WANG Ziwei, et al. Clinicopathological value of immunohistochemical detection of micrometastases in pT3N0M0 gastric cancer. [J]. Journal of Chongqing Medical University (3):273-275(2003)
WANG Ziwei, et al. Clinicopathological value of immunohistochemical detection of micrometastases in pT3N0M0 gastric cancer. [J]. Journal of Chongqing Medical University (3):273-275(2003) DOI: 10.13406/j.cnki.cyxb.2003.03.006.
Clinicopathological value of immunohistochemical detection of micrometastases in pT3N0M0 gastric cancer
Objective:Exploring the significance of micrometastases of lymph nodes in cases of pT 3N 0M 0 gastric cancer.Methods:We examined 2230 lymph nodes that had been removed from 95 patients with stage Ⅱ gastric cancer(pT 3N 0M 0) with immunostaining of cytokeratin.Results:In 38 of 95(40%) patients with gastric cancer
evidence of micrometastases was found in 290 of 2230(13%) lymph nodes.The incidence of micrometastases in undifferentiated carcinoma was higher than that in differentiated carcinoma.An analysis of survival demonstrated the 5-year survival of patients with micrometastases in their resected lymph nodes was significantly lower than that of patients without micrometastases( P <0.01).Conclusion:The accuracy of prediction of prognosis of patients with pT 3N 0M 0 gastric cancer should be greatly enhanced if cytokeratin-specific immunostaining is performed in conjunction with routine histopathological examination of lymph nodes.