Immunohistochemical detection of estrogen receptors on paraffin sections of normal, hyperplatic and carcinomatous endometrium.

The present study is the first dealing with the demonstration of estrogen receptors (ER) in up to 8-year-old paraffin blocks of endometrial curettage samples routinely fixed in 10% formalin. The Mab ER-ICA was used in a modified peroxidase-antiperoxidase method after pretreatment of paraffin sections with pronase. Eleven cases with proliferative, 11 cases with secretory endometrium, 20 cases with adenocystic, 21 with adenomatous hyperplasia and 27 endometrial adenocarcinomas were tested. The two main parameters, namely the percentage of ER-positive cells and the intensity of the immunostaining, were higher in the proliferative phase followed in a declining sequence by adenocystic hyperplasia, adenomatous hyperplasia, adenocarcinomas and the secretory phase of endometrium. Interestingly, the intensity of the immunostaining showed a positive relationship to the percentage of ER-positive cells (r = 0.93, p less than 0.001). It seems that the immunohistochemical demonstration of ER in paraffin sections of uterine specimens is an easy and reliable method for the mapping of the heterogeneous expression of ER and their comparative study with the well preserved histopathological features even in old archival paraffin-embedded material.     

胸腔镜治疗肺部微小结节（129例报告）

背景与目的影像技术的发展导致肺部微小结节尤其是肺磨玻璃结节（ground-glass opacity, GGO）检出逐年增多,但术前定性困难。本研究探讨肺部微小结节的临床诊断及微创手术治疗的必要性和可行性、病理诊断,微创切除及淋巴结切除的手术方式。方法对2013年12月-2016年11月接受电视胸腔镜手术（video-assisted thoracic surgery, VATS）治疗并有明确病理诊断的共129例患者的临床资料回顾性分析。所有患者术前行薄层计算机断层扫描（computed tomography, CT）扫描,其中21个微小结节术前行CT引导下Hook-wire定位,并根据病理性质及患者身体状况采用不同手术方式。结果共129个微小结节,实性结节（solid pulmonary nodule, SPN）37个,恶性比例是24.3%（9/37）,术后病理结果为：肺原发性鳞状细胞癌3个,浸润性腺癌（invasive adenocarcioma, IA）3个,转移癌2个,小细胞肺癌（small cell lung cancer, SCLC）1个,错构瘤16个,其他炎症等良性病变12个;49个混合性GGO（mixed ground-glass opacity, mGGO）的恶性比例是63.3%（31/49）,术后病理结果为：IA 19个,微浸润腺癌（micro invasive adenocarcioma, MIA）6个,原位腺癌（adenocarcioma in situ, AIS）4个,非典型性腺瘤样增生（atipical adenomatous hyperplasia, AAH）1个,SCLC 1个,炎症等良性病变18个;43个纯GGO（pure ground-glass opacity, pGGO）的恶性比例是86.0%（37/43）,术后病理结果为：AIS 19个,MIA 6个,IA 6个,AAH 6个,炎症等良性病变6个;GGO总的恶性比例是73.9%（68/92）。52个良性病变均采用VATS肺楔形切除;原发性非小细胞肺癌（non-small cell lung cancer, NSCLC）共73例,VATS肺叶切除和淋巴结清扫33例,VATS肺楔形切除和选择性淋巴结切除6例,VATS肺段切除和选择性淋巴结切除6例,VATS肺楔形切除28例;2个转移癌和2个SCLC,采用VATS肺楔形切除术。另有6例患者术中冰冻病理存在误差,其中2例选择二次手术行肺叶切除和淋巴结清扫。45例有淋巴结病理结果NSCLC只有两例以SPN为表现的IA出现纵隔淋巴结转移,其余均未出现淋巴结转移。术后随访1个月-35个月,平均（15.1±10.2）个月,无复发及转移。结论肺部微小结节尤其是GGO,是恶性病灶的概率大,应积极外科处理;围手术期应与患者及家属充分告知冰冻病理结果存在误差可能性,避免医疗纠纷。     

Increasing chromosome 1 copy number parallels histological progression in breast carcinogenesis

