Prognostic impact of EGF-receptor in papillary thyroid carcinoma.

In this study of papillary thyroid carcinomas, immunopositivity for EGF-receptor was present in a majority of the cases (96%), although different staining patterns were observed. A distinct membraneous reaction was found in 46%, whereas cytoplasmatic positivity of various degrees was present in 90%...

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Autores principales: Akslen, L. A., Myking, A. O., Salvesen, H., Varhaug, J. E.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 1993
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1968597/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8398712
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Sumario:In this study of papillary thyroid carcinomas, immunopositivity for EGF-receptor was present in a majority of the cases (96%), although different staining patterns were observed. A distinct membraneous reaction was found in 46%, whereas cytoplasmatic positivity of various degrees was present in 90% of the cases. Strong cytoplasmic EGF-receptor staining was significantly associated with extra-thyroidal growth of the primary tumour (P = 0.009), and it was furthermore related to decreased recurrence free survival (P = 0.006). Membraneous EGF-receptor staining was not associated with recurrence free survival or patient survival. Multivariate Cox analysis showed that lymph node metastases (P = 0.0009) and cytoplasmic EGF-receptor staining (P = 0.0048) was independent indicators of tumour recurrences in this group of surgically treated papillary thyroid carcinomas. IMAGES:

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