| Literature DB >> 1756265 |
M G Daidone1, S Orefice, M Mastore, G Santoro, B Salvadori, R Silvestrini.
Abstract
The evaluability and reliability of proliferative activity (expressed as 3H-thymidine labeling index, 3H-TdR LI) and ploidy determinations on core needle biopsies were compared with those obtained on surgical material from the same breast cancers. The evaluability of 3H-TdR LI on core needle biopsies was markedly lower than that on surgical material (53% vs 100%), and the association between 3H-TdR LI values in the 16 cases with both evaluable determinations was poor (rs = 0.45). Conversely, determinations of ploidy on core needle biopsy and surgical material provided superimposable results, in terms of evaluability (91% vs 100%) and reliability (rs = 0.99). Further efforts are needed to improve sampling procedures for a reliable assessment of biological markers.Entities:
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Year: 1991 PMID: 1756265 DOI: 10.1007/bf01975202
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Breast Cancer Res Treat ISSN: 0167-6806 Impact factor: 4.872