Chromosome 1 copy number in the benign breast lesions hyperplasia and atypical duct hyperplasia (ADH) was investigated using fluorescence in situ hybridization on paraffin sections. Progression of chromosome 1 changes occurring in parallel with histological progression from normal through hyperplasia and ADH to ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) and invasive carcinoma was also assessed, both overall and within individual patients. The mean signal number for normal cells was 1.14, while that for hyperplasia was 1.56 and ADH was 1.5, while values for DCIS of 1.95 and invasive duct carcinoma of 1.79, were higher (P < 0.001). Six of the seven cases also showed a significant trend towards an increasing proportion of cells with greater than 2 signals per nucleus occurring with histological progression (P < 0.001). These results support the concept that benign proliferative breast disease is a biological precursor of in-situ and invasive ductal carcinoma, the early histological changes possibly indicating a field effect with further genetic changes required for the development of a malignant phenotype.     

触诊阴性乳腺病灶术中冰冻诊断的可行性分析

 目的 探讨触诊阴性乳腺病灶活检术中冰冻诊断的准确性与可行性。方法 由钼靶发现的触诊阴性乳腺病灶158例，采用金属线定位技术切除活检，术中进行冰冻切片与诊断，以石蜡组织学诊断为准，评价冰冻诊断的准确性。结果 158例标本中，病理巨检时仅80例（50．6％）发现肉眼可见的异常病灶，平均长径1．2cm。石蜡组织学诊断乳腺浸润癌15例，微小浸润导管癌15例，原位癌12例，导管上皮不典型增生5例，占29．7%（47／158）。术中冰冻对乳腺浸润癌诊断的准确率为93．3％，对微小浸润癌、原位癌、导管上皮不典型增生诊断的准确率分别为60％、58．3％与60％，误诊均为假阴性与低估诊断，无假阳性与过度诊断，原因主要为切片误差与解释错误。结论 冰冻切片对浸润性乳腺癌诊断的准确率高，可用于指导触诊阴性乳腺病灶活检术中手术方案的选择，而对微小浸润癌、原位癌及导管上皮不典型增生常出现假阴性与低估诊断，应待石蜡组织学诊断后再决定手术方案。     

C4.4A as a biomarker in pulmonary adenocarcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma

The high prevalence and mortality of lung cancer, together with a poor 5-year survival of only approximately 15%, emphasize the need for prognostic and predictive factors to improve patient treatment. C4.4A, a member of the Ly6/uPAR family of membrane proteins, qualifies as such a potential informative biomarker in non-small cell lung cancer. Under normal physiological conditions, it is primarily expressed in suprabasal layers of stratified squamous epithelia. Consequently, it is absent from healthy bronchial and alveolar tissue, but nevertheless appears at early stages in the progression to invasive carcinomas of the lung, i.e., in bronchial hyperplasia/metaplasia and atypical adenomatous hyperplasia. In the stages leading to pulmonary squamous cell carcinoma, expression is sustained in dysplasia, carcinoma in situ and invasive carcinomas, and this pertains to the normal presence of C4.4A in squamous epithelium. In pulmonary adenocarcinomas, a fraction of cases is positive for C4.4A, which is surprising, given the origin of these carcinomas from mucin-producing and not squamous epithelium. Interestingly, this correlates with a highly compromised patient survival and a predominant solid tumor growth pattern. Circumstantial evidence suggests an inverse relationship between C4.4A and the tumor suppressor LKB1. This might provide a link to the prognostic impact of C4.4A in patients with adenocarcinomas of the lung and could potentially be exploited for predicting the efficacy of treatment targeting components of the LKB1 pathway.     

