Abstract:
OBJECTIVE:The aim of our study was to retrospectively examine the proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) immunoreactivity of tumor cells in curettage specimens containing endometrioid adenocarcinoma and obtained immediately before definitive surgical staging. This PCNA index was compared with the one subsequently derived from surgical specimens and assessed as a function of histologic grade, depth of myometrial invasion, neoplastic nodal involvement, cervical spread, and progression-free survival in order to determine a new prognostic parameter valuable at the time of diagnosis. MATERIALS AND METHODS:A population of 79 patients with locally advanced (stage I and II) endometrioid carcinoma, who underwent both the preliminary diagnostic curettage and the subsequent definitive surgical management, selected from January 1986 to June 1993 at the Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Ancona University, was retrospectively recruited from our series of 99 endometrial carcinomas. The archival paraffin blocks from the curettage and uterine specimens were identified and assessed for histologic reexamination and PCNA immunostaining [PC10 monoclonal antibody (Dako, Denmark)]. RESULTS:After a median follow-up of 47 months, recurrences were detected in 7 cases, and the Kaplan-Meier disease-free survival curve estimated for the entire study group was 91%. The median PCNA index of the curettage specimens presented a good overlap with the PCNA immunostaining in corresponding uterine samples with a correlation coefficient of 0.4 (P=0.02). A PCNA index >/=30% in curettage specimen was predictive of deep myometrial invasion; of 35 patients with PCNA index > or = 30%, 29 (83%) had myometrial invasion > or = 50%. No significant relationship was observed with neoplastic cervical spread, and histologic differentiation. By Cox hazard analysis, the PCNA index evaluated on curettage specimens was significantly related to disease-free survival, with significant disease-free survival advantages for patients with PCNA <30% (P<0.001). CONCLUSION:Our findings suggest that the PCNA immunostaining has proved to be considerably promising for the risk assessment in locally advanced endometrial carcinoma. The PCNA index is an objective and reproducible parameter accruably valuable also before starting the treatment; in presence of a high PCNA index, the patients should be referred to gynecologic oncologists for appropriate management.
journal_name
Gynecol Oncoljournal_title
Gynecologic oncologyauthors
Garzetti GG,Ciavattini A,Goteri G,De Nictolis M,Romanini Cdoi
10.1006/gyno.1996.0089subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1996-04-01 00:00:00pages
16-21issue
1eissn
0090-8258issn
1095-6859pii
S0090-8258(96)90089-Xjournal_volume
61pub_type
杂志文章abstract:BACKGROUND:Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) may involve the lower female genital tract, most often as a manifestation of systemic disease and rarely as a primarily localisation. CASE:A 73-year-old woman, HIV-negative, presented with a 5-month history of a mass in the left Bartholin's gland. The performed biopsy was report...
journal_title:Gynecologic oncology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1006/gyno.2002.6828
更新日期:2002-12-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:To investigate access to surgical care for endometrial cancer in Arizona. METHODS:The Arizona HealthQuery (AZHQ) data warehouse with claims information on over 7 million patients in Arizona was searched using the International Classification of Disease (ICD-9) codes and Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) ...
journal_title:Gynecologic oncology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.ygyno.2010.11.028
更新日期:2011-04-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:The purpose of this study is to evaluate the significance of the c-Met/hepatocyte growth factor receptor expression in invasive cervical carcinoma. METHODS:Ninety-Four patients with FIGO stage 1B disease, treated primarily with surgery, were studied immunohistochemically. Of the cases, 67 were squamous carci...
journal_title:Gynecologic oncology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0090-8258(02)00073-2
更新日期:2003-02-01 00:00:00
abstract::For the past several years, all women with epithelial ovarian cancer have been treated identically, whether in a clinical trial or off protocol. Over the past decade, we have come to appreciate the magnitude of the heterogeneity of ovarian cancer. The development of the binary grading system for serous carcinoma was a...
journal_title:Gynecologic oncology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.ygyno.2013.05.021
更新日期:2013-09-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:No residual tumor as result of primary surgery in advanced ovarian cancer is known as one of the most important prognostic factors. PURPOSE:To evaluate the impact of different prognostic factors for surgical outcome and to evaluate the impact of surgical outcome on survival. METHODS:Surgical data as well a...
journal_title:Gynecologic oncology
pub_type: 杂志文章,多中心研究,随机对照试验
doi:10.1016/j.ygyno.2007.02.026
更新日期:2007-07-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:We sought to determine a baseline and five-year follow up sexual function score in women undergoing hysterectomy for endometrial cancer. METHODS:A cross-section of endometrial cancer patients receiving care from 2006 to 2010 was identified. Patients were surveyed during academic year 2011 using the Pelvic O...
