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T Möller

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PubMed1988

Mortality and cancer morbidity in workers exposed to sulphur dioxide in a sulphuric acid plant.

To evaluate the risk of non-malignant respiratory disease and tumours at exposure to sulphur dioxide, a retrospective cohort study was performed on a group of 400 male workers, employed for at least six months during the period 1961-1981, in a sulphuric acid factory. Since 1969, fairly extensive measurements have been performed in the respiratory zone of the workers. The median level of total dust, over the years, was 2.2 mg/m3 (time-weighted average), of respirable dust 0.6 mg/m3, of sulphur dioxide 3.6 mg/m3, and of arsenic 11 micrograms/m3. There was a significantly increased total mortality in the period 1961-1985. Applying greater than or equal to 5 years latency period there were 47 observed deaths, giving a standardized mortality rate (SMR) of 1.57 (P = 0.002). The increased mortality was due to violence and intoxication (observed 9, SMR = 2.83; P = 0.006) and cardiovascular disease (SMR = 1.51, P = 0.05). The total tumour morbidity was not increased (observed 17, SMR = 1.17, P greater than 0.5) and there was no rise of either non-malignant or malignant lung diseases. However, there was an increase of bladder cancer (observed 5, SMR = 4.36, P = 0.006).

Chemical Industry↗
PubMed1988

[Pancreatico-biliary secretion in enteral hyperoxaluria].

The increased oxalic acid absorption is a well documented finding in gastroenterological diseases. The malabsorption of bile acids and fat is important in the pathogenesis of the hyperoxaluria. The enteric absorption of 14C-labelled oxalic acid was measured in 49 patients with different diseases. The dihydroxy-trihydroxy-ratio of bile acids is significantly decreased in patients with hyperoxaluria over 20% of the ingested dosage. We didn't find any correlation between the excretion of oxalic acid and the intraduodenal pancreatic lipase activity.

Adult↗
PubMed1987

[Oxalic acid resorption in patients with resection of the small intestine, jejunoileal bypass, Crohn disease and chronic pancreatitis].

The enteric absorption of oxalic acid with 14C-labelled oxalic acid was determined in patients with small bowel resection, jejunoileal bypass, Crohn's disease and chronic pancreatitis in comparison to the control group. Extreme hyperoxaluria were found in small bowel resections above 100 cm, after bypass operations and in ileocolitis Crohn with signs of clinical activity. Small bowel resections and relapses of Crohn's disease increase the absorption of oxalic acid. The significance of 14C-oxalic acid absorption test is the recognition of enteric hyperoxaluria.

Chronic Disease↗
PubMed1987

[Pathogenesis of hyperoxalurias and calcium oxalate calculi in intestinal diseases].

Hyperoxaluria and calcium oxalate lithiasis have a multifactorial genesis in bowel diseases. The augmented synthesis of oxalic acid in the liver is of minor importance. A diminished bacterial degradation is to asses up to day only hardly. The increasing absorption is of highest importance by deficient production of calcium oxalate in the intestinal tract and by increasing permeability of colonic mucosa above all in steatorrhoea or in patients with augmented calcium absorption. The crystallization of calcium oxalate in the urine is promoted by shortage of vitamin A, citrate, zinc or magnesium.

Calcium Oxalate↗
PubMed1987

[Secretin-pancreozymin test with volume correction in the functional diagnosis of pancreatobiliary secretion].

A modified secretin-pancreozymin test was performed for the quantitative determination of both the pancreatic exocrine function and the biliary secretion of total bile acids followed by exogenous (secretin and pancreozymin) and endogenous (L-phenylalanine) stimulation of the pancreatic and biliary secretion. The outputs of lipase, alpha-amylase, trypsin, bicarbonate and total bile acids were estimated and the ratio of glycine to taurine conjugated bile acids was measured by thin layer chromatography. Polyethylene glycol 4,000 was used as a nonabsorbable marker for the correction of aspirated volumes. 40 patients were studied: 10 control subjects; 10 control subjects with previous cholecystectomy; 10 patients with chronic pancreatitis and 10 cholecystectomized patients with chronic pancreatitis. In cholecystectomized probands, not only the total bile acid output but also the output of bicarbonate, trypsin and lipase were diminished compared to the control subjects with a intact gallbladder. In noncholecystectomized and cholecystectomized patients with chronic pancreatitis both, the pancreatic secretion and the biliary bile acid secretion were significantly decreased. The ratio of glycine/taurine conjugated bile acids was found to be significantly higher in these patients compared to the controls.

