| Literature DB >> 3170773 |
N R Griffin1, M R Howard, P Quirke, C J O'Brien, J A Child, C C Bird.
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The prognostic importance of ploidy and proliferative index (%S + G2) assessed by flow cytometry, mitotic and centroblast counts, and histological growth pattern were evaluated in biopsy specimens taken before treatment from 60 cases of centroblastic-centrocytic non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. Cases with a high proliferative index (greater than or equal to 18%) or DNA aneuploidy showed significantly poorer survival than those with a low proliferative index (less than 18%). A high mitotic count was also associated with a poor prognosis. On multiple regression analysis the flow cytometric assessments and mitotic counts were significant predictors of survival. Assessments of proliferative activity clearly have prognostic potential in centroblastic-centrocytic lymphoma and may permit more accurate characterisation of individual tumours.Entities:
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Year: 1988 PMID: 3170773 PMCID: PMC1141617 DOI: 10.1136/jcp.41.8.866
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Clin Pathol ISSN: 0021-9746 Impact factor: 3.411