The number of different PSA-NCAM+ morphological types was also evaluated and expressed as percentages in Figure 1R.
The most common morphological type was infiltrating ductal carcinoma NOS, with other types constituting less than 20% of the cases.
The decision on tumour origin and morphological type was based on several criteria, as previously described [ 23].
A total of 100 cells were analysed and their nucleolus morphological type was determined (normal, increased or fragmented nucleolus).
Prognosis of patients with cancer of other/unrecorded morphological types was poor in both colon (37.4%) and rectum (41.4%).
In our study, the distribution of morphological type was associated with socioeconomic status, but it is difficult to interpret this since 40% of the cases were classified simply as adenocarcinoma or 'other'other
Several earlier studies have shown that tamoxifen greatly increases the risk of developing non-endometrioid tumors [ 5, 6, 8, 9] and in the data reported here endometrial cancer mortality attributed to these morphological types was 2.3 to 5.4 times that of endometrioid types.
In ascending order, the proportion of progressors for each morphological type was leukoplakia (17 out of 94, 18%), ulcerated lesions (7 out of 22, 32%), speckled lesions (5 out of 13, 38%), mass lesions (2 out of 4, 50%), and erythroplakia (8 out of 15, 53%).
Other morphological types were individually rare, but cancers with poorly specified morphology accounted for about 10%.
However, Nickel et al [10] reported that although multiple morphological types were observed to colonize Foley urinary catheters, only a small fraction of the attendant microorganisms could be detected by traditional microbiological culture.
