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BRITISH JOURNAL OF CANCER
卷 93, 期 6, 页码 688-693出版社
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6602739
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gastric cancer; lymph node micrometastasis; lymphatic invasion; reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction; immunohistochemistry
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The monoclonal antibody D2-40 is a specific lymphatic endothelial markers and D2-40 staining have been applicable to evaluate lymphatic invasion in various malignant neoplasms. In the present study, we investigated lymph node micrometastasis determined by immunohistochemistry (IHC) and reverse transcription - polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) in all dissected lymph nodes obtained from 80 patients with node-negative gastric cancer, and analysed the relationship between micrometastasis and clinicopathological findings including lymphatic invasion of the resected primary tumour using D2-40 immunohistochemical staining. The incidence of micrometastasis determined by IHC and RT - PCR was 11.3% ( nine out of 80) and 31.3% ( 25 out of 80), respectively. Although haematoxylin - eosin ( HE) staining revealed lymphatic invasion in 11.3% ( nine out of 80) of patients, D2-40 staining uncovered new invasion in 23.8% ( 19 out of 80) of patients. In the diagnosis of HE and D2-40 staining, the incidence of micrometastasis was significantly higher in patients with lymphatic invasion than in those without lymphatic invasion ( P = 0.0150 and P<0.0001, respectively). Micrometastasis correlated more closely with D2-40 than with HE staining. We demonstrated a high incidence of micrometastasis and lymphatic invasion and a correlation between them even in pN0 gastric cancer. When planning less invasive treatment, the presence of such occult cancer cells should be considered.
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