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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
10
pubmed:dateCreated
1988-6-3
pubmed:abstractText
Tissues from 22 patients with glioma and 7 patients with normal white matter were used in this study. First we determined the proliferating area in the tumor tissue by evaluating the growth fraction (GF). Second we determined the mean number of cells and measured the intercapillary distance in a modified tumor cord in the proliferating area by using the texture analyzing system and Voronoi's method. Average GFs of tumor cells and tumor endothelial cells were 27.7 +/- 5.3% (SD) and 36.8 +/- 8.1% in many malignant gliomas and 6.5 +/- 3.1% and 17.0 +/- 11.9% in many benign gliomas. The mean number of cells within a tumor cord was 15.9 +/- 6.4 in the proliferating areas of all gliomas and 22.3 +/- 6.8 in the control group. The mean intercapillary distances were 77.8 +/- 15.9 micron in the proliferating area of all gliomas and 123 +/- 4.2 micron in the control group. There were significant differences in the number of cells and the intercapillary distances between the proliferating group and the control group (t value; P less than 0.05--less than 0.001). It has been suggested that GF is high in glioma cells and tumor endothelial cells in malignant gliomas and that GF of endothelial cells is always greater than that of the tumor cells. It is suggested that it is possible to use Voronoi's method for the interpretation of biological action in human gliomas.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0008-5472
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
48
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
2938-41
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1988
pubmed:articleTitle
Intercapillary distance in the proliferating area of human glioma.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article