Abstract
Objective To investigate the expression of nm23-H1 in epithelial ovarian cancer. Methods A total of 55 specimens from patients with epithelial ovarian cancers, 15 patients with serous cancers, 7 with mucinous cancers, 17 with endometriord cancers and 16 with adenocarcinomas, were examined for the expression of nm23-H1 by means of the immunohistochemical technique. Results The total positive rate was 23.64% (13/55). The tissular nm23-H1 immunostaimng had significantly higher expression in mucinous cancer (57.14%) than in other histologic types of epithelial ovarian cancer (P<0.05). Compared to that in the primary tumor, nm23-H1 expression in the omental metastatic tumor in the same patient was reduced. Conclusions The expression rate of nm23-H1 is higher in the primary tumors than in the metastatic tumors and is different in various histologic subtypes of epithelial ovarian cancer. The expression of nm23-H1 may participate in the inhibitory process of tumor invasion.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 142-144 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Chinese Medical Journal |
| Volume | 110 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| State | Published - 1997 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- General Medicine
