Tascilar O, Cakmak GK, Tekin IO, Emre AU, Ucan BH, Irkorucu O, Karakaya K, Gül M, Engin HB, Comert M. Neural cell adhesion molecule-180 expression as a prognostic criterion in colorectal carcinoma: Feasible or not?
World J Gastroenterol 2007;
13:5476-80. [PMID:
17907291 PMCID:
PMC4171282 DOI:
10.3748/wjg.v13.i41.5476]
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Abstract
AIM: To evaluate the frequency of neural cell adhesion molecule (NCAM)-180 expression in fresh tumor tissue samples and to discuss the prognostic value of NCAM-180 in routine clinical practice.
METHODS: Twenty-six patients (16 men, 10 women) with colorectal cancer were included in the study. Fresh tumor tissue samples and macroscopically healthy proximal margins of each specimen were subjected to flow-cytometric analysis for NCAM-180 expression.
RESULTS: Flow-cytometric analysis determined NCAM-180 expression in whole tissue samples of macroscopically healthy colorectal tissues. However, NCAM-180 expression was positive in only one case (3.84%) with well-differentiated Stage II disease who experienced no active disease at 30 mon follow-up.
CONCLUSION: As a consequence of the limited number of cases in our series, it might not be possible to make a generalisation, nevertheless the routine use of NCAM-180 expression as a prognostic marker for colorectal carcinoma seems to be unfeasible and not cost-effective in clinical practice due to its very low incidence.
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