Adult↗
PubMed1987

Prevalence of mammary carcinoma in patients with gynaecologic cancer.

Six hundred and forty-four patients with primary malignant tumours of the female genital tract were subject to a two-stage screening program on admission, with clinical examination in all and mammography in 380. Clinical examination alone revealed 4 cancers, while supplementary mammography screening of 369 patients with normal clinical examination revealed an additional 6 tumours, of which 5 were invasive. The prevalence rate was about three times that found in two mass-screening programs in different parts of Sweden. Thus, it could be concluded that there is an increased risk for mammary carcinoma in patients with gynaecologic malignancies. It seems reasonable therefore, to recommend mammography routinely in this group of patients.

Adult↗
PubMed1987

[Resorption of oxalic acid in calcium oxalate nephrolithiasis].

In 43 healthy reference persons and 54 patients with relapsing calcium oxalate nephrolithiasis the absorption of oxalic acid was measured by means of 14C-oxalic acid. In patients with oxalate calculi the absorption of oxalic acid is totally increased and also in such ones with Whewellite-calculi. It is decreased in carriers of Weddelite calculi. The increase of the absorption of oxalic acid in patients with mixed calculi is not significant.

Adult↗
PubMed1986

Is the EORTC prognostic index of thyroid cancer valid in differentiated thyroid carcinoma? Retrospective multivariate analysis of differentiated thyroid carcinoma with long follow-up.

The European Organization for Research on Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) Thyroid Cancer Cooperative Group presented a prognostic index in 1979 that included all histologic groups of thyroid carcinomas, and was based on a multivariate analysis of 507 patients with a median follow-up of 40 months. The current report not only uses a multivariate analysis to study the clinical validity and reproducibility of this index on case material consisting of 226 differentiated thyroid carcinomas with a considerably long follow-up (11 years), but also it investigates possible prognostic factors, other than those proposed by the EORTC. Three EORTC variables could be reproduced as important: age at diagnosis, locally advanced disease, and distant metastases. Of the additional histopathologic variables tested, microscopic tumor invasion beyond thyroid capsule (pT4) and marked cellular atypia (MCA) proved to be significant. When the effect of the age-correlated tumor factors pT4 and MCA of differentiated thyroid carcinomas were taken into consideration, age alone lost its prognostic importance as a guide for treatment.

Adult↗
PubMed1986

A biological marker, strongly associated with early oral contraceptive use, for the selection of a high risk group for premenopausal breast cancer.

In a population-based group of women, consecutively diagnosed, with premenopausal breast cancer there was a significant correlation between tumour size and plasma prolactin (r = 0.30; P less than 0.004). The concentration of estrogen receptor was negatively correlated to tumour size (r = 0.17; P less than 0.09). There were no substantial correlations between tumour size and progesterone receptor, plasma progesterone or estradiol. Adjustments for menstrual cycle day and age did not alter the above findings. The ratio of plasma prolactin and estrogen receptor was significantly greater (P less than 0.037) for the group of the patients that had started using oral contraceptives before the age of 20 as compared with the other patients. Consequently, the tumour size was significantly greater in the group of early users (P less than 0.003). The findings indicate that breast tumours developing in previous early users of oral contraceptives have a low estrogen receptor concentration, while these patients have higher plasma prolactin. The tumour size is greater in early users indicating a poorer prognosis than other women with breast cancer. As early use of oral contraceptives increases breast cancer risk and a high ratio of plasma prolactin and estrogen receptor concentration of the primary tumour characterize early oral contraceptive users the ratio may be a valuable marker for the breast cancer risk.