journal_title:Gynecologic oncology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.ygyno.2018.10.025
更新日期:2019-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Low-grade endometrial stromal sarcoma is generally an indolent tumor rich in estrogen and progesterone receptors. Objective responses to hormonal therapy, most commonly with megestrol acetate, have been reported. CASE:The patient is a 51-year-old woman who presented with low-grade endometrial stromal sarcom...
journal_title:Gynecologic oncology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1006/gyno.2001.6238
更新日期:2001-08-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:To compare the validities of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and (18)F-fluoro-deoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography ((18)F-FDG PET/CT) in preoperative evaluation of uterine carcinosarcoma. METHODS:Pathologic results of primary tumor lesions and paraaortic and pelvic lymph node (LN) a...
journal_title:Gynecologic oncology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.ygyno.2016.01.009
更新日期:2016-03-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:Approximately one third of patients treated with methotrexate for gestational trophoblastic neoplasia (GTN) following a molar pregnancy are reported to develop resistance to methotrexate and need to change to different chemotherapeutic agents. Previous studies, in other clinical settings, have suggested that ...
journal_title:Gynecologic oncology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.ygyno.2011.08.012
更新日期:2011-12-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:Recurrent and advanced cervical cancers are associated with high mortality and a lack of effective treatment options, especially for women who are poor candidates for surgery or radiation therapy. The broad clinical effectiveness and low toxicity of gemcitabine in other human malignancies suggest that it migh...
journal_title:Gynecologic oncology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/s0090-8258(03)00338-x
更新日期:2003-08-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:Participation in clinical and basic science research is emphasized in gynecologic oncology training. We sought to identify trends in adherence to expected research practices and reasons for non-adherence among gynecologic oncology fellows. METHODS:An anonymous 31-question online survey assessing academic be...
journal_title:Gynecologic oncology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.ygyno.2017.06.034
更新日期:2017-09-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:The present study was undertaken to analyze the impact of epigenetic alterations with a main focus on nuclear area, aneuploidy, hyperploidy, and proliferation in 70 ovarian cancer specimens. METHODS:Morphometric changes and somatic chromosomal ploidy status were assessed by Feulgen spectrophotometry. DNA-hyp...
journal_title:Gynecologic oncology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.ygyno.2010.12.332
更新日期:2011-04-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:ABCB1 encodes the multi-drug efflux pump P-glycoprotein (P-gp) and has been implicated in multi-drug resistance. We comprehensively evaluated this gene and flanking regions for an association with clinical outcome in epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC). METHODS:The best candidates from fine-mapping analysis of 2...
journal_title:Gynecologic oncology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.ygyno.2013.07.107
更新日期:2013-10-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the efficacy and biological effects of the gemcitabine/tanespimycin combination in patients with advanced ovarian and peritoneal cancer. To assess the effect of tanespimycin on tumor cells, levels of the chaperone proteins HSP90 and HSP70 were examined in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) ...
journal_title:Gynecologic oncology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.ygyno.2011.10.002
更新日期:2012-02-01 00:00:00
abstract::Surgical treatment including total abdominal hysterectomy+bilateral salpingo oopherectomy (TAH+BSO) with pelvic and para-aortic lymphadenectomy may not be sufficient to treat cases with advanced endometrial adenocarcinoma (EAC), and in these cases, adjuvant treatments including radiotherapy and/or chemotherapy, are em...
journal_title:Gynecologic oncology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.ygyno.2012.07.125
更新日期:2012-11-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Radiation-induced or -associated sarcoma is a rare event which has been well described in the literature. However, this entity has been infrequently described in association with genital tract malignancies. To our knowledge it has never been described in association with the management of vulvar cancer. CAS...
journal_title:Gynecologic oncology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1006/gyno.2001.6139
更新日期:2001-05-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:This study was conducted to determine the objective response of trimetrexate in patients with advanced or recurrent leiomyosarcoma of the uterus. METHODS:Eligibility was restricted to patients with measurable disease who had received no more than one prior chemotherapy regimen, who had adequate bone marrow, ...
journal_title:Gynecologic oncology
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章,多中心研究
doi:10.1006/gyno.2001.6482
更新日期:2002-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:The origins and clinical significance of endosalpingiosis (ES), ectopic tubal epithelium, are not well understood. These investigations aim to characterize ES as it relates to normal fallopian tube, ovarian surface and serous neoplasms. METHODS:A retrospective review of pathology reports from all prophylacti...
