ALEXANDER R F, SPRIGGS A I
J Clin Pathol. 1960 Sep;13(5):414-24. doi: 10.1136/jcp.13.5.414.
White-cell concentrates were made by a dextran sedimentation technique from the blood of 140 cases of malignant disease and 60 controls. The slides were searched for tumour cells and for other unusual cells with which they might be confused. Several million white cells were scanned in the slides from each case. Acceptable tumour cells were identified in the blood of seven patients, none of whom survived for more than a few months. These cells are illustrated, as well as various other cell types which may have been confused with malignant cells in the past. It is concluded that the cytology of white cell concentrates should be further explored before statistics about the occurrence of circulating tumour cells are accepted.
采用葡聚糖沉降技术从140例恶性疾病患者及60例对照者的血液中制备白细胞浓缩物。在玻片上查找肿瘤细胞以及可能与之混淆的其他异常细胞。对每个病例的玻片扫描数百万个白细胞。在7名患者的血液中鉴定出了可接受的肿瘤细胞,其中无一例存活超过几个月。文中展示了这些细胞以及过去可能与恶性细胞混淆的各种其他细胞类型。得出的结论是,在接受关于循环肿瘤细胞发生率的统计数据之前,应进一步探索白细胞浓缩物的细胞学。