Adult↗
PubMed1986

Adjuvant therapy of breast cancer: compliance and data validity in a multicenter trial.

Multicenter clinical trials are often large and complex, involving many institutions and investigators. The organizational structure is of vital importance in conducting and coordinating such trials. The present article describes the organization of a multicenter trial of adjuvant therapy of breast cancer. The trial is conducted since 1978 and involves all 15 hospitals in the Southern Swedish Health Care Region. The paper also describes methods of determining patient accrual rate, compliance with entrance criteria, diagnostic procedures, treatment, and follow-up. Comparison of data obtained from a population-based regional tumor registry revealed an accrual rate of more than 80%. Compliance with entrance criteria varied between the treatment groups from 85% to 97%. No patients were lost to follow-up. Compliance with diagnostic procedures and treatment was generally good. Reporting of recurrences was in accordance with data from patients' records in 98% of patients. One hundred thirteen patients died during the first 5 years of study. Twenty-one of these deaths were not reported to the secretariat. This strongly illustrates the necessity of matching to a population register before presenting data of such trials.

Antineoplastic Agents↗
PubMed1986

Suprofen sustained release kinetics in healthy male volunteers. 2nd communication: a multiple dose steady-state kinetics of suprofen sustained release tablets during 6 days in healthy male volunteers.

To 12 healthy male volunteers, who had given their consent, 11 administrations of alpha-methyl-4-(2-thienyl-carbonyl)phenylacetic acid (suprofen, Suprol) sustained release tablets 600 mg were given twice a day with a dosage interval of 12 h. It could be demonstrated that suprofen given as multiple dose application of sustained release tablets was well tolerated. Effective mean plasma levels were reached after the second dosage. There was no indication of accumulation nor accelerated elimination during the 6-day period. There was no statistically significant difference between the mean plasma curve after the last administration of the 6-day period and the mean plasma curve after the 3rd application. Also the AUC's in the respective intervals turned out not to be statistically significantly different from each other. Clinical and laboratory tests showed no clinically relevant deviations from the normal range. No adverse reactions whatsoever were observed.

Adult↗
PubMed1986

[A method for measuring oxalic acid absorption].

Increased oxalic acid absorption, hyperoxaluria and oxalatelithiasis are found in many gastroenterological diseases. All persons receive 370 kBq 14C-oxalic acid for the measurement of oxalic acid absorption. The absorbed and in the urine excreted 14C-activities are measured with a scintillation spectrophotometer and scintillator composed of 2,5-diphenyloxazole(POP), 1,4-bis-(4-methyl-5-phenyl-2-oxazolyl)benzene (dimethyl-POPOP), naphthalene, toluene and ethyleneglycol monomethylether. Normal values of oxalic acid absorption are means +/- S = 7.17 +/- 1.87%/24 h (n = 40).

Humans↗
PubMed1985

Detection of recurrent cancer of the colon and rectum.

Outpatient follow-up in patients operated upon due to carcinoma of the colon and rectum is usually performed, due to a high rate of recurrence and with the aim of finding a curable recurrence. Due to the enormous cost of an extended follow-up system, a careful evaluation of the benefit is needed. The aim of the present investigation was to study the efficacy of the different tools in an extended follow-up. One hundred ninety patients with carcinoma of the colon and rectum were--apart from traditional clinical follow-up--followed with an extensive laboratory battery including carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA), erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR), hemoglobin (Hb), electrophoresis, ALP, and GT. Forty-seven recurrences were found. Thirty-one of these recurrences were first detected by a rise in CEA. Seven cases were detected at clinical follow-up and six cases due to symptoms suggestive of recurrence. The predictive value of a positive test was 79.4% for CEA but very low for the other tests studied. A negative value for any of the tests in the battery was usually accurate. Follow-up after colorectal carcinoma should include CEA as the only laboratory parameter. Postoperative colonoscopy for removal of missed synchronous lesions, chest X-ray, and endoscopic investigations of the anastomotic region also seem to be of value.

Aged↗