PCNA EXPRESSION AND AG-NOR SCORE IN BREAST-CANCER - CORRELATION WITH CLINICOPATHOLOGICAL VARIABLES AND PATIENT SURVIVAL

  • Authors:
    • M NOGUCHI
    • M THOMAS
    • H KITAGAWA
    • K KINOSHITA
    • I MIYAZAKI
    • Y MIZUKAMI
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  • Published online on: February 1, 1993     https://doi.org/10.3892/ijo.2.2.265
  • Pages: 265-269
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Abstract

We evaluated the relationships among proliferative cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) expression, nucleolar organizer region (Ag-NOR) score and clinicopathologic variables, and their prognostic value, in 95 patients with breast cancer. PCNA expression was not found to be significantly associated with Ag-NOR score or with established clinicopathologic prognostic factors with the exception of histologic grade. Moreover, univariate and multivariate analyses showed that PCNA expression did not appear to be a significant prognostic factor, while Ag-NOR score was a significant prognostic factor only by univariate analysis. We therefore, concluded that PCNA expression may not be a useful prognostic factor in breast cancer.

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NOGUCHI M, THOMAS M, KITAGAWA H, KINOSHITA K, MIYAZAKI I and MIZUKAMI Y: PCNA EXPRESSION AND AG-NOR SCORE IN BREAST-CANCER - CORRELATION WITH CLINICOPATHOLOGICAL VARIABLES AND PATIENT SURVIVAL. Int J Oncol 2: 265-269, 1993
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NOGUCHI, M., THOMAS, M., KITAGAWA, H., KINOSHITA, K., MIYAZAKI, I., & MIZUKAMI, Y. (1993). PCNA EXPRESSION AND AG-NOR SCORE IN BREAST-CANCER - CORRELATION WITH CLINICOPATHOLOGICAL VARIABLES AND PATIENT SURVIVAL. International Journal of Oncology, 2, 265-269. https://doi.org/10.3892/ijo.2.2.265
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NOGUCHI, M., THOMAS, M., KITAGAWA, H., KINOSHITA, K., MIYAZAKI, I., MIZUKAMI, Y."PCNA EXPRESSION AND AG-NOR SCORE IN BREAST-CANCER - CORRELATION WITH CLINICOPATHOLOGICAL VARIABLES AND PATIENT SURVIVAL". International Journal of Oncology 2.2 (1993): 265-269.
Chicago
NOGUCHI, M., THOMAS, M., KITAGAWA, H., KINOSHITA, K., MIYAZAKI, I., MIZUKAMI, Y."PCNA EXPRESSION AND AG-NOR SCORE IN BREAST-CANCER - CORRELATION WITH CLINICOPATHOLOGICAL VARIABLES AND PATIENT SURVIVAL". International Journal of Oncology 2, no. 2 (1993): 265-269. https://doi.org/10.3892/ijo.2.2.265