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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
1992-1-10
pubmed:abstractText
Tumors derived from 105 patients with gastric cancer were subcutaneously heterotransplanted into nude mice in order to study their tumorigenicity and malignant behavior. Of the 105 gastric cancers, 45 were successfully transplanted (a 42.9% tumorigenesis rate). The tumorigenesis rate of Borrmann type 1 and 2 cancers (77.8%) was significantly higher than that of type 3 and 4 cancers (34.6%). Also, the tumorigenesis rate of differentiated carcinoma (57.1%) was significantly higher than that of undifferentiated carcinoma (30.9%). Spontaneous metastases from the subcutaneous tumors were observed in 5 of the 37 established tumor lines (13.5%), and macroscopic pulmonary metastases were common with one tumor line (SCK-29). Although most of the subcutaneous gastric cancers showed local expansion without distant metastasis, the same tumor cells implanted into the peritoneal cavity exhibited invasive growth and/or metastasis. Thus, the expression of a metastatic phenotype by human gastric cancer was influenced by the host microenvironment. The SCK-29 tumor line with its high metastatic potential may be useful for studies on the mechanism of blood-borne metastasis.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0171-5216
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
117
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
533-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1991
pubmed:articleTitle
Tumorigenicity, invasion, and metastasis of human gastric cancer in nude mice.
pubmed:affiliation
First Department of Surgery, Kagoshima University, School of Medicine, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't