Flow cytometric analysis of DNA content in squamous carcinoma of the tongue: the relationship to host and tumour factors and survival
| Autor: | D. G. Macdonald, D. S. Soutarj, L. D. Cooke, G. Forster, T. G. Cooke, A. G. Robertson |
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| Rok vydání: | 1994 |
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Pathology medicine.medical_specialty medicine.medical_treatment Flow cytometry chemistry.chemical_compound Cellular dna Tongue Nodal status Medicine Humans medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry DNA Neoplasm Middle Aged Aneuploidy Flow Cytometry Prognosis Diploidy Survival Analysis Squamous carcinoma Tongue Neoplasms Radiation therapy medicine.anatomical_structure Otorhinolaryngology chemistry Carcinoma Squamous Cell Female Ploidy business DNA |
| Zdroj: | Clinical otolaryngology and allied sciences. 19(2) |
| ISSN: | 0307-7772 |
| Popis: | Cellular DNA content has been found to be an important prognostic factor in many human tumours, yet within the head and neck region few studies have examined its effect on survival and in those that have, findings differ. Eighty-one consecutive patients with squamous carcinoma of the tongue mainly treated by surgery and post-operative radiotherapy were studied. The DNA content of archival paraffin embedded tumours was measured by flow cytometry. Fifty-seven tumours were diploid and 24 were aneuploid. There was no association between ploidy status and age, sex, tumour size or nodal status. Ploidy status was not related to survival. These findings indicate that analysis of tumour DNA content in squamous carcinoma of the tongue does not provide any additional prognostic information for the individual patient. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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