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Differences between latent and clinical prostate carcinomas: lower cell proliferation activity in latent cases.
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The Prostate [Prostate] 2006 Feb 01; Vol. 66 (2), pp. 211-7. - Publication Year :
- 2006
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Abstract
- Background: Biological significance of prostate latent cancers as early phase of clinical cancers has been controversial. The characterization of the latent cancer may be important to investigate differences between latent and clinical prostate cancers.<br />Methods: Latent cancers of the prostate, discovered at autopsy in men with no prior treatment for prostate disease and clinical prostate cancers, were compared for cell proliferation activities with parameters such as markers Ag-nucleolar organizer regions (AgNOR), topoisomerase II-alpha, and Ki-67. We also immunohistochemically studied alpha-methylacyl-CoA racemase (AMACR) expression that was recently identified as a possible positive marker of the prostate cancers. We analyzed 50 latent cancers and 50 clinical cancers, and samples were analyzed with Gleason grades or tumor volume.<br />Results: In the latent cancers, Gleason grades 1-4 were observed, but in the clinical cancers Gleason grades 2-5 were recognized. Cell proliferation activities were significantly lower in the latent cancers in Gleason grade 3, and similar results were obtained but without statistical significance in Gleason grades 2 and 4. When analysis was performed according to the tumor size, it was shown that the growth activities of the tumor of the clinical cancer were higher than the latent cancer.<br />Conclusions: These results indicate that proliferation activities of the latent cancers were lower than the clinical cancers at the same Gleason grades. The data also suggest that latent cancers are just of preclinical stage and there is a possibility to progress to clinical ones by changing life style and longer life expectancy.<br /> (Copyright 2005 Wiley-Liss, Inc.)
- Subjects :
- Antigens, Neoplasm analysis
Antigens, Nuclear analysis
Autopsy
DNA Topoisomerases, Type II analysis
DNA-Binding Proteins analysis
Disease Progression
Humans
Immunohistochemistry
Incidence
Incidental Findings
Ki-67 Antigen analysis
Life Expectancy
Life Style
Male
Nuclear Proteins analysis
Prostatic Neoplasms chemistry
Prostatic Neoplasms epidemiology
Racemases and Epimerases analysis
Cell Proliferation
Prostatic Neoplasms diagnosis
Prostatic Neoplasms pathology
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0270-4137
- Volume :
- 66
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- The Prostate
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 16173032
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1002/pros.20336