Utility of Maximum CT Value in Predicting the Invasiveness of Pure Ground-Glass Nodules

PurposeTo predict the histologic invasiveness of pure GGNs using the maximum CT value.Patients and MethodsOne hundred eighty patients underwent a resection of pure GGNs. On preoperative CT imaging studies, we selected the axial section that showed the densest component of each GGN. The CT value was measured using a DICOM (Digital Imaging and Communication in Medicine) viewer, excluding portions of vessels and bronchi. The correlation between the CT value and GGN histologic diagnosis was analyzed.ResultsThe numbers of patients with atypical adenomatous hyperplasia, adenocarcinoma-in-situ (AIS), minimally invasive adenocarcinoma (MIA), and invasive adenocarcinoma (IAC) were 9, 108, 56, and 7, respectively. One of the IAC tumors exhibited lymphatic invasion, and there were no cases of vascular invasion. In comparison to preinvasive lesions (atypical adenomatous hyperplasia and AIS), invasive lesions (MIA and IAC) were correlated with a higher maximum CT value (−404 ± 113 Hounsfield units [HU] vs. −216 ± 125 HU, P < .01). The cutoff point of maximum CT value was determined at −300 HU using receiver operating characteristic curve analysis, and exhibited sensitivity and specificity of 83% and 88%, respectively. Multivariate analysis revealed that maximum CT value was an independent predictor of histologic invasiveness (odds ratio 39, P < .01). The interobserver reliability was satisfactory (intraclass correlation coefficient, 0.738; unweighted kappa-values, 0.722).ConclusionIAC and MIA accounted for 4% and 31% of the pure GGN lesions, respectively. Higher maximum CT value (≥ −300 HU) was a useful predictor of histologic invasiveness.     

Solid Components in the Mediastinal Window of Computed Tomography Define a Distinct Subtype of Subsolid Nodules in Clinical Stage I Lung Cancers

BackgroundWe aimed to validate the clinicopathologic characteristics and prognostic value of the presence of solid components in the mediastinal window of computed tomography scan in clinical stage I pulmonary subsolid nodules (SSNs).MethodsWe retrospectively evaluated patients with pulmonary SSNs resected between 2011 and 2016. We classified SSNs into heterogeneous ground-glass nodules (HGGNs) (solid component detected only in lung window) and part-solid nodules (PSNs) (solid component detected both in lung/mediastinal windows).ResultsA total of 487 patients (216 PSNs) were included. PSNs were associated with higher frequencies of micropapillary or solid pathologic patterns (18.1% vs. 3.3%; P < .001), epidermal growth factor receptor gene mutation (39.4% vs. 32.8%), and other types of gene mutations (2.3% vs. 1.1%; P = .043). Logistic regression analysis revealed that male sex (odds ratio [OR], 2.58; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.20-5.57; P = .016) and higher consolidation tumor ratio (CTR) (OR, 110.04; 95% CI, 8.56-1414.39; P < .001) remained independent for invasive adenocarcinomas with poor differentiation. Receiver operating characteristic analyses revealed that solid component size in the mediastinal window (area under the curve [AUC], 0.731; 95% CI, 0.653-0.808; P < .0001) showed a better predictive ability to poor differentiation compared with solid component size in the lung window and CTR. The 5-year recurrence-free survival (RFS) rate of PSNs was worse than that of HGGNs (94.6% vs. 99.1%; P = .019). Multivariate Cox regression revealed that positive lymph node status (hazard ratio, 22.99; 95% CI, 4.52-116.86; P < .001) indicated worse RFS for PSNs.ConclusionSSNs with solid components in mediastinal window demonstrated clinicopathologic and prognostic features different from those without in clinical stage I lung cancer. Solid components in mediastinal window was a strong predictor of poor differentiation.     

A simple inflation method for frozen section diagnosis of minute precancerous lesions of the lung

