SLC及其受体CCR7与Ⅰ期非小细胞肺癌淋巴结微转移的相关性

目的 探讨溶质载体蛋白（SLC）及其受体趋化因子受体7（CCR7）与I期非小细胞肺癌（NSCLC）淋巴结微转移的相关性。方法 选取2019年1月~2020年3月于我院就诊的I期NSCLC患者127例为研究对象，按照淋巴结微转移情况分为对照组92例和转移组35例，所有患者入院后均通过根治术切除病灶，通过免疫组化方式检测病灶中SLC7A11及CCR7含量，并收集患者临床资料、实验室检查资料及影像学检查资料。通过Logistic回归分析评价SLC7A11及CCR7与淋巴结微转移之间的关系。最后通过建立ROC曲线分析两者及其联合检测对NSCLC患者微淋巴结转移的预测价值。结果 两组患者SLC7A11及CCR7表达水平存在显著差异（P＜0.05）。转移组患者病灶直径、支气管受累及TLG显著高于对照组（P＜0.05）。病灶直径（OR=49.254,95%CI=11.062~507.604）是影响NSCLC淋巴结微转移的独立危险因素（P＜0.05）。SLC7A11（OR=8.622）及CCR7（OR=8.709）表达水平是影响NSCLC淋巴结微转移的独立因素（P＜0.05）。SLC7A11、CCR7及联合诊断对NSCLC淋巴结微转移具有较好的检测价值（均P＜0.05）。联合检测特异度显著高于 SLC7A11及CCR7单独检测（2=7.292，15.125；均P＜0.01）。结论 SLC家族的中SLC7A11及其受体CCR7与NSCLC患者微淋巴结转移显著相关。     

Lymph node micrometastasis of poorly differentiated node-negative gastric cancer risks a worse-than-expected survival outcome under standard management algorithm

BackgroundInvestigation of lymph node micrometastasis (mN) of gastric cancer has been focused on either T1 disease or T1-4N0 disease. Yet, it is unclear whether standard management algorithm toward poorly differentiated gastric cancer (PDGC) is more vulnerable to existence of mN, given its inherently biological aggressiveness, as compared with other histological types.Patients and methodsA surgical series (n = 3456) of gastric cancer categorized by histological differentiation was enrolled to analyze survival stratification. Of them, a cohort of T1-T4 N0 PDGC (n = 100) were subjected to cytokeratin immunohistochemistry, a surrogate of mN.ResultsCancer-specific survival by AJCC8 staging system could be nicely differentiated in both well-/moderately differentiated and signet ring cell types, while those between stage IA versus IB (p = 0.105), and stage IB versus IIA (p = 0.141) in PDGC could not. Thirteen (13%) out of 100 node-negative PDGC cases exhibited mN, with 5, 2, 5 and 1 cases occurring in T1, T2, T3, and T4 stage, respectively, without identifiable contributing factors. Prognostic performance of AJCC8 working upon PDGC became more discriminative by incorporating mN, as hazard ratio of stage IIIC referenced to stage IA increased from 43 to 78.ConclusionDefective discriminative survival of PDGC by standard staging algorithm prompted us to survey mN occurring in T1-T4N0 PDGC. The prognostic performance of AJCC8 working upon PDGC was enhanced by incorporating mN. As so, we recommend documentation of mN exclusively on node-negative PDGC that helps unveil stage migration phenomenon and switch to appropriate adjuvant therapy in need.     

外周血人类斯钙素1基因表达与消化道恶性肿瘤微转移关系的研究

目的：探讨靶基因人类斯钙素1(hSTC—1)在消化道恶性肿瘤患者外周血中的表达以及与肿瘤微转移的关系。方法：采用RT—PCR方法检测69例消化道恶性肿瘤患者外周血中的人类斯钙素1(hSTC—1)mRNA，12例健康成人、4例妊娠期妇女、14例消化道炎症疾病患者，并检测12例消化道恶性肿瘤患者手术中新鲜组织标本中的hSTC—1 mRNA。结果：69例消化道恶性肿瘤患者外周血中，食管癌组hSTC—lmRNA的阳性率为52．9％(9／17例)，胃癌组的阳性率为57．7％(15／26例)，大肠癌组的阳性率为53．8％(14／26例)，消化道恶性肿瘤患者手术中新鲜组织标本的阳性率为100％(12／12例)；而健康成人、妊娠期妇女、消化道炎症疾病患者外周血中无1例出现阳性。将肿瘤患者hSTC-1 mRNA检测结果与临床病理结合分析发现：外周血中的hSTC-1m RNA的表达与肿瘤的浸润深度、临床病理分期、淋巴结转移有显著相关性。结论：应用RT—PCR方法检测消化道恶性肿瘤患者外周血中的hSTC—1m RNA具有较高的敏感性和特异性，可成为检测肿瘤外周血微转移的一个新指标。     

