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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-12-3
pubmed:abstractText
We evaluated the presence of glomeruloid microvascular proliferations (GMPs) in 723 patients with melanomas, breast, endometrial, or prostate cancer. Presence of GMPs was associated with markers of aggressive tumor behavior and significantly reduced survival or increased clinical recurrences in all four of the cancer types in univariate analysis. GMPs were related to increased microvessel density in prostate cancer only. In the case of melanomas, breast, and prostate cancers (but not endometrial cancers), GMPs were a significant prognostic factor in the final multivariate models (P all <or= 0.02), and was a better predictor of outcome than was microvessel density. In conclusion, GMPs might indicate a more aggressive vascular phenotype associated with poor prognosis and could be a novel prognostic marker in human cancer.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:author
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
6808-11
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:articleTitle
Prognostic importance of glomeruloid microvascular proliferation indicates an aggressive angiogenic phenotype in human cancers.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Pathology, The Gade Institute, University of Bergen, Bergen 5021, Norway.