BACKGROUND: Recently, the demand for intraoperative pathology consultation for small pulmonary nodules including ground-glass opacity (GGO) has been increasing. Evaluation of minute precancerous lesions of the lung by frozen section is very difficult for the pathologist as uninflated lung tissue usually shows severe atelectasis and frozen artifact. We tried to inflate lung tissue with the embedding medium used for frozen section and to determine the appropriate dilution ratio of the embedding medium for optimization of frozen section morphology. METHODS: The lung specimens were derived from 10 patients who underwent video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) due to pneumothorax (four patients) and GGO (six patients) detected on high-resolution computed tomography (HRCT) at Seoul National University Bundang Hospital. The pneumothorax specimens were divided into six groups-uninflated, inflated with saline, and inflated with embedding medium (not diluted, 1:1, 2:1 and 2:3). The qualities of the frozen sections were compared with corresponding permanent paraffin sections. Lung specimens obtained from the six people with GGO detected on HRCT were submitted for intraoperative pathology consultation. Frozen sections were made after inflation with optimally diluted embedding medium determined by the above experiment with pneumothorax specimens, and the frozen section diagnoses (FSD) were compared with the final pathologic diagnoses of corresponding permanent paraffin sections. RESULTS: The frozen section quality of lung tissue was excellent after simple inflation with diluted embedding medium (2:3). Minute precancerous foci such as atypical adenomatous hyperplasia (AAH) and bronchioloalveolar carcinoma (BAC) could be readily identified in frozen sections using this method. Of the six patients with solitary GGO, four were diagnosed as BAC, nonmucinous type and two were as AAH on the frozen sections. Intraoperative FSD corresponded well with final diagnoses obtained with paraffin sections. CONCLUSIONS: An inflation procedure using diluted embedding medium can make lung tissue expand well during frozen section. Minute and even nonpalpable GGO lesions could be detected more easily by this technique in frozen sections, which would be helpful in determining how extensive a surgical procedure needs to be. Application of this procedure appears to improve the accuracy of FSD of minute precancerous pulmonary nodules.     

Immunohistochemical staining of GLUT1 in benign, hyperplastic, and malignant endometrial epithelia

BACKGROUND: Aberrant expression of the facilitative glucose transporter, GLUT1, is found in a wide spectrum of epithelial malignancies. The current study describes an immunohistochemical study of GLUT1 expression in benign, hyperplastic, and malignant endometrial epithelia. METHODS: One hundred sixteen formalin fixed, paraffin embedded sections of benign, hyperplastic, and malignant endometrial epithelium were immunostained with rabbit anti-GLUT1 antibody using the streptavidin-biotin method. RESULTS: Proliferative, secretory, and atrophic endometrium were not stained with GLUT1 antiserum. Rare, minute foci of tubal metaplasia stained positively. Simple and complex endometrial hyperplasias were consistently GLUT1 negative. All specimens of atypical hyperplasia had foci that were positive for GLUT1. All endometrial adenocarcinomas were GLUT1 positive. CONCLUSIONS: The results of the current study appear to indicate that 1) aberrant overexpression of GLUT1 is a consistent feature of endometrioid adenocarcinoma; 2) GLUT1 immunostaining may be useful in distinguishing benign hyperplasias from hyperplasias that are associated strongly with malignancy; and 3) some or all cases of atypical hyperplasia may be neoplastic rather than hyperplastic, given the existence of a molecular defect common to this hyperplastic subtype and endometrioid adenocarcinoma.     

Survival with Parenchymal and Pleural Invasion of Non–Small Cell Lung Cancers Less than 30 mm

Objective

To determine long-term survival of visceral pleural invasion (VPI) and parenchymal invasion (PAI) (angiolymphatic and/or vascular) on survival of NSCLCs less than 30 mm in maximum diameter.

p53 Immunoreactive stain and early colorectal adenocarcinomas

565 cases of early colorectal adenocarcinomas were used in this study to examine mechanisms of carcinogenesis. Specimens were paraffin embedded and histological sections were stained with haematoxylin-eosin and p53. Macroscopically, early colorectal adenocarcinomas could be classified into two types: protruding and depressed. The former were composed of branching glands, while the latter were composed of straight glands which opened to the surface. The p53 positive ratio was similar for protruding rumours but was higher in depressed submucosal invasive adenocarcinomas than in depressed intramucosal adenocarcinomas. These results raise the possibility of at least two pathways for colorectal carcinogenesis, adenoma-carcinoma lesions and de novo carcinoma lesions.     