连续切片加免疫组化染色法在乳腺癌微灶转移检测中的应用

目的：推荐一种检测恶性肿瘤微灶转移的方法。方法：应用连续切片的免疫组化法回顾研究50例乳腺癌的淋巴结微灶转移情况，将结果与常规病理切片法进行配对资料的卡方检验，并统计微灶转移率。结果：常规病理切片法的转移灶检出率为30％，连续切片的抗细胞角蛋白免疫组化法的转移灶检出率为50％，二者间差异有显著性。连续切片法发现的微灶转移率为28．5％。结论：对于肿瘤的微灶转移的发现，连续切片的的免疫组化法更有优势，它是一种敏感的检测微灶转移的方法。     

Treatment strategies for hepatic metastasis from colorectal cancer

Hepatic micrometastases of the parenchyma adjacent to a macroscopic lesion were detected in 17 of 31 resected liver metastases. Fifty-nine micrometastatic lesions were detected in total; 26 lesions were situated in the portal vein (PV), 22 in the central vein (CV), 5 in the bile duct (BD), and 6 in the sinusoid (SS). A histological study confirmed the direct invasion of the macrometastatic cancer cells into the adjacent PV, CV, BD, and SS. According to the tumor doubling time, the mean diameter of the macrometastases in 19 remnant livers was calculated to have been 0.57±0.87 cm at the time of the primary resection. The calculated diameter of 3 of these 19 macrometastases was found to be less than 0.01 cm, the minimum implantable size, indicating that the cancer recurrence in these specimens may have developed from macroscopic metastatic lesions as a satellite, and not from the primary tumor. In 13 patients who received doses of 5250 mg or more of 5 fluorouracil (FU) via the hepatic artery, the cumulative disease-free rate 2 years postoperatively was 100%; this value was 47.6% in 11 patients who received less than 5250 mg of 5 FU via the hepatic artery, and 0% in 39 patients who received no chemotherapy (P<0.005). These results suggest that anatomical hepatic resection for satellite lesions, combined with prophylactic hepatic arterial chemotherapy for micrometastases, decreases the recurrence rate of hepatic metastases in the remnant liver.     

Immunomagnetic enrichment and detection of isolated tumor cells in bone marrow of patients with epithelial malignancies

The detection of isolated tumor cells (ITC) in the bone marrow of patients with epithelial malignancies is an independant prognostic factor for several entities as breast cancer, colorectal cancer or non-small lung cancer. However, with conventional immunocytology using Ficoll density gradient and APAAP staining, only a small proportion of the bone marrow samples can be scanned for cytokeratin-positive (CK+) cells. To improve detection rates, we evaluated the enrichment of ITC by magnetic activated cell sorting (MACS) compared to regularly stained cytospins. Recovery experiments with a CK+ breast cancer cell line (SKBR3) were performed to calculate the MACS enrichment rate. Bone marrow was obtained by aspiration from 20 patients with carcinomas of epithelial origin and from 17 controls. ITC were enriched and stained with magnetically labeled CAM 5.2 antibodies directed to cytokeratin 7 and 8. MACS of SKBR3 seeded in peripheral blood revealed average recovery rates of 62% and 48% and average enrichment factors of 104-fold and 8139-fold of the CK+ cells after one and after two separations, respectively. After immunomagnetic enrichment, CK+ cells were detected in 16 of 20 (80%) cancer patients, whereas only 7 (35%) patients showed CK+ cells without magnetic enrichment (P=0.002). Ten of twelve (83%) patients with metastatic disease (stage M₁) and six of eight (75%) patients without any overt metastases (M₀) had CK+ cells in their bone marrow. None of the negative controls showed any CK+ cells. Enrichment with magnetically labeled anti cytokeratin antibodies increases the detection rate of epithelial cells in bone marrow of cancer patients compared to immunocytology. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Redistribution of fibroblasts and macrophages as micrometastases develop into established liver metastases

