title: [Urgent problems of prostatic cancer diagnosis in a small district clinic].
abstract: Diagnostic methods in prostatic pathology used in a surgical department of a small town of Pavlovo (Nizhny Novgorod Region) are analysed. Infrared spectroscopy was for the first time used in Pavlovo for diagnosis of cancer. Examination of 57 patients aged 38-89 years has detected prostatic cancer in 16 (28 +/- 5.9%) patients, chronic prostatitis in 6 (10.5 +/- 4%) patients, prostatic adenoma in 34 (59.6 +/- 6.4%) patients, prostatic abscess--in 1 (1.9 +/- 1.7%) patient. Infrared spectroscopy of the blood serum according to the proposed technique provides accurate (91.2 +/- 4.8%, p < 0.01) differential diagnosis of benign and malignant diseases of the prostate.
authors.forename: R N
authors.initials: RN
authors.lastname: Komarov
authors.forename: A S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Gordetsov
authors.forename: N V
authors.initials: NV
authors.lastname: Komarov
authors.forename: O V
authors.initials: OV
authors.lastname: Kanashkin
authors.forename: N L
authors.initials: NL
authors.lastname: Svetozrskiĭ
authors.forename: S V
authors.initials: SV
authors.lastname: Gamaiunov
mesh_terms: D000038:Abscess / Q000175:diagnosis; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006767:Hospitals, District; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011469:Prostatic Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011472:Prostatitis / Q000175:diagnosis; D013055:Spectrophotometry, Infrared / Q000379:methods*