title: [Results of non-specific iliac crest biopsy in patients with bronchial carcinoma (author's transl)].
abstract: Systematic bone marrow examinations in patients with bronchial carcinoma (n equals 75) gave positive findings (identification of tumor cells) in 12% related to all types of tumors and in 32% of microcellular carcinoma. The information value of this method is relatively small with regard to the assessment of operability, because positive findings in stages I and II are extremely rare. Non-specific iliac crest biopsy provides therapeutically and prognostically important pointers in patients who are to be irradiated (tumor stage III and all microcellular tumors of stages I-III), because a positive bone marrow finding must be valued as stage IV.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D001853:Bone Marrow / Q000473:pathology; D001854:Bone Marrow Cells; D001856:Bone Marrow Examination; D001984:Bronchial Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D018288:Carcinoma, Small Cell / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D003581:Cytodiagnosis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007085:Ilium; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011300:Preoperative Care; D011379:Prognosis
vernacular_title: Ergebnisse der ungezielten Beckenkamm-Biopsie bei Patienten mit Bronchus-Karzinom