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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2B
pubmed:dateCreated
1997-5-21
pubmed:abstractText
Atypically proliferating serous tumors (APST) account for 15% of all ovarian serous epithelial neoplasms. The differences between benign, borderline and malignant ovarian tumors is principally due to their cellular proliferative potential. By means of MIB1 expression we could recognize differences in proliferation among serous ovarian tumors, overcoming interobserver variability. Thirty-three patients with serous ovarian tumors, treated at S. Raffaele Hospital, University of Milan between November 1, 1992 and July 31, 1994 were used as study the population: 9 patients had serous cystoadenocarcinoma, 14 patients had APST and 10 patients had serous cystoadenoma. Pathological slides of all the cases were reviewed and immunohistochemical analysis was performed on formalin fixed, paraffin was embedded tissue. Pearson's Chi-square test and Fisher's exact test were performed for statistical evaluation. The percentage of MIB1 positive neoplastic cells ranged from, 0% to 2.1% (median 0.45%; mean 0.69%) in cystoadenomas, 1.3% to 7% (median 2.9%; mean 3.98%) in APSTs and 4.7% to 20.3% (median 6.95%; mean 9.51%) in cystoadenocarcinomas (p < 0.0001; F = 47.7). A High percentage expression of MIB1 in a serous tumor, initially diagnosed as APST, promoted a wider sampling of the surgical specimen confirming the presence of a carcinomatous component. MIB1 index is reported as representative of cellular proliferative potential. The analysis of MIB1 index provided valuable information in addition to that gained by conventional microscopic study in all cases where diagnostic difficulties arose in assessing APST.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0250-7005
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
17
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1287-92
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:articleTitle
Adjuvant role of MIB1 index in differentiating serous ovarian tumors-preliminary report.
pubmed:affiliation
Department Obstetrics and Gynecology, S. Raffaele Hospital University of Milan, Italy.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article