E-Cadherin expression in surgically-resected non-small cell lung cancers - A clinicopathological study

Y. C. Lee, C. T. Wu, S. P. Luh, J. M. Lee, C. S. Chen, Y. L. Chang

研究成果: 雜誌貢獻文章同行評審

9 引文 斯高帕斯(Scopus)

摘要

Background: E-Cadherin is a subclass of the cadherin family that plays a major role in the maintenance of intercellular junctions in normal epithelium. Decreased expression of E-cadherin might be closely related to invasiveness and dedifferentiation in human cancers. This study is aimed at investigating the clinicopathological significance of E-cadherin expression and its impact on the prognosis in surgically resected non-small-cell lung cancer patients. Methods: Using immunohistochemical staining, the expression of E-cadherin was studied in 207 surgically resected lung cancer specimens from January 1990 through December 1994. The clinicopathological data and survival status were recorded and analysed against the E-cadherin expression level in each tumor. Results: E-cadherin expression was detected in 122 of the 207 lung tumors (59.0%), and the expression was significantly lower in tumors with poor differentiation (p < 0.001), in tumors with vascular invasion (p < 0.05), and in tumors with direct invasion into surrounding structures (p < 0.01). There was no correlation between E-cadherin expression, and tumor stage and regional lymph-node metastasis. There was no significant difference in survival rate between higher (> 40%) and lower (< 40%) E-cadherin expression groups; however, in tumors 3 cm or less, a significant difference was found between higher and lower E-cadherin expressions (p < 0.0001). Conclusions: Underexpression of E-cadherin is associated with poor differentiation and invasiveness in NSCLC. In patients with small NSCLC (≤ 3 cm), higher E-cadherin expression (> 40%) significantly had a favorable prognosis.
原文英語
頁(從 - 到)294-299
頁數6
期刊Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon
48
發行號5
DOIs
出版狀態已發佈 - 2000

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • 手術
  • 肺和呼吸系統醫學
  • 心臟病學與心血管醫學

指紋

深入研究「E-Cadherin expression in surgically-resected non-small cell lung cancers - A clinicopathological study」主題。共同形成了獨特的指紋。

引用此