[Prognostic evaluation of small cell lung carcinoma by flow cytometry. A retrospective study from bronchial brushing samples]

Autor: T, Jeanfaivre, A, Chassevent, J, Berruchon, L, Savary, M F, Chrétien, J, Geslin, F, Larra, E, Tuchais
Jazyk: francouzština
Rok vydání: 1995
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Zdroj: Bulletin du cancer. 82(5)
ISSN: 0007-4551
Popis: The authors determined the desoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) content of 45 small-cell lung cancers, by flow-cytometry (FC), from bronchial brushings to asses the prognostic meaning of the DNA index, the percentage of cells in DNA synthesis phase (% S) and the ploidy. Moreover, the value of this tumorous cells brushing was assessed for Flow-cytometric analysis. Bronchial brushing offers some advantages opposite to biopsies, but the low quantity of collected cells reduces the number of tumors analysable by FC. The output is low (39%) for determination of DNA index, and moreover low (22%) for determination of % S. In regard to the flow-cytometry analysis, the DNA content does not show any significant difference of survival where as the % S is related to survival, but it seems to be paradoxical in this study. Indeed, patients with small-cell lung cancer associated to high cells' percentage in DNA synthesis phase have the longest survival.
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