54 patients with the cerebellar pontine angle tumor in Bach Mai, Viet Duc, Sainfaul, Hai Ba Trung Hospitals during 1/1998 - 10/2001 participated to a study. The results have shown that most of them were acoustic neurinoma 33/54 (61.1%), next to meningioma 10/54 (18.5%) and other tumors included medulloblastoma: 5(9.2%), astroytoma: 2 (3.7%), hemangioblastoma: 2 (3.7%), metastasis tumor: 1 (1,9%) and nerve V tumor 1 (1.9%). The acoustic neurinoma usually progresses slowly and its initial symptoms included tinitus, hearing loss. An imbalance is the first symptom of expansion of the tumor from cerebella to the pontine angle.
diagnosis, neoplasms

The markers of cancer were generated from cells of cancer or metabolism or immunoresponse to the canceration. For the last 2 decades of 20th century, many markers of cancer used clinically thanks to the development of new clone antibody. By developing the molecular biology. Many genes of cancer, telomere, telomerase, survivin were considered as markers of cancer have been detected for the recent 20 years.
neoplasms ; diagnosis

the study included 12 cases of hydropericardium treated at Cardiovascular Surgery Department, Cho Ray Hospital between 2004 and July 2005. Most of them were metastasis of lung cancer, followed is carina ganglion cancer and gastric adenoma. In term of treatment, there was one patient underwent thoracotomy for wide pericardiotomy. The remaining patients were treated by pericardiocenteses. These patients had poor prognosis and low survival rates
Neoplasms ; Diagnosis

A study on 50 patients with dissected gastric cancer in the E hospital has shown that the male-female ratio was 3/2. The gastric cancer rate was increased with age. The cancer in the 1/3 of lower stomach (4-%), mainly in the small curve (36%); size of tumor: 3-6 cm (36%), 6 cm (44%), early detected cancer (8%), late detected cancer (92%), chronic gastritis and atrophy (92%); intestinal heteroplasia and dysplasia (60%). The heteroplasia and dysplasia occurred more frequently in the gastric epithelioma then undifferentied gastric cancer.
Stomach Neoplasms ; neoplasms ; Diagnosis

The tumor marker CA 72-4 has been determined sera of gastric cancer patients to evaluate its role in the diagnosis and the monitoring of treatment. Adenocarcinoma of the stomach: 68 (38 men, 30 women; age 17-70) Gastric ulcer and gastritis: 10 (male: 8, female: 2; age 30-72). Criteria of diagnosis: cytologic examination. 40 patients have been monitored CA 72-4 during one month after operation. There were high statistical difference of CA 71-4 concentrations between cancer and healthy groups (p< 0.001); but no difference between ulcer and healthy people (p<0.005) has been found. The specificity of CA 72-4 for gastric cancer was 100%; sensitivity: 73.53%; Positive predictive value: 100%; Negative predictive value: 35.7%. 77.5% of cases had decreased levels of CA 72-4 after surgery. But in 4 cases, the increased concentrations of this marker correlated with residual tumor. The results showed that CA 72-4 proved to be specific and sensitive in the diagnosis and prognosis and monitoring of surgical treatment of gastric cancer.
Diagnosis ; Stomach Neoplasms ; neoplasms

Study was conducted cross on the sections from 3cm and 5cm of tumor upper edge of 125 patients with gastric carcinoma. Results: the percentage of existence of tissue cancer at the section that above the tumors 3cm and 5cm was 20.8% and 10.4%, respectively. The percentage of existence of tissue cancer at the cross section 3cm and 5cm was higher than invasive type in comparison with intestinal type (28.3% vs 16.5% and 15.2% vs 7.6%), in undifferentiated carcinoma, adenocarcinoma and Signet-ring cell carcinoma comparison with duct carcinoma (36.8%, 37.5% and 26.3% vs 9.7% at cross section 3cm and 21.1%, 18.8% and 10.5% vs 3.2% at cross section 5cm), in tumors with diameter >2cm and ≤5cm comparison with tumors ≤2cm (27% vs 7.1% at cross section 3cm and 14.3% vs 0% at cross section 5cm), in invasive carcinoma of sero comparison with shorter invasive carcinoma and at last in carcinoma of gland metastasis comparison with tumors without gland metastasis (4.7% vs 11.4% at cross section 3cm and 16.7% vs 4.5% at cross section 5cm).
Stomach Neoplasms ; Gastrointestinal Neoplasms ; Diagnosis

Study on 32 differentiated thyroid carcinoma patients treated at Hospital K from October 2002 to May 2003. Results: thyroid carcinoma often occurred in young people, group of 31-50 years old accounted for more than 50% of patients, more common in female than male. The initial common symptoms are thyroidal tumor and cervical nodes. The rate of hospital admission after onsets 1-2 years was 62.5%. The rate of cervical nodes can be clinically discovered was 62%. Carotid nodes were common and nodal metastases commonly occurred in papillary carcinoma. Histological diagnosis showed that papillary carcinoma accounted for 81.25% and follicular carcinoma was 18.75%. Surgical treatments were commonly total thyrodectomy in combination with radiotherapy.
Thyroid Neoplasms ; Diagnosis ; Therapeutics

Retrospective study on the clinical and paraclinical features and results of treatment of some retroperitoneal tumors in 119 patients has found that the clinical symptoms, in generally were atypical. It is not difficult to diagnose the retroperitoneal tumor when combining many methods such as ultrasound, angiography, CT scanner, tumor markers but it is difficult to diagnose each kind of tumor.
Retroperitoneal Neoplasms ; Diagnosis ; Therapeutics

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Diagnosis* ; Endoscopy* ; Stomach Neoplasms*

Despite significant advances in the diagnosis and treatment of various malignancies, the management of esophageal cancer remains one of the least responsive malignancies, Unfortunately complete excision of the tumor is impossible, because expandable anatomic structures are involved early when the diagnosis is made. (continue...)
Diagnosis ; Esophageal Neoplasms* ; Esophagus