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Cancer Presenting (cancer + presenting)
Selected AbstractsGASTRIC CANCER PRESENTING WITH PLUMMER-VINSON SYNDROMEJOURNAL OF AMERICAN GERIATRICS SOCIETY, Issue 5 2009Seyfettin Köklü MD No abstract is available for this article. [source] Small cell lung cancer presenting as acute leukaemiaCYTOPATHOLOGY, Issue 5 2005R. Ali No abstract is available for this article. [source] Recurrent laryngeal cancer presenting as delayed hypoparathyroidismHEAD & NECK: JOURNAL FOR THE SCIENCES & SPECIALTIES OF THE HEAD AND NECK, Issue 9 2007Amy K Hsu MD Abstract Background. Endocrine dysfunction following therapy for head and neck cancer has been previously described. Permanent hypoparathyroidism may result from the tumor, surgery, or radiation therapy. However, the incidence and significance of delayed hypoparathyroidism following treatment for laryngeal cancer remains unclear. Methods and Results. We report a patient who had stable serum calcium measurements on serial testing following concurrent chemoradiation and salvage laryngectomy for locally advanced laryngeal cancer. The patient subsequently presented 32 months following salvage laryngectomy with new onset, symptomatic hypocalcemia secondary to hypoparathyroidism. Subsequent evaluation revealed local recurrence. Conclusion. To our knowledge, this case represents the first report of delayed hypoparathyroidism as the presenting manifestation of recurrence following treatment for laryngeal cancer. Possible pathophysiologic mechanisms are discussed. © 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Head Neck, 2007 [source] Diagnosis of recurrent lung cancer in the mediastinum using endosonographically guided fine-needle aspiration biopsyJOURNAL OF CLINICAL ULTRASOUND, Issue 4 2009Sandeep Singh MD Abstract Endoscopic sonography is a well-established tool for the diagnosis and staging of gastrointestinal malignancies. It has been found to be of increasing utility in the diagnosis and management of lung cancers. We report a case of recurrent lung cancer presenting 4 years after initial diagnosis and treatment, in which endoscopic sonography was used to guide the fine-needle aspiration biopsy. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Clin Ultrasound 2009 [source] Standards for the management of cervical and vulval carcinomaBJOG : AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OBSTETRICS & GYNAECOLOGY, Issue 7 2000Thomas J. D'Arcy Trainee (Gynaecological Oncology) Objective To examine the feasibility of achieving designated target standards for the management of women with cervical and vulval cancer. Design Retrospective casenote review. Setting The Gynaecological Oncology Centre at Hammersmith Hospital, London. Population Sixty-one women with cervical and vulval cancer presenting to the gynaecological oncology clinic at the Hammersmith Hospital during 1996 and 1997. Various aspects of the management of those women were compared with standards suggested by a multidisciplinary panel of local experts. Targets included the referral and treatment process, the accuracy of staging, and measures of surgical performance. Results The target interval of seven days between receipt of the referral and the first visit at the cancer centre was achieved in 93% of women. Surgical treatment was administered to 92% of the women within the target of 20 working days from the first clinic appointment. Tumour close to or involving the margins of the specimen was noted in 13% of cervical and 9% of vulval cancers. The node count fell below the target standards in 13% of pelvic and 10% of groin dissections. Appropriate imaging investigations for staging were not undertaken in 15 of 39 cases (38%) of cervical cancer and in 5 out of 22 (23%) of vulval cancers. Conclusion The suggested targets of process and surgical performance are reasonable and achievable. These standards would be appropriate for national use. The area most clearly identified where these targets were not achieved was the requesting of complementary staging investigations. This could be addressed by the use of a simple investigation protocol to be included in each patient's notes and available at specialist clinics and gynaecology wards. [source] Sigmoid colon cancer presenting as complete rectal prolapseCOLORECTAL DISEASE, Issue 7 2007A. Bounovas No abstract is available for this article. [source] Reduction in the proportion of patients with colorectal cancer presenting as an emergency following the introduction of fast-track flexible sigmoidoscopy: a three-year prospective observational studyCOLORECTAL DISEASE, Issue 4 2004R. J. Davies Abstract Objective We established a fast-track flexible sigmoidoscopy service to meet the two-week target for colorectal cancer, and have performed a prospective observational study over three years to assess its impact on the proportion of patients with colorectal cancer presenting as an emergency. Methods The fast-track system was established on 1 November 1999 using six screening criteria to select high-risk patients. Data on all high-risk patients referred through the fast-track system and all patients diagnosed with colorectal cancer were recorded prospectively in two time periods: six months before fast-track (1 November 1998 to 30 April 1999, Period 1) and three years following fast-track (1 November 1999 to 31 October 2002, Period 2). Results In Period 2, 2294 fast-track referrals were received. A total of 635 cases (321 male, 314 female) of colorectal cancer were diagnosed in Period 2 vs. 84 cases (43 male, 41 female) in Period 1. In Period 1, 30 patients with colorectal cancer (35.7% of the total) presented as an emergency vs. 165 patients (25.9%) in Period 2 (P = 0.059, ,2test). Conclusion Introduction of a fast-track service to meet the two-week target has resulted in a trend towards fewer emergency presentations with colorectal cancer. [source] | ||||||||||