Cancer cells in the circulating blood of patients with larynx cancer. Part III
Klonowski, S.
Annales Universitatis Mariae Curie-Sklodowska. Sectio D Medicina 30: 73-80
1975
ISSN/ISBN: 0066-2240 PMID: 1230089 Document Number: 92369
The occurrence of f.t.c. was found in 39 patients (70%) of 56 treated persons with supraglottic localization (AB), and in 9 patients (41%) of 22 treated persons with glottic localization (C) of the tumor; these differences are statistically significant (x2 = 5,51; r = 0,27; P < 0,02). Supraglottic localization of larynx cancer in the group studied affected a more frequent dissemination of its cells into venous blood. In stage I and II patients f.t.c., in peripheral venous blood was found in 20% of the persons examined, in patients with stage III of clinical advancement f.t.c. were found in 67% of the examined persons and in 78% of patients with stage IV. The statistical analysis of these results showed a highly significant relationship between the frequency of f.t.c. occurrence in venous blood in the group studied and the increase of the stage of clinical advancement of laryngeal cancer. (x2 = 14,32; P < 0,001).