[Parasitic factor and cancer].

There is opinion in the literature as to that liver trematode infections, such as opisthorchiasis, clonorchiasis, fascioliasis, and metorchiasis, can induce cancer of the liver pancreas, intestine - this all is clinically observed. The authors were the first in world practice to show the development of a hepatic blastomatous process in animals (albino rats, cats) with opisthorchiasis in 13%; cancer developed in 28 and 56% with the use of a hepatotropic carcinogen and combined (opisthorchiasis + a carcinogen) exposure, respectively. Throughout his life, a human being can easily catch these trematodes that have carcinogenic activity and these diseases concurrent with household and food carcinogens can give rise to tumors in the liver pancreas and intestine. Timely diagnosis and specific anthelmintic therapy are necessary to prevent parasitic cancer.

[Electron paramagnetic resonance determination of ceruloplasmin concentration in the blood of patients for the diagnosis of urological cancer diseases].

The electron paramagnetic resonance technique was used to study the venous blood levels of ceruloplasmin (CP) in 93 cancer patients with Stages I-IV malignancies of the urinary bladder and kidneys. Two groups were selected as a control; one of them comprised 44 donors who were considered to be apparently healthy and the other included 32 outpatients, some of whom had noncancer diseases. It has been established that in urological cancer, the level of the paramagnetic phase of Cu2+ -CP may vary in the wide range: from the lower to exceeding upper normal range in noncancer disease. The content of Cu2+ -CP does not virtually depend on the site and differentiation of a tumor. A correlation between the blood concentration of Cu2+ -CP and erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) in urological cancer patients has been considered. Determination of CP levels at the ESR exceeding the normal values may be expedient for the early diagnosis of cancer and also an addition to the biological individual screening of patients in the preoperative period to choose the correct and effective treatment tactics.

[Determination of serum antioxidant capacity after induced abortion].

Free radical oxidation processes are a cause of ageing, cancer, cataract, etc. Antioxidants are agents that are able to suppress these processes. They create a system that determines the antioxidant capacity (AOC) of living tissue. The effect of various drugs on this system is of importance. A PDK-1 diagnostic coulonometer, an AOC-measuring device, has been developed by the Polyclinic Research Department, KRC, Russian Academy of Sciences. Medical abortion with mifepriston and misoprostol does not change the blood level of AOC significantly. The maximum baseline value of AOC is observed in repeat pregnancy nulliparas.