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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
1989-12-21
pubmed:abstractText
In vitro tetraploidy (IVT) in cultures of skin fibroblasts was compared with tumor DNA ploidy, as determined by flow cytometry on paraffin-embedded material, in 99 patients with colorectal neoplasm. In 63 patients with non-heritable carcinoma we found a significant correlation between the number of aneuploid stemlines in the tumor and IVT in the fibroblast culture. Furthermore, tumor aneuploidy was significantly correlated to the size of the tetraploid subpopulation in the fibroblasts. There was no correlation between aneuploidy and Dukes's stage or the degree of differentiation. In 36 patients with adenoma no correlation between tumor aneuploidy and fibroblast IVT was demonstrated, whereas the number of tumor stemlines was significantly correlated to histopathologic stage and grade of dysplasia. IVT in cultured skin fibroblasts, which has been reported to reflect a genetic predisposition to colorectal cancer in heritable colon cancer syndromes, thus seems to be relevant also for the understanding of tumor formation and progression in the 'non-heritable' type of colorectal cancer.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0036-5521
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
24
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
755-60
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1989
pubmed:articleTitle
Association between tumor DNA aneuploidy and in vitro tetraploidy of skin fibroblasts in patients with colorectal neoplasms.
pubmed:affiliation
Surgical Dept. A, Hillerød Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article