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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-10-25
pubmed:abstractText
The clinical significance of neuroendocrine (NE) differentiation is unclear in large cell carcinoma (LCC) of the lung. Fifty-five surgically resected carcinomas of the lung with an original pathologic diagnosis of LCC were reviewed histologically with special attention to NE morphology. Antibodies against neural cell adhesion molecule (NCAM), chromogranin A (CGA) and synaptophysin (SY) were used to confirm the NE differentiation. Thirteen (24%) cases were classified as large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma, 9 (16%) as LCC with NE differentiation, and 33 (60%) as pure LCC. There was no significant difference in overall survival between the three groups. When the 55 carcinomas were divided into three groups depending on the number of NE marker expression, there was significantly better overall survival in the NE > or = 2 (P = 0.02). Multivariate analysis proved NE > or = 2 was an independent predictor of survival. The number of NE markers was more important in terms of survival than histological sub-classification.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0169-5002
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright 2002 Elsevier Science Ireland Ltd.
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
38
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
177-84
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:12399130-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:12399130-Aged, 80 and over, pubmed-meshheading:12399130-Carcinoma, Large Cell, pubmed-meshheading:12399130-Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung, pubmed-meshheading:12399130-Cell Differentiation, pubmed-meshheading:12399130-Chromogranin A, pubmed-meshheading:12399130-Chromogranins, pubmed-meshheading:12399130-Female, pubmed-meshheading:12399130-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:12399130-Immunohistochemistry, pubmed-meshheading:12399130-Lung Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:12399130-Male, pubmed-meshheading:12399130-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:12399130-Neural Cell Adhesion Molecules, pubmed-meshheading:12399130-Prognosis, pubmed-meshheading:12399130-Retrospective Studies, pubmed-meshheading:12399130-Survival, pubmed-meshheading:12399130-Tumor Markers, Biological
pubmed:year
2002
pubmed:articleTitle
Immunohistochemical neuroendocrine differentiation is an independent prognostic factor in surgically resected large cell carcinoma of the lung.
pubmed:affiliation
Pathology Division, National Cancer Center Research Institute East, 6-5-1 Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8577, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't