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CA Cancer J Clin 1954; 4:86-89
doi: 10.3322/canjclin.4.3.86
© 1954 American Cancer Society
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CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians, Vol 4, 86-89, Copyright © 1954 by American Cancer Society

Exfoliative Cytology in Disorders of the Colon

A Preliminary Report

Clarence C. Fuller M.D.1, Harold E. Clark M.D.1, E. L. Hecht M.D.1, and Clifford Cohen M.D.1

1 The departments of Medicine and Surgery, New York University Post-Graduate Medical School, and the Gynecology-Cytology Laboratory, University Hospital, New York, New York.

1. The role of exfoliative cytology using the Papanicolaou staining technique in diagnosing cancer of the large bowel is reviewed.

2. A brief summary of 134 cases studied at this hospital is presented.

3. Particular attention is directed toward the use of this method in the early diagnosis of malignant polyps and in the follow-up of extirpated malignant lesions of the colon.

4. Further investigation of a method for obtaining specimens beyond the reach of the sigmoidoscope (abrasive balloon) is being carried on.






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