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Title: Further observations on the specific red cell adherence test: effects of radiation therapy

Abstract

To assess the effects of radiation therapy on the specific red cell adherence test we have evaluated 33 patients who underwent cystectomy for bladder cancer and in whom radiotherapy had been used. With this test negative tumors were found in 32 of the 33 cases. In a second series of 10 patients histologic examinations were done by biopsy before radiotherapy and by subsequent microscopic examination of the cystectomy specimen. The specific red cell adherence test results remained constant in all of these cases. These findings strongly suggest that 1) the specific red cell adherence test does remain negative after radiotherapy and 2) this test is a valuable prognosticator of the future likelihood of invasion in all patients with transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder.

Authors:
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Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
5577889
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
J. Urol.; (United States)
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 125:4
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
62 RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE; 59 BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES; 63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.; ERYTHROCYTES; BIOLOGICAL RADIATION EFFECTS; RADIOTHERAPY; SIDE EFFECTS; ANTIGEN-ANTIBODY REACTIONS; BIOASSAY; BLADDER; CARCINOMAS; DIAGNOSIS; PATIENTS; TUMOR CELLS; ANIMAL CELLS; BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BLOOD; BLOOD CELLS; BODY; BODY FLUIDS; DISEASES; MATERIALS; MEDICINE; NEOPLASMS; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; ORGANS; RADIATION EFFECTS; RADIOLOGY; THERAPY; URINARY TRACT; 550603* - Medicine- External Radiation in Therapy- (1980-); 550300 - Cytology; 550200 - Biochemistry; 560151 - Radiation Effects on Animals- Man

Citation Formats

Richie, J P, and Yap, W T. Further observations on the specific red cell adherence test: effects of radiation therapy. United States: N. p., 1981. Web.
Richie, J P, & Yap, W T. Further observations on the specific red cell adherence test: effects of radiation therapy. United States.
Richie, J P, and Yap, W T. 1981. "Further observations on the specific red cell adherence test: effects of radiation therapy". United States.
@article{osti_5577889,
title = {Further observations on the specific red cell adherence test: effects of radiation therapy},
author = {Richie, J P and Yap, W T},
abstractNote = {To assess the effects of radiation therapy on the specific red cell adherence test we have evaluated 33 patients who underwent cystectomy for bladder cancer and in whom radiotherapy had been used. With this test negative tumors were found in 32 of the 33 cases. In a second series of 10 patients histologic examinations were done by biopsy before radiotherapy and by subsequent microscopic examination of the cystectomy specimen. The specific red cell adherence test results remained constant in all of these cases. These findings strongly suggest that 1) the specific red cell adherence test does remain negative after radiotherapy and 2) this test is a valuable prognosticator of the future likelihood of invasion in all patients with transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder.},
doi = {},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/5577889}, journal = {J. Urol.; (United States)},
number = ,
volume = 125:4,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 EST 1981},
month = {Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 EST 1981}
}