cytoprognosis

Noun

cytoprognosis (uncountable)

1. prognosis based on analysis of cell / tissue samples
   • It was with the praiseworthy object of permitting operation immediately on the appearance of suppurative changes, that certain surgeons suggested a leucocyte count as a means of detecting pus formation at an early stage.
     Policard and Phélip, and later Policard and Desplas, have given tolerably...1919, R. Gregoire, A. Courcoux, “Infection of the Pleura”, in Alfred Keogh, T. H. J. C. Goodwin, editors, Medical and Surgical Therapy, volume VI, New York and London: D. Appleton and Company, page...
   • Today one of the most interesting procedures being carried out is cytoprognosis in cervical cancer treated by radiation. In this study, various cytologic changes have been set up as criteria, and radiation response (RR) or sensitization reaction (SR) have been determined. Using this particular...1956, Wilmot F. Robinson, “Irradiation Treatment of Carcinoma of the Uterine Cervix”, in Charles D. Ogilvie, George W. Rea, editors, The Journal of the American Osteopathic Association, volume 55...