不同类型肺结节的生长曲线分析

背景与目的 计算机断层扫描(computed tomography,CT)随访评估肺内结节的生长特性是临床判断结节良恶性的常用策略.不同生物学行为的肺结节可能具有不同的生长速度和生长模式.本研究的目的是绘制不同类型肺结节的体积生长曲线,了解其生长方式,为判断结节性质并制定肺结节随访方案提供依据.方法 应用三维分析软件对111例接受2次及以上CT检查的肺结节(实性结节54例、亚实性结节57例)的影像资料进行回顾性分析.35例恶性及5例良性结节经病理或组织学确认,其余71例经两年随访无显著生长,经专家会诊确认为肺癌低危结节.所有结节按密度及性质分组:实性良性/低危结节、实性恶性结节、亚实性良性/低危结节、亚实性恶性结节.以随访间隔时间(d)为X轴,以随访结节的三维体积(mm3)和三维体积对数为Y轴,绘制体积线性及指数性生长曲线,由研究者主观观察曲线的形态.应用卡方检验比较不同性质肺结节的生长曲线的差异.结果 实性恶性结节中12例(66.7%)生长曲线快速上升,3例(16.7%)先平缓-后上升,2例(11.1%)缓慢上升,1例(5.56%)平直.亚实性恶性结节中8例(47.1%)呈快速上升型,4例(23.5%)缓慢上升,3例(17.6%)平直,2例(11.8%)为先下降-后上升型.实性良性/低危结节中5例(13.9%)呈下降型,17例(47.2%)平直,8例(21.6%)缓慢上升,6例(16.7%)呈波浪型.亚实性良性/低危结节中4例(10%)呈下降型,21例(52.5%)平直,9例(22.5%)缓慢上升,6例(15%)呈波浪型.良性/低危结节与恶性结节生长曲线分布存在显著性差异(χ2=42.4,P<0.01).结论 肺癌生长曲线具有异质性,快速上升是恶性肺结节的特征性生长曲线,但部分可在一定时期内表现为平直、缓慢上升甚至下降.缓慢生长不能排除肺癌可能,尤其是亚实性结节.     

Lung Adenocarcinoma Manifesting as Pure Ground-Glass Nodules: Correlating CT Size,Volume, Density,and Roundness with Histopathologic Invasion and Size

ObjectivesThe aims of this study were to quantify the relationship between computed tomography (CT) size, volume, density, and roundness of lung adenocarcinomas (ACs) manifesting as pure ground-glass nodules (pGGNs) on CT images and to correlate these parameters with histologic features of invasiveness.MethodsFrom 2005 to 2015, 63 ACs manifesting as pGGNs on CT images were surgically resected at our institution. CT size was measured, and roundness, volumes and densities were computed. CT parameters were correlated to age and sex, as well as to size and number of invasive foci and histologic AC subcategories. Correlations were quantified with Spearman rank correlation coefficients.ResultsOf 63 ACs, 28 (44%) were AC in situ, 25 (40%) were minimally invasive AC, and 10 (16%) were invasive AC. Six of 35 nodules with invasive foci (17%) were smaller than 10 mm. Correlations between age and CT size, volume, density, and roundness were not significant (range r = –0.061 to 0.144, p = 0.285 to 0.902). Correlations between size and number of invasive foci with CT size (r = 0.417, p < 0.001 and r = 0.389, p = 0.003, respectively) were similar to the correlations with volume (r = 0.401, p = 0.001 and r = 0.350, p = 0.005, respectively) and stronger than the correlation with density (r = 0.237, p = 0.062 and r = 0.222, p = 0.081, respectively) and roundness (r = 0.059, p = 0.648 and r = –0.030, p = 0.831, respectively).ConclusionsIn ACs manifesting as pGGNs on CT images, nodule size is positively related to size and number of histologically invasive foci. However, invasive foci can be found in pGGNs smaller than 10 mm. Measuring volume and density of pGGNs provides no advantage over two-dimensional size measurements, which appear sufficient for risk estimation in clinical practice.     

