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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1997-3-25
pubmed:abstractText
Non-small cell lung carcinoma (NSCLC) is a histologically heterogeneous collection of tumours with variable clinical behaviour. Performance status, tumour stage and histological type have important prognostic implications, but the clinical outcome in an individual patient remains unpredictable. In search of other prognostic factors we studied the expression of several immunohistochemical markers in NSCLC, resected with curative intent. Tumour samples of 19 patients with a postoperative disease-free survival of at least 5 years and those of 20 patients who died of tumour recurrence within 2 years after resection were selected for this study. The populations were matched for age, sex and tumour stage. We investigated the expression of markers for neuroendocrine differentiation, cell adhesion and cell cycle regulation in both populations. None of the investigated immunohistochemical markers distinguished between long- and short-term survivors of resected NSCLC. In stage 1 tumours expression of embryonal NCAM was observed more often in the short survival group (P = 0.026) and in stage 3a EGF-r expression was associated with the long survival group (P = 0.047). However, these findings remained to be confirmed. Expression of Rb, NCAM and embryonal NCAM was not detected in adenocarcinomas, whereas T-Ag and chromogranin A immunoreactivity was absent from squamous cell carcinomas.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0169-5002
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
16
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
35-45
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1996
pubmed:articleTitle
Prognostic factors in resected non-small cell lung cancer: an immunohistochemical study of 39 cases.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Pulmonology, University Hospital, Leiden, The Netherlands.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article