Relationship between VEGF-C expression and nasopharyngeal carcinoma proliferation and metastasis / 中华肿瘤杂志
Chinese Journal of Oncology
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(12): 364-367, 2006.
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en Chino
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ABSTRACT
<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To detect the expression of VEGF-C in nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) and explore its relationship with proliferation and metastasis of NPC.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Biopsy specimens of 62 NPC patients were divided into 2 equal portions, one for immunohistochemical staining with VEGF-C polyclonal antibody by streptavidin peroxidase method, another for flow cytometry with Ki67 antibody to analyze the proliferation of tumors. The patients were followed up periodically, and then their 3-year survival and the cause of death were statistically analyzed.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>Of the 62 patients, the percentage of VEGF-C positive cells in the tumors ranged from 0 - 82%, 17 (27.4%) were negative, 13 (21.0%) weak positive, 18 (29.0%) moderate positive and 14 (22.6%) strong positive. Ki67 positive tumor cells ranged from 0 - 52%, 40 cases (64.5%) showed low expression which include 15 cases of negative, 22 (35.5%) showed high expression. There was a direct relationship between the expression of VEGF-C and Ki67 (r = 0.323, P < 0.05). The 3-year survival rate of 62 patients was 66.1%. The expression of VEGF-C in the patients with positive lymph node was much higher than that with negative lymph node (P < 0.01). Among the 8 patients with distant metastasis, their VEGF-C expression was strong positive while among the 21 disease free survival patients, their VEGF-C expression was (-) or (+) account for 80.9%. An inverse correlation was found between the VEGF-C expression and prognosis of NPC patients, but the difference has no statistical significance (r = -0.219, P > 0.05).</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>High expression of VEGF-C is related with proliferation and metastasis of NPC cells. It is not an independent prognostic factor, but a predictive marker of disease-free survival of NPC patients.</p>
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Asunto principal:
Patología
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Radioterapia
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Regulación Neoplásica de la Expresión Génica
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Neoplasias Nasofaríngeas
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Tasa de Supervivencia
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Estudios de Seguimiento
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Supervivencia sin Enfermedad
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Antígeno Ki-67
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Factor C de Crecimiento Endotelial Vascular
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Proliferación Celular
Tipo de estudio:
Estudio observacional
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Estudio pronóstico
Límite:
Adulto
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Anciano
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Femenino
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Humanos
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Masculino
Idioma:
Chino
Revista:
Chinese Journal of Oncology
Año:
2006
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Artículo
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