囊性肾细胞癌的CT影像诊断和病理表现

目的：分析囊性肾细胞癌的CT特征及病理表现。方法：回顾分析9例经手术病理证实且临床和影像资料完整的囊性肾细胞癌。结果：9例患者中,女性2例,男性7例,病灶均为单发,多为外生性生长。CT平扫囊性2例,囊实性7例,5例囊内容物内见碎屑或絮状物,2例囊壁见小结节状钙化。增强后囊壁、分隔及附壁结节呈不同程度强化,囊内容物未见明确强化。9例病变大体病理显示肿瘤均有厚薄不等的假纤维包膜围绕,切面见单一或大小不等的囊腔,内含浆液性或血性液体。镜下见囊腔上皮被覆肿瘤细胞。结论：囊性肾细胞癌CT表现为单发,囊壁、分隔及附壁结节呈不同程度强化,具有一定的特征性。     

K-ras activation in premalignant and malignant epithelial lesions of the human uterus

We previously reported (Cancer Res., 50:6139-6145, 1990) a significant frequency of activating point mutations in codon 12 of the K-ras oncogene in endometrial adenocarcinomas of the uterine corpus (series 1). To further define the role of ras activation in the development of endometrial adenocarcinoma, we surveyed cystic, adenomatous, and atypical hyperplasias of uterine endometrium and additional cases of endometrial and cervical carcinoma (series 2) for the presence of activating mutations in cellular protooncogenes of the ras family. Polymerase chain reaction was performed from deparaffinized sections of formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tissue. We screened for point mutations in codons 12, 13, and 61 of the K-, H-, and N-ras genes by dot blot hybridization analysis with mutation-specific oligomers. Mutations in K-ras were also confirmed by direct genomic DNA sequencing. Of 19 endometrial adenocarcinomas in series 2, point mutations in ras genes were found in 7 tumors. Six contained single-base substitutions, five in codon 12 of K-ras and one in codon 12 of N-ras. The seventh tumor contained two different point mutations in codon 12 of K-ras. In one endometrial adenocarcinoma, tumor cells with point mutations in K-ras were predominantly localized to a portion that had a more aggressive histological pattern. In endometrial hyperplasia, K-ras mutations, one in codon 12 and one in codon 13, were found in 2 of 16 hyperplasias histologically classified as atypical and clinically considered premalignant. None of 6 adenomatous hyperplasias and none of 12 cystic hyperplasias, the latter of which is considered clinically benign, contained any detectable ras mutations. No mutations in H-ras were detected in either carcinomas or hyperplastic tissue.     

Radiological examination for peripheral lung cancers and benign nodules less than 10 mm

To clarify the differences in radiological findings between primary lung cancers and benign nodules measuring less than 10mm, we examined chest computed tomography (CT) findings. Of 82 patients with solitary pulmonary nodules less than 10mm in diameter who had undergone surgical biopsy, 21 patients with primary lung cancer and 45 patients with benign lesions (9 patients with tuberculosis, 12 with non-specific inflammation, 10 with benign lung tumor, 10 with intrapulmonary lymph nodes and 4 with others) were examined. Seven patients with atypical adenomatous hyperplasia and nine patients with metastatic lung cancer were excluded. Primary lung cancers had an ill-defined tumor margin and spiculation significantly more frequently than benign nodules (P<0.01). Involvement of bronchi or vessels was observed significantly more frequently in primary lung cancers than in benign nodules (P<0.05), while pleural indentation did not show significant differences in frequency. Retrospective chest X-ray or CT films were reviewed for seven patients with primary lung cancers and 12 with benign nodules, with a mean interval of 24+/-17 months. Primary lung cancers enlarged or appeared as new nodules more frequently than benign lung nodules (P<0.05). Among 17 lung cancer patients who underwent mediastinal lymph node dissection, the cancer was at a more advanced stage than T1N0M0 in four (24%). We conclude that ill-defined margins, spiculation, involvement of bronchi or vessels, and tumor enlargement visualized by CT are still important signs of malignancy even for nodules less than 10mm in size. Tumor size, even for lung cancers measuring less than 10mm, is not an indication for limited resection.     

New Subsolid Pulmonary Nodules in Lung Cancer Screening: The NELSON Trial

Introduction

Low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) lung cancer screening is recommended in the United States. While new solid nodules after baseline screening have a high lung cancer probability at small size and require lower size cutoff values than baseline nodules, there only is limited evidence on management of new subsolid nodules.

