroshi Kato We report an extremely rare case of a 50-year-old woman with an adenocarcinoma arising within a urethral diverticulum. She could not be diagnosed correctly before operation and the microscopic pathological examination...

... in the diagnosis and follow-up of adenocarcinomas of breast, ovary or colon. 21 07 1995 5 10 1995 26 2 2010 © 1996 S. Karger AG, Basel 1996 Copyright / Drug Dosage / Disclaimer Copyright: All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be translated into other languages, reproduced...

...Kaei Nasu; Naohiko Matsui; Yasushi Kawano; Hisashi Narahara; Takashi Hayata; Isao Miyakawa A case of mucin-producing adenocarcinoma arising from a mature cystic teratoma of the right ovary is reported in a 67-year-old multiparous Japanese woman. The patient underwent total hysterectomy, bilateral...

...Kentaro Kai; Noriyuki Takai; Kaei Nasu; Naoko Kira; Terukazu Ishii; Kenji Kashima; Hisashi Narahara We report a case of primary pulmonary adenocarcinoma which metastasized to the uterine cervix. A 69-year-old postmenopausal Japanese female was admitted to our hospital because of general fatigue...

... carcinoma specimens, and in 30 cervical adenocarcinoma samples. The frequencies for homozygous proline (Pro-72), homozygous arginine (Arg-72), and heterozygous proline/arginine (Pro/Arg-72) were 23% (n = 20), 28% (n = 25), and 49% (n = 43), respectively, in normal cervices; 24% (n = 45), 28% (n = 51...

... and Surgeons, New York, N.Y., bState University of New York, Health and Science Center at Brooklyn, Brooklyn, N.Y., USA; cDivision of Gasteroenterology, Rambam Medical Center, Technion School of Medicine, Haifa, Israel Key Words Pseudomyxoma peritonei W Appendix W Ovary W Adenocarcinoma W Benign W Mucin...

...T.K.H. Chung; T.H. Cheung; K.F. To; Y.F. Wong Primary fallopian tube carcinoma is a rare form of female cancer and the genetic basis of its carcinogenesis remains unclear. Eighteen cases of primary fallopian tube adenocarcinoma were studied. Immunohistochemical staining for p53, HER-2/ neu and c...

...Noriyuki Takai; Shin’ichiro Akizuki; Kaei Nasu; Yasuko Etoh; Isao Miyakawa In spite of many references to carcinoma arising from endometriosis at extrauterine sites, there are few documented cases of carcinoma developing in association with adenomyosis. We present 2 rare cases of adenocarcinoma...

... antigen (CEA). In addition, we examined the usefulness of preoperative diagnosis using biopsy specimens stained with HID-AB and CEA. Normal endocervical glands showed a predominance of sulfomucin, while adenocarcinoma predominantly showed sialomucin. CEA was highly detected in adenocarcinoma...