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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-4-9
pubmed:abstractText
Three cases of alpha-fetoprotein (AFP)-producing lung carcinoma were studied histologically and immunohistochemically. Samples were obtained from two men and one woman who ranged in age from 64 to 71 years. Serum AFP levels for the three samples were 9826, 74.4 and 24.3 ng/mL. One case was classified as stage IIIA and two as stage IIIB. Two cases were diagnosed as large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma, and AFP expression was detected immunohistochemically. One of these samples showed differentiation to a hepatoid carcinoma, while the other was combined with a squamous cell carcinoma. The remaining case was a squamous cell carcinoma, and AFP was detected in only some of the tumor cells. All patients died within 2 years. The Ki-67 labeling indices of the AFP-producing pulmonary carcinomas (30.2 +/- 4.6%) were significantly higher than those of AFP-negative pulmonary carcinomas (P < 0.05). The high proliferative activity, advanced stage at presentation, vascular endothelial growth factor expression and vascular invasion observed in these tumors may explain the poor prognosis of AFP-producing lung carcinomas.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Carcinoembryonic Antigen, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Chromogranin A, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Chromogranins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Endothelial Growth Factors, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Ki-67 Antigen, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Lymphokines, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Neural Cell Adhesion Molecules, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Synaptophysin, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Vascular Endothelial Growth Factors, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/alpha-Fetoproteins
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
1320-5463
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
52
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
46-53
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:11940206-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:11940206-Apoptosis, pubmed-meshheading:11940206-Carcinoembryonic Antigen, pubmed-meshheading:11940206-Carcinoma, Large Cell, pubmed-meshheading:11940206-Carcinoma, Neuroendocrine, pubmed-meshheading:11940206-Carcinoma, Squamous Cell, pubmed-meshheading:11940206-Chromogranin A, pubmed-meshheading:11940206-Chromogranins, pubmed-meshheading:11940206-Endothelial Growth Factors, pubmed-meshheading:11940206-Female, pubmed-meshheading:11940206-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:11940206-Immunohistochemistry, pubmed-meshheading:11940206-In Situ Nick-End Labeling, pubmed-meshheading:11940206-Ki-67 Antigen, pubmed-meshheading:11940206-Lung Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:11940206-Lymphokines, pubmed-meshheading:11940206-Male, pubmed-meshheading:11940206-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:11940206-Neural Cell Adhesion Molecules, pubmed-meshheading:11940206-Synaptophysin, pubmed-meshheading:11940206-Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A, pubmed-meshheading:11940206-Vascular Endothelial Growth Factors, pubmed-meshheading:11940206-alpha-Fetoproteins
pubmed:year
2002
pubmed:articleTitle
Alpha-fetoprotein-producing lung carcinoma: report of three cases.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Basic Pathology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan. kenzo@med.m.chiba-u.ac.jp
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports