Reviewer's report
Title:Granulocytic sarcoma of the pancreas: A case report and review of the
literatures
Version: 1Date:15 February 2010
Reviewer: Michael E McFarlane
Reviewer's report:
Major Compulsory Revisions:
The paper should be arranged as follows:
Abstract, Background,Case Presentation, Discussion,Conclusions.
A conclusion has not been included and the discussion is incorrectly named
conclusion.
There are a number of grammatical errors that need to be corrected including
incomplete sentences and syntax errors.
Minor Revisions:
1.In the last paragraph in the discussion it should be more clearly stated that
granulocytic sarcoma should be treated primarily with chemotherapy since it
rarely presents as an isolated disease and is usually the manifestation of a
systemic condition. These tumours are usually responsive to chemotherapy
hence chemotherapy has a secondary role in their management.
2.The caption for figure 2. reads "Infiltration of caecal appendix by immature
neoplastic myeloid cells"
What is the relevance of "caecal appendix" to a pathologic specimen of a
Whipple resection? Was the appendix removed incidentally and if so this should
be stated in the case report?
Level of interest: An article of limited interest
Quality of written English: Needs some language corrections before being
published
Statistical review: No, the manuscript does not need to be seen by a
statistician.
Declaration of competing interests:
I declare that I have no competing interests.
Reviewer's report
Title:Granulocytic sarcoma of the pancreas: A case report and review of the
literatures
Version: 1Date:15 February 2010
Reviewer: Michael E McFarlane
Reviewer's report:
Major Compulsory Revisions:
The paper should be arranged as follows:
Abstract, Background,Case Presentation, Discussion,Conclusions.
A conclusion has not been included and the discussion is incorrectly named
conclusion.
There are a number of grammatical errors that need to be corrected including
incomplete sentences and syntax errors.
Minor Revisions:
1.In the last paragraph in the discussion it should be more clearly stated that
granulocytic sarcoma should be treated primarily with chemotherapy since it
rarely presents as an isolated disease and is usually the manifestation of a
systemic condition. These tumours are usually responsive to chemotherapy
hence chemotherapy has a secondary role in their management.
2.The caption for figure 2. reads "Infiltration of caecal appendix by immature
neoplastic myeloid cells"
What is the relevance of "caecal appendix" to a pathologic specimen of a
Whipple resection? Was the appendix removed incidentally and if so this should
be stated in the case report?
Level of interest: An article of limited interest
Quality of written English: Needs some language corrections before being
published
Statistical review: No, the manuscript does not need to be seen by a
statistician.
Declaration of competing interests:
I declare that I have no competing interests.
Please review this paper.
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Reviewer's report
Title:Granulocytic sarcoma of the pancreas: A case report and review of the
literatures
Version: 1Date:15 February 2010
Reviewer: Michael E McFarlane
Reviewer's report:
Major Compulsory Revisions:
The paper should be arranged as follows:
Abstract, Background,Case Presentation, Discussion,Conclusions.
A conclusion has not been included and the discussion is incorrectly named
conclusion.
There are a number of grammatical errors that need to be corrected including
incomplete sentences and syntax errors.
Minor Revisions:
1.In the last paragraph in the discussion it should be more clearly stated that
granulocytic sarcoma should be treated primarily with chemotherapy since it
rarely presents as an isolated disease and is usually the manifestation of a
systemic condition. These tumours are usually responsive to chemotherapy
hence chemotherapy has a secondary role in their management.
2.The caption for figure 2. reads "Infiltration of caecal appendix by immature
neoplastic myeloid cells"
What is the relevance of "caecal appendix" to a pathologic specimen of a
Whipple resection? Was the appendix removed incidentally and if so this should
be stated in the case report?
Level of interest: An article of limited interest
Quality of written English: Needs some language corrections before being
published
Statistical review: No, the manuscript does not need to be seen by a
statistician.
Declaration of competing interests:
I declare that I have no competing interests.
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