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CANCER LETTERS
Volume 247, Issue 1, Pages 98-102Publisher
ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.canlet.2006.03.026
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osteopontin; uterine cervical cancer; lymph node metastasis; prognosis
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Osteopontin (OPN) is a glycophosphoprotein that has variety of physiological functions. OPN is expressed in various human cancers and associated with tumor progression, invasion and metastasis in many manners. The purpose of this study is to investigate the clinical significance of OPN expression in metastatic lymph node of uterine cervical cancers, since the prognosis of the patients with lymph node metastasis is extremely poor. Immunohistochemical staining revealed OPN was distributed in the cytoplasm and nuclear compartments of the cancer and stromal cells within and around the tumor. In 25 of the 40 cases, stronger staining for OPN was found in the cancer cells or stromal cells of the metastatic lymph node lesion than in those of the primary tumor. The OPN level was significantly (P < 0.05) increased in 25 of 40 metastatic lymph node lesions of uterine cervical cancers. The OPN increased cases identified by immunohistochemical staining were consistent with those identified by the sandwich immunoassay. The prognosis of the 25 patients with significant increase of OPN in uterine cervical cancers was extremely poor, whereas the 24-month survival rate of the 15 patients with no increase of OPN was 67%. This indicates that OPN may contribute to lymph node metastasis and its advancement, and that the OPN level in metastatic lesion may be a prognostic indicator in uterine cervical cancers. (c) 2006 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
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