Objective: To evaluate cytogenetic character of cervical squamous intraepithelial lesion. Setting: Colposcopy Clinic and Cytogenetic Division of The Research Center for Medical Science Technology University of Indonesia. Material and methods: Patients whose cytology results showed squamous intraepithelial lesions went to have biopsies for histology and tissue culture during colposcopy examinati…
Objective: To discuss the role of chemotherapy in the management of cervical cancer. Design/Data identification: Literature study. Results: In order to enhance the results of the treatment of cervical cancer, in addition to operation or radiation, it is necessary to have other alternative. i.e. chemotherapy given for both recurrent cases/metastasis and as part of first treatment, such as neoadj…
The incidence of oral cancers ranges between 2-5 percent of all cancerous lesions, which has the tendency to increase each year. Almost 60 percent of all oral cancer patients are found in an advanced stage. Actually, death caused by oral cancer can be prevented by earlier detection. One simple method of examination which can be done before performing biopsy, is the oral cytological examination.…
The aim of this study was to examine the protein level and pH of saliva from malignancies patients who were treated by radiation on head and neck's area. Samples were collected from the ambulatory patients at the Radiotherapy Unit of Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital. The protein level was determined by the Bradford method and pH was measured using lacmus paper. The results showed that the protein le…
A retrospective study was conducted to investigate a metastical view of lung tumor patients at the Department of Pulmonology, Faculty of Medicine University of Indonesia/Persahabatan Hospital, Jakarta. Subjects were the patients whom hospitalized from 1984 till 1988 and in 1991. They were 70 cases, consisted of 44 females (61.1 percent) and 26 males (37 percent). The youngest was 14 years old a…