BACKGROUND: Analysis of potentially prognostic relevant factors of carcinoid tumors of the lung. METHODS: Clinical features, tumor size, and features derived from immuno- and ligandohistochemistry, cytometry and histometry, and survival have been analyzed in 82 potentially curatively resected carcinoid tumors of the lung. RESULTS: Patients with typical carcinoid tumors had a longer history of symptoms (13 vs. 8 months), fewer smoked (30% vs. 80%), and developed less frequently lymph node metastases (20% vs. 65%) compared to patients with atypical carcinoids. Statistically significant differences between both cell types have been observed in cytometric and histometric features, and binding of Lewis A trisaccharide (Lea). Prognosis is associated with the cell type, presence of lymph node metastases and heparin-binding lectin (HBL), certain cytometric and structural features, and binding of macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) and beta-N-acetyl-D-galactosamine (beta-GalNAc). CONCLUSIONS: Complete lymph node dissection is necessary, data of cytometry, histometry, and ligandohistochemistry might eventually predict the course of the disease.
BACKGROUND: Analysis of potentially prognostic relevant factors of carcinoid tumors of the lung. METHODS: Clinical features, tumor size, and features derived from immuno- and ligandohistochemistry, cytometry and histometry, and survival have been analyzed in 82 potentially curatively resected carcinoid tumors of the lung. RESULTS:Patients with typical carcinoid tumors had a longer history of symptoms (13 vs. 8 months), fewer smoked (30% vs. 80%), and developed less frequently lymph node metastases (20% vs. 65%) compared to patients with atypical carcinoids. Statistically significant differences between both cell types have been observed in cytometric and histometric features, and binding of Lewis Atrisaccharide (Lea). Prognosis is associated with the cell type, presence of lymph node metastases and heparin-binding lectin (HBL), certain cytometric and structural features, and binding of macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) and beta-N-acetyl-D-galactosamine (beta-GalNAc). CONCLUSIONS: Complete lymph node dissection is necessary, data of cytometry, histometry, and ligandohistochemistry might eventually predict the course of the disease.
Authors: E Grossrubatscher; F Vignati; P Dalino; M Possa; P A Belloni; A Vanzulli; M Bramerio; A Marocchi; O Rossetti; F Zurleni; P Loli Journal: J Endocrinol Invest Date: 2005-01 Impact factor: 4.256
Authors: Sandy Z Liu; Paul N Staats; Lindsay Goicochea; Borislav A Alexiev; Nirav Shah; Renee Dixon; Allen P Burke Journal: Diagn Pathol Date: 2014-10-16 Impact factor: 2.644