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Re: Hemorrhagic Tension Cyst of the Kidney, by Kenneth R. Thomson, Elliot O. Lipchik and Irwin N. Frank, J. Urol., 117: 120–121, 1977
THE JOURNAL OF UROLOGY
Vol. 118, October
Copyright © 1977 by The Williams & Wilkins Co.
Printed in U.SA.
Letters to the Editor RE: RADICAL PROSTATECTOMY FOR CARCINOMA OF THE PROSTATE:
RE: HEMORRHAGIC TENSION CYST OF THE KIDNEY
1951-1976.
A REVIEW OF
329
PATIENTS
Kenneth R. Thomson, Elliot 0. Lipchik and Irwin N. Frank Richard J. Boxer, Joseph J. Kaufman and Willard E. Goodwin J. Urol., 117: 208-213, 1977
J. Urol., 117: 120-121, 1977 To the Editor. These authors state that Lindblom introduced renal cyst aspiration in 1946. 1 I would like to submit that Cabot, of Boston, did this in 1890. 2 Thus, it is with many urological discoveries-someone did it all in the last century.
Respectfully, A. W. Zorgniotti 214 E.16th St. New York, New York 10003
1. Lindblom, K.: Percutaneous puncture of renal cysts and tumors. Acta Radio!., 27: 66, 1946.
2. Cabot, A. T.: A case of cyst of the kidney apparently cured by a single aspiration. J. Cutan. Genito-Urin. Dis., 8: 329, 1890.
692
To the Editor. These authors report a large series ofprostatic cancer patients treated with radical prostatectomy. They describe in detail clinical staging with a 40 per cent inaccuracy rate, 30 per cent of the patients being understaged. A comparison is then made between their patients with tumors staged pathologically and patients reported on by Ray and associates with tumors staged clinically and treated with radiation therapy. 1 Since patients with tumors staged pathologically would have fewer higher staged cases the survival results would be misleadingly better than those of the same group of patients with tumors staged clinically. Therefore, this comparison is not valid. The authors should report the survival figures based on clinical staging and then compare the results to the survival figures of patients with tumors staged clinically and treated by radiation. This comparison would help determine the best therapy for prostatic cancer. Respectfully, James E. Bruckman and John T. Chaffey Harvard Medical School Boston, Massachusetts 02215 1. Ray, G. R., Cassady, J. R. and Bagshaw, M.A.: Definitive radiation therapy of carcinoma of the prostate. A report of 15 years of experience. Radiology, 106: 407, 1973.
Vol. 118, October
Copyright © 1977 by The Williams & Wilkins Co.
Printed in U.SA.
Letters to the Editor RE: RADICAL PROSTATECTOMY FOR CARCINOMA OF THE PROSTATE:
RE: HEMORRHAGIC TENSION CYST OF THE KIDNEY
1951-1976.
A REVIEW OF
329
PATIENTS
Kenneth R. Thomson, Elliot 0. Lipchik and Irwin N. Frank Richard J. Boxer, Joseph J. Kaufman and Willard E. Goodwin J. Urol., 117: 208-213, 1977
J. Urol., 117: 120-121, 1977 To the Editor. These authors state that Lindblom introduced renal cyst aspiration in 1946. 1 I would like to submit that Cabot, of Boston, did this in 1890. 2 Thus, it is with many urological discoveries-someone did it all in the last century.
Respectfully, A. W. Zorgniotti 214 E.16th St. New York, New York 10003
1. Lindblom, K.: Percutaneous puncture of renal cysts and tumors. Acta Radio!., 27: 66, 1946.
2. Cabot, A. T.: A case of cyst of the kidney apparently cured by a single aspiration. J. Cutan. Genito-Urin. Dis., 8: 329, 1890.
692
To the Editor. These authors report a large series ofprostatic cancer patients treated with radical prostatectomy. They describe in detail clinical staging with a 40 per cent inaccuracy rate, 30 per cent of the patients being understaged. A comparison is then made between their patients with tumors staged pathologically and patients reported on by Ray and associates with tumors staged clinically and treated with radiation therapy. 1 Since patients with tumors staged pathologically would have fewer higher staged cases the survival results would be misleadingly better than those of the same group of patients with tumors staged clinically. Therefore, this comparison is not valid. The authors should report the survival figures based on clinical staging and then compare the results to the survival figures of patients with tumors staged clinically and treated by radiation. This comparison would help determine the best therapy for prostatic cancer. Respectfully, James E. Bruckman and John T. Chaffey Harvard Medical School Boston, Massachusetts 02215 1. Ray, G. R., Cassady, J. R. and Bagshaw, M.A.: Definitive radiation therapy of carcinoma of the prostate. A report of 15 years of experience. Radiology, 106: 407, 1973.