Angiogenesis in Bladder Cancer: Relationship Between Microvessel Density and Tumor Prognosis (original) (raw)
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Department of Urology, University of Southern California School of Medicine, Kenneth Norris Jr. Comprehensive Cancer Center
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Correspondence to: Bernard H. Bochner, M.D., Department of Urology, University of Southern California School of Medicine, 2025 Zonal Ave., GH-5900, Los Angeles, CA 90033.
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Department of Pathology, University of Southern California School of Medicine, Kenneth Norris Jr. Comprehensive Cancer Center
Los Angeles
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Department of Pathology, University of California
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Department of Preventative Medicine, University of Southern California School of Medicine, Kenneth Norris Jr. Comprehensive Cancer Center
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Department of Preventative Medicine, University of Southern California School of Medicine, Kenneth Norris Jr. Comprehensive Cancer Center
Los Angeles
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Department of Urology, University of Southern California School of Medicine, Kenneth Norris Jr. Comprehensive Cancer Center
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Revision received:
17 August 1995
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01 November 1995
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Bernard H. Bochner, Richard J. Cote, Noel Weidner, Susan Groshen, Su-Chiu Chen, Donald G. Skinner, Peter W. Nichols, Angiogenesis in Bladder Cancer: Relationship Between Microvessel Density and Tumor Prognosis, JNCI: Journal of the National Cancer Institute, Volume 87, Issue 21, 1 November 1995, Pages 1603–1612, https://doi.org/10.1093/jnci/87.21.1603
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Background : Tumor stage, histologic grade, and regional lymph node status are currently used to obtain prognostic information about bladder cancers. However, additional prognostic indicators are needed to aid clinicians in selecting patients who would benefit most from specific therapies. A majority of studies assessing the prognostic value of measuring tumor angiogenesis (i.e., measurement of tumor microvessel densities) have found a positive association between increasing microvessel densities and worsening prognosis. Purpose : We explored the relationship between established prognostic indicators and the extent of tumor-associated angiogenesis in patients with invasive transitional cell carcinoma (TCC) of the bladder, and we determined whether tumor microvessel density measurement could be used independently to predict bladder tumor behavior. Methods : Tumor tissue was obtained from 164 patients with invasive primary TCC of the bladder. The extent of tumor-associated angiogenesis in this tissue was evaluated by immunohistochemical methods using HPCA-1, a mouse monoclonal antibody directed against the endothelial cell antigen, CD34. The number of microvessels in a 200× microscopic high-power field (hpf) containing the area of greatest neovascularization within or immediately adjacent to each tumor was determined. The patient population was then divided into three equivalently sized groups, with tumors containing low (≤64), intermediate (65–99), or high (≥100) numbers of microvessels per hpf. Kaplan-Meier product limit estimates of overall survival and the complement of cumulative incidence curves for recurrence-free survival were plotted. When analyzing survival or recurrence, the logrank test was used to compare groups of patients with and without stratification according to tumor stage. Analysis of variance was used to test for an association between microvessel density and established prognostic variables. Reported P values are from two-sided tests. Results : Microvessel density was significantly associated with disease-free ( P <.0001) and overall ( P = .0007) survival. The estimated probabilities of recurrence at 5 years were 19% (95% confidence interval [CI] = 8–29), 56% (95% CI = 43–69), and 68% (95% CI = 55–81) for patients with lowest, intermediate, and highest microvessel counts, respectively. Overall survival at 5 years was estimated to be 68% (95% CI = 56–81), 44% (95% CI = 30–57), and 34% (95% CI = 21–47) for the same three patient groups. Microvessel density was associated with disease progression in patients with organ-confined tumors, tumors extending through the bladder wall, and tumors that had spread to regional lymph nodes. Tumor angiogenesis was found to be an independent prognostic indicator when evaluated in the presence of histologic grade, pathologic stage, and regional lymph node status. Conclusion : Tumor angiogenesis, as determined by microvessel density measurement, is an independent prognostic indicator for patients with invasive TCC of the bladder. [J Natl Cancer Inst 1995;87:1603–12]
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Topic:
- angiogenesis
- endothelial cells
- bladder cancer
- cancer
- monoclonal antibodies
- antigens
- cd34 antigens
- bladder neoplasms
- carcinoma, transitional cell
- complement system proteins
- disease progression
- neovascularization, pathologic
- urinary bladder
- lymph nodes
- mice
- neoplasms
- patient prognosis
- transitional cell carcinoma of bladder
- tumor angiogenesis
- bladder wall
- stratification
- microvessels
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