Immunohistochemical localizations of CA 125, carcinoembryonic antigen, and CA 19-9 in normal and neoplastic glandular cells of the uterine cervix

Immunohistochemical reactivities with CA 125, carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA), and CA 19-9 were studied in 15 cervixes without histologic abnormalities, ten with microglandular hyperplasia, nine adenocarcinomas in situ, ten adenocarcinomas with an invasion of less than 5 mm in depth, and 25 frankly invasive adenocarcinomas of the uterine cervix. The glandular cells of the normal cervix and microglandular hyperplasia always exhibited reactivity with anti-CA 125 in the luminal surfaces and the secretory products within the lumina, but there was usually no reactivity with either anti-CEA or anti-CA 19-9. In the neoplastic glandular cells (adenocarcinoma in situ and invasive adenocarcinoma), the reactivity with anti-CA 125 was negative or was not in the luminal surface, but in the perinuclear region of the cytoplasm as accumulations of atypical coarse granules. In addition, the positive reaction with anti-CEA and anti-CA 19-9 was seen in 78% and 0% of adenocarcinomas in situ, in 80% and 40% of adenocarcinomas less than 5 mm in depth, and in 84% and 56% of frankly invasive adenocarcinomas, respectively. Therefore, neoplastic cervical glandular cells show an unusual staining pattern with anti-CA 125, which may be associated with impaired production and/or the intracytoplasmic transport of CA 125, and they begin to produce antigens recognized by anti-CEA and/or anti-CA 9-9, which are usually negative in the normal tissue.     

Ras p21 in breast tissue: associations with pathology and cellular localisation.

Immunocytochemistry with monoclonal antibody Y13-259 demonstrated p21 ras in paraffin sections of breast tissue from 171 women: 85 with invasive breast carcinoma, 14 with non-invasive carcinoma and 72 with benign changes only. Many different tissue elements contributed to ras expression. Semiquantitative assessment showed that intensity of immunostaining in the normal epithelium of large ducts, small extralobular ducts and terminal duct lobular units (TDLU) was usually exceeded by that of myoepithelial cells. Vascular smooth muscle and apocrine epithelium also stained strongly, but the flat epithelial cells lining cysts did not express detectable p21 ras. There was a progressive increase from normal epithelium through epithelial hyperplasia of usual type and atypical hyperplasia to carcinoma in situ, without further increase in invasive carcinoma. Expression in carcinomas was inversely related to oestrogen receptor content but independent of the prognosis-associated variables of size, histological type, vascular invasion or lymph node metastasis.     

解剖性部分肺叶切除术治疗3336例肺结节患者的疗效

目的探讨解剖性部分肺叶切除术的可行性、安全性和有效性。方法回顾性分析2013年11月至2019年11月于中国医学科学院肿瘤医院行解剖性部分肺叶切除术的3336例肺结节患者的临床病理资料。依据肿瘤切缘距离确定靶肺组织范围后,将区域内累及的主要血管、支气管行解剖性离断,沿切割平面切除靶肺组织,完成解剖性亚肺叶切除和系统性淋巴结清扫或采样。结果3336例肺结节患者中,多发肺结节668例,孤立性肺结节2668例。术后病理为良性283例,浸润前病变1197例(不典型腺瘤样增生38例,原位腺癌445例,微小浸润性腺癌714例),浸润性腺癌1713例,非腺癌73例,转移性癌70例。1786例浸润性原发肺癌患者中,11例行术前新辅助治疗,术后病理分期为ypⅠA期;1775例未行新辅助治疗,TNM分期为ⅠA期1587例,ⅠB期112例,ⅡA期3例,ⅡB期18例,ⅢA期37例,ⅢB期9例,Ⅳ期9例。手术时间为(127.3±55.3)min,术后住院时间为(4.8±2.4)d,≥3级并发症发生率为1.1%(38/3336),术后30 d无死亡患者。结论解剖性部分肺叶切除术具有较好的临床可行性,同时兼顾了安全性和有效性,值得在临床推广应用。