journal_title:Gynecologic oncology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.ygyno.2013.12.007
更新日期:2014-02-01 00:00:00
abstract::Lynch syndrome II was diagnosed when two sisters manifested early-onset synchronous carcinomas of the ovary and endometrium and a third sister was found to have Duke's A carcinoma of the cecum. A detailed cancer family history indicated paternal transmission of the deleterious genotype. The pattern of carcinoma of the...
journal_title:Gynecologic oncology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0090-8258(92)90040-p
更新日期:1992-02-01 00:00:00
abstract::Breast cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in women. Ovarian cancer, although less frequent, is detected very late, and survival is correlated to early detection. Therefore, better methods for early detection would help to increase the number of survivors. The incidence of young women diagnosed with breast can...
journal_title:Gynecologic oncology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.ygyno.2009.10.079
更新日期:2010-05-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:Brachytherapy plays a major role in the treatment of patients with carcinoma of the cervix. However, routine intracavitary brachytherapy may not be feasible or adequate to treat locally advanced disease. The purpose of this prospective study was to assess treatment outcome for patients with locally advanced g...
journal_title:Gynecologic oncology
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.ygyno.2005.06.001
更新日期:2005-10-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:The presence of metastases to regional lymph nodes (LN) is the single most important risk factor in endometrial cancer. Advances in molecular biology have provided more sensitive methods for detecting micrometastasis. This was a pilot study to determine whether cytokeratin staining of LN from endometrial canc...
journal_title:Gynecologic oncology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.ygyno.2003.08.026
更新日期:2003-12-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the usefulness of pre-operative serum CA-125 in the management of women diagnosed with uterine papillary serous carcinoma (UPSC). We hypothesized that elevated pre-operative levels of serum CA-125 correlate with higher disease stage and poorer prognosis. METHODS:Patients diagnosed with UPSC and m...
journal_title:Gynecologic oncology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.ygyno.2008.05.027
更新日期:2008-09-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:The aim of this study was to compare the histopathologic features and prognosis of patients with endometrial carcinoma with and without concomitant hyperplasia. METHODS:Histologic slides of the surgical specimens of 214 consecutive patients who underwent surgery as primary treatment for endometrial carcinom...
journal_title:Gynecologic oncology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1006/gyno.1997.4911
更新日期:1998-04-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:To examine outcomes after pelvic exenteration in women treated with modern chemoradiation and surgical techniques. METHODS:All patients at our institution with a diagnosis of gynecologic malignancy who underwent pelvic exenteration after treatment with chemoradiation between 1/90 and 6/08 were evaluated wit...
journal_title:Gynecologic oncology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.ygyno.2010.11.044
更新日期:2011-04-01 00:00:00
abstract::The objective of this study was to evaluate the prognostic value of a convenient nuclear grading system based on only the proportion of nuclei measuring more than 10 microm in length at the shortest axis in endometrial carcinomas. Of the 235 cases reviewed, 9 serous and 5 clear cell adenocarcinomas and 2 small cell ca...
journal_title:Gynecologic oncology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1006/gyno.1997.4631
更新日期:1997-04-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:We report an isolated recurrence at the residual cervix shortly after abdominal radical trachelectomy for cervical cancer. CASE:A 34-year-old woman underwent radical abdominal trachelectomy and pelvic lymphadenectomy for FIGO stage IB1 squamous cell cervical cancer. The tumor measured 10 mm in maximum diame...
journal_title:Gynecologic oncology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.ygyno.2005.07.107
更新日期:2005-12-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Human papillomavirus type 16 variants have been described and may have different biologic activities: this has implications for the design of HPV vaccines. OBJECTIVES:The aim of this study was to see if the HPV16 variant E-G 131 can be detected in women with preinvasive disease and to consider the histologi...
journal_title:Gynecologic oncology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1006/gyno.1998.5231
更新日期:1999-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:Host genetic factors may play a role in human papillomavirus (HPV)-associated tumorigenesis, although the issue continues to be a focus of much debate. Biotransformation is critical in carcinogenic activity of numerous environmental carcinogens. It is therefore possible that polymorphisms of genes producing ...
journal_title:Gynecologic oncology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.ygyno.2005.10.033
更新日期:2006-06-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Practitioners and researchers require an outcome measure that accurately identifies the range of common treatment-induced changes in sexual function and well-being experienced by women after cervical or endometrial cancer. This systematic review critically appraised the measurement properties and clinical ut...
journal_title:Gynecologic oncology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.ygyno.2016.08.332
更新日期:2016-12-01 00:00:00