1. [Principles of tumor invasion and metastasis]
- Author
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T, Otto, M, Goepel, F, Recker, and H, Rübben
- Subjects
Carcinoma, Transitional Cell ,Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases ,Urinary Bladder ,Down-Regulation ,Cadherins ,Prognosis ,Disease-Free Survival ,Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic ,Receptors, Autocrine Motility Factor ,Urinary Bladder Neoplasms ,Humans ,Neoplasm Invasiveness ,Prospective Studies ,Neoplasm Metastasis ,Receptors, Cytokine ,Neoplasm Staging ,Retrospective Studies - Abstract
Histopathological and clinical parameters are of limited value in characterization of the individual course of disease in bladder cancer patients. Down-regulation of E-cadherin, an intercellular adhesion molecule, and upregulation of autocrine motility factor receptor (AMFR) expression have been shown to play a part in tumour cell invasion and metastasis. In a retrospective analysis concerning 95 different bladder specimens and a prospective study in 100 bladder cancer patients, reduction in E-cadherin concomitantly with an increase in AMFR expression was associated with a poor prognosis. The dual use of these two antigens may improve early diagnosis of high-risk bladder cancer patients and influence treatment decisions.
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- 1995