[Cytologic diagnosis of hepatic tumors by examining puncture bioptates].

Data on cytological diagnosis of hepatic tumors (1996-2006) are evaluated. The potential of cytological examination for identification of the biological mechanism and histological pattern of such malignancies were demonstrated. Cytological examination of puncture bioptates established such diagnostic features as sensitivity (90%), specificity (88%), and effectiveness (89%) as well as prognostic significance of positive (99%) and negative (41%) results.

[Pressing problems in the organization of mass prophylactic examinations utilizing an automated system for examining the population]. / Aktual'nye voprosy organizatsii massovykh profilakticheskikh osmotrov s ispol'zovaniem avtomatizirovannoi sistemy obsledovaniia naseleniia

Mass prophylactic examinations are of great importance for purposeful implementation of health measures and come as the first stage of treatment on the dispensary level. At the same time, medical examination absorb huge funds and tie up many staff workers with their efforts proving insufficiently effective. The rates of putting into practice an all-round dispensary treatment may be accelerated only by a wide application of automated systems and complexes. To achieve a proper functioning and an effective practical utilization of automated systems it is proposed that an All-Union scientific-coordination centre should be set up, whose task will be to methodologically work out forms and methods for the operation of prophylactic departments provided with automated complexes, as well as the ways of their further improvement.

[Objectivization of the cytologic signs of changes in the bronchial epithelium in cancer and noncancerous diseases of the lungs]. / Ob"ektivizatsiia tsitologicheskih priznakov izmenenii bronkhial'nogo épiteliia pri rake i nerakovykh zabolevaniiakh legkikh.

The cytologic and histologic material from 150 patients and specimens of their 450 bronchi have been analyzed to define the cytological, cytochemical, and histochemical parameters of changes in the bronchial epithelium in pulmonary carcinoma and non-cancer diseases. The data have been statistically processed. Staining according to Pappenheim, Papanicolau (modified by Soviet authors), with hematoxylin-eosin, Brachet's and Feulgen's tests, and detection of mucus and PAS-positive substances according to MacManus and Meyer have been employed in the study. Informative morphofunctional signs on the cytological and histochemical level have been distinguished, that may be used for the differential diagnosis between pulmonary carcinoma and non-cancer diseases.