Morphological marker of tumor progression in larynx cancer

Abstract

Dynamic observation of 32 patients with laryngeal cancer, treated with radiotherapy and combination therapy, was performed using diagnostic technology “Litos-system”, including the definition of serum morphotypes by marginal dehydration of biological fluids. In nine of them, on the background of the treatment, there was continued growth of the tumor. In the blood serum seven of nine patients had special microspheroliths, characterized by the presence of “wavy” structures. Such “wavy” microspheroliths could be seen as a harbinger of the continued growth of the tumor, because after their appearance there were detected signs of clinical progression. Apparently, the appearance of mentioned “wavy” structures in the patient’s blood is a result of release into the blood of qualitatively new macromolecules produced by a clone of malignant tumor cells.