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Histiocytes in vaginal smears: As prognostic parameter in carcinoma of the uterine cervix
Author(s) -
Gupta Saroj,
Rani Abha,
Gupta Y. N.,
Sanyal B.,
Khanna S.
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
journal of surgical oncology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.201
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1096-9098
pISSN - 0022-4790
DOI - 10.1002/jso.2930170307
Subject(s) - medicine , histiocyte , cervix , uterine cervix , pathology , carcinoma , stage (stratigraphy) , basal cell , radiation therapy , cancer , biology , paleontology
Abstract Pretreatment vaginal smears of 251 patients with carcinoma of the cervix were counted for the percentage of histiocyte count in relation to benign squamous epithelial cells. No correlation was found between the percentage of histiocyte count and the age of the patient, clinical stage, cell type of squamous cell carcinoma, and clinical radiation response. Also a high histiocyte count is found to be unrelated to 5‐year survival, recurrence, metastasis, or death of these patients. The present study indicates that the histiocyte number appears to have no relationship with immediate or remote prognosis in patients with carcinoma of cervix uteri.