Study on E-cadherin expression in relation to invasion and metastasis in urothelial cancer patients
E-cadherin expression was investigated in 30 patients with urothelial cancer (bladder; 27, ureter; 2, urethra; 1) by an immunohistochemical method. Twelve out of 22 patients with strong and homogeneous expression of E-cadherin (preserved) had grade 1 tumors, while all 8 patients with heterogeneous,...
| Veröffentlicht in: | Hinyokika kiyo. Acta urologica Japonica. - 1962. - 40(1994), 12 vom: 05. Dez., Seite 1077-80 |
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| Format: | Aufsatz |
| Sprache: | Japanese |
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1994
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| Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk: | Hinyokika kiyo. Acta urologica Japonica |
| Schlagworte: | English Abstract Journal Article Cadherins |
| Zusammenfassung: | E-cadherin expression was investigated in 30 patients with urothelial cancer (bladder; 27, ureter; 2, urethra; 1) by an immunohistochemical method. Twelve out of 22 patients with strong and homogeneous expression of E-cadherin (preserved) had grade 1 tumors, while all 8 patients with heterogeneous, weak and homogeneous, or lost expression of E-cadherin (reduced) had grade 2 or grade 3 tumors. Only 2 out of 22 patients with preserved expression had invasive tumors (> or = pT2), whereas 6 out of 8 patients with reduced expression had invasive tumors (p = 0.002). Three out of 4 patients with metastasis had reduced expression and 2 of them died. These findings suggest that urothelial tumors with reduced expression of E-cadherin have high grade and high stage, and E-cadherin expression could be one of the prognostic factors |
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| Beschreibung: | Date Completed 22.03.1995 Date Revised 15.11.2006 published: Print Citation Status MEDLINE |
| ISSN: | 0018-1994 |