Potential for anatomic localization in colorectal cancer using the SCM test

  • Authors:
    • O Merimsky
    • M Deutsch
    • I Ron
    • R Tirosh
    • A Dale
    • A Weinreb
    • S Chaitchik
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  • Published online on: November 1, 1996     https://doi.org/10.3892/or.3.6.1141
  • Pages: 1141-1143
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Abstract

We analysed a series of 81 colorectal cancer cases in which the SCM (structuredness of the cytoplasmic matrix) test had already been performed with a diagnostic sensitivity of 92% and a specificity of 92.6%, yielding positive and negative predictive values of 96.3% and 84.7% respectively. We subdivided this group of 81 patients by anatomic location of the malignancy. Although the resultant subgroups were admittedly small, we noted a tendency for the most prominent changes in observed and calculated polarization parameters to be associated with cecal cancers. This finding was of special interest because the cecum is the most inaccessible site for colonoscopy. Ongoing site-specific surveillance in SCM-tested cases of colorectal cancer is necessary to validate this result.

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Merimsky O, Deutsch M, Ron I, Tirosh R, Dale A, Weinreb A and Chaitchik S: Potential for anatomic localization in colorectal cancer using the SCM test. Oncol Rep 3: 1141-1143, 1996
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Merimsky, O., Deutsch, M., Ron, I., Tirosh, R., Dale, A., Weinreb, A., & Chaitchik, S. (1996). Potential for anatomic localization in colorectal cancer using the SCM test. Oncology Reports, 3, 1141-1143. https://doi.org/10.3892/or.3.6.1141
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Merimsky, O., Deutsch, M., Ron, I., Tirosh, R., Dale, A., Weinreb, A., Chaitchik, S."Potential for anatomic localization in colorectal cancer using the SCM test". Oncology Reports 3.6 (1996): 1141-1143.
Chicago
Merimsky, O., Deutsch, M., Ron, I., Tirosh, R., Dale, A., Weinreb, A., Chaitchik, S."Potential for anatomic localization in colorectal cancer using the SCM test". Oncology Reports 3, no. 6 (1996): 1141-1143. https://doi.org/10.3892/or.3.6.1141