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PURPOSE: Micrometastasis is known as a significant predictor of prognosis in colorectal cancer patients. Recently, reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) has been applied to detecting micrometastasis. The drainage vein and peritoneum were examined and the micrometastases assessed in a series of colorectal cancer patients. METHODS: 22 patients, who were histologically diagnosed with colorectal cancer, and 8 patients of serosal and peritoneal brushing, were examined using RT-PCR to amplify the mRNAs for two epithelial markers, carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) and cytokeratin 20 (CK-20). RESULTS: Among the 22 colorectal cancer patients, the positive rates of CK-20 and CEA mRNAs in the drainage vein were 10 (45%) and 7 (32%), and those of the serosal and peritoneal brushing were 6 (75%) and 5 (63%), respectively. CONCLUSION: These results suggest that the "no touch isolation technique" might be useful for operations in advanced colorectal cancer patients, and the brushing of the serosal or Douglas pouch can represent the micrometastasis status.
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Humans , Carcinoembryonic Antigen , Colorectal Neoplasms , Douglas' Pouch , Drainage , Keratin-20 , Keratins , Neoplasm Micrometastasis , Peritoneal Cavity , Peritoneum , Prognosis , Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction , RNA, Messenger , VeinsABSTRACT
PURPOSE: The benefits of the "no-touch" isolation technique that is usually performed to prevent the circulation of tumor cells are not evident. The aim of this study was to determine whether the no-touch isolation technique for treating gastrointestinal cancers could prevent the circulation of tumor cells detected by reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). Matrials and Methods: By using RT-PCR to amplify mRNAs for two specific epithelial markers, carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) and cytokeratin 20 (CK-20), we examined 34 gastric cancer patients who had been histologically diagnosed and 22 patients had undergone serosal and peritoneal brushing. RESULTS: In 10 (29.4%) of the 34 gastric cancer patients, we detected CK20 mRNA before manipulation, and in 17 (51.5%) of those patients, after we detected it. The density of the CK20 mRNA band was increased in 11 cases (33.3%) and the density was decreased in 2 cases (6.1%). In 16 (48.5%) of the 34 gastric cancer patients, we detected CEA mRNA before manipulation, and in 17 (51.5%) patients after we detected it. The density of the CEA mRNA band was increased in 8 cases (24.2%) and decreased in 3 cases (9.1%). CONCLUSION: These result suggest that the "no-touch isolation technique" might be useful when operating on advanced gastric cancer patients and that serosal or Douglas pouch brushing can be used to determine the status of micrometastasis.
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Humans , Carcinoembryonic Antigen , Douglas' Pouch , Gastrointestinal Neoplasms , Keratin-20 , Neoplasm Micrometastasis , Peritoneum , Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction , RNA, Messenger , Stomach NeoplasmsABSTRACT
PURPOSE: The benefits of the "no-touch" isolation technique that is usually performed to prevent the circulation of tumor cells are not evident. The aim of this study was to determine whether the no-touch isolation technique for treating gastrointestinal cancers could prevent the circulation of tumor cells detected by reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). Matrials and Methods: By using RT-PCR to amplify mRNAs for two specific epithelial markers, carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) and cytokeratin 20 (CK-20), we examined 34 gastric cancer patients who had been histologically diagnosed and 22 patients had undergone serosal and peritoneal brushing. RESULTS: In 10 (29.4%) of the 34 gastric cancer patients, we detected CK20 mRNA before manipulation, and in 17 (51.5%) of those patients, after we detected it. The density of the CK20 mRNA band was increased in 11 cases (33.3%) and the density was decreased in 2 cases (6.1%). In 16 (48.5%) of the 34 gastric cancer patients, we detected CEA mRNA before manipulation, and in 17 (51.5%) patients after we detected it. The density of the CEA mRNA band was increased in 8 cases (24.2%) and decreased in 3 cases (9.1%). CONCLUSION: These result suggest that the "no-touch isolation technique" might be useful when operating on advanced gastric cancer patients and that serosal or Douglas pouch brushing can be used to determine the status of micrometastasis.
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Humans , Carcinoembryonic Antigen , Douglas' Pouch , Gastrointestinal Neoplasms , Keratin-20 , Neoplasm Micrometastasis , Peritoneum , Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction , RNA, Messenger , Stomach NeoplasmsABSTRACT
Objective To evaluate the clinical significance of the intraoperative detection of peritoneal micrometastases of gastric cancer.Methods In selected 50 cases of gastric cancer in which no obvious peritoneal metastasis was found preoperatively or during laparotomy,Douglas′s pouch peritoneal biopsy was undertaken intraoperatively,then HE and CK-20 immunohistochemistry staining of the specimens was performed.The expression of CK-20 mRNA in peritoneal irrigation fluid was also determined by RT-PCR.Results HE staining of all cases was negative.The positive rate of CK-20 immunohistochemistry staining was 24.0 %(12/50),and 36.0 %(18/50) with RT-PCR method.The positive rate of CK-20 mRNA was significantly related with the histological type,the depth of invasion and the number of lymph node metastasis(P