Fibroblastic tissue is an important component of malignant tumors, involved in the establishment of metastatic foci from micrometastases, and thought to prevent invasion of metastatic tumor cells into surrounding tissue. However, experimental models of fibrosis during the growth of micrometastasis into established metastases were not previously available. In the present paper, we performed immunohistochemical studies on experimental hepatic metastasis with colon 38 mouse colon carcinoma cells injected into syngeneic C57BL/6 mice. Early and late stages of metastatic nodules were examined for the distribution of endothelial cells, fibroblasts, and macrophages by the use of markers of these cells. One week after intrasplenic injection of colon 38 cells, micrometastases mainly appeared in the region of sinusoids accompanied with invasion of F4/80-positive Kupffer cells. Transitional metastases can be defined based on the histological appearance and intensive infiltration of both macrophages and fibroblasts. These transitional metastases were connected by protrusions of fibroblast-rich tissues co-localized with collagen-rich matrix and CD31-positive cells. This protrusion preceded fibrosis formation characteristics to established metastases associated with angiogenesis and segregation of tumor cells from host cells. Three stages can thus be classified during the development of hepatic metastasis in this syngeneic experimental system: micrometastasis, transitional metastasis, and established metastasis. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

RT-PCR检测乳腺癌患者外周血表皮生长因子受体和细胞角质蛋白-19mRNA的表达

目的　探讨逆转录聚合酶链式反应(RT-PCR )方法检测乳腺癌患者外周血表皮生长因子受体(EGFR)mRNA作为乳腺癌循环肿瘤细胞标志的可能性及意义。方法　以转录聚合酶链式反应(RT-PCR)方法,分别对40例乳腺癌患者和30例健康人静脉血进行EGFRmRNA检测,同时与目前研究较多的循环上皮细胞标志:细胞角质蛋白CK-19的mRNA做比较。结果　在30例健康人外周静脉血中没有发现EGFRmR NA的表达( 0% ),但有8例CK-19阳性( 26. 7% )。而40例乳腺癌患者检测出13例EGFRmRNA阳性(32. 5% ),与正常人相比P<0. 01,两组间存在显著性差异;CK-19的mRNA阳性例数为14 (35. 0% ),与正常人相比P>0. 05,两组间无统计学差异。通过免疫组化检测到25例( 62. 5% )的肿瘤组织中EGFR阳性,所有外周血中EGFRmRNA阳性的病例,相应的原发肿瘤病灶中EGFR蛋白均为阳性,组织中EGFR蛋白高表达的患者外周血EGFRmRNA检出率也高(P<0. 01)。26例初治患者中5例EGFRmRNA阳性(19. 2% ),14例复治患者中8例EGFRmRNA阳性(57. 1% ),两组相比P<0. 05,存在显著性差异。6例曾使用过紫杉醇类药物挽救化疗的转移性患者中1例EGFRmRNA阳性(16. 7% ), 8例未使用过紫杉醇类药物挽救化疗的转移性患者中7例EGFRmRNA阳性(87. 5% ),两组相比P<0. 05,存在显著性差异。结论　CK-19的     

细胞角蛋白在子宫内膜癌淋巴结中的表达及意义

目的 :研究细胞角蛋白 (cytokeratin ,CK)在子宫内膜癌淋巴结中的表达及其意义。方法 :采用免疫组化SP法检测 5 0例子宫内膜癌患者的淋巴结 2 98枚中CK的表达。结果 :(1)在转移淋巴结中 ,CK皆呈强阳性表达 ,其阳性表达率为 10 0 %。在Ⅰ、Ⅱ、Ⅲc期无转移淋巴结中 ,CK皆呈弱阳性表达 ,其阳性表达率分别为 14 .5 %、15 .1%和 16 .4 % ,3期差异无显著性 (P >0 .0 5 ) ;(2 )Ⅰ、Ⅱ期病例的淋巴结中CK表达在肌层浸润深度、组织学类型、组织学分级 3组的组内差异无显著性 (P >0 .0 5 ) ;而淋巴管浸润组的组内差异有显著性 (P <0 .0 5 ) ;(3)Ⅰ、Ⅱ期病例的淋巴结中CK表达及其他预后因素与肿瘤复发的关系 ,淋巴结中CK表达、淋巴管浸润、术后治疗 3组的组内差异有显著性 (P <0 .0 5 ) ,而肌层浸润深度、组织学类型、组织学分级 3组的组内差异无显著性 (P >0 .0 5 ) ;(4 )对子宫内膜癌的诸预后因素如肌层浸润深度、组织学类型、组织学分级、淋巴结中CK表达、淋巴管浸润、术后治疗等进行多元回归分析 ,结果显示 :淋巴结中CK表达是Ⅰ、Ⅱ期子宫内膜癌患者复发的唯一相关因素。结论 :在无转移淋巴结中 ,CK表达与淋巴管浸润有关 ,提示可能存在淋巴结微转移 ,是Ⅰ、Ⅱ期子宫内膜癌复发的独立危险因素