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Expression of thymidine phosphorylase is associated with a poor prognosis in patients with ductal adenocarcinoma of the pancreas
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Clinical cancer research, 1998-07, Vol.4 (7), p.1619-1624
Ort / Verlag
Philadelphia, PA: American Association for Cancer Research
Erscheinungsjahr
1998
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Thymidine phosphorylase (dThdPase) is identical to platelet-derived endothelial cell growth factor and has angiogenic activity.
In this study, we investigated the expression of dThdPase in ductal adenocarcinoma of the pancreas and examined the correlation
between dThdPase expression and clinicopathological factors and clinical outcome. dThdPase expression was demonstrated by
immunohistochemistry in the cytoplasm of tumor cells in 59% of the 54 patients studied. The expression of dThdPase correlated
significantly with a poor prognosis (P=0.013). Significant correlations were also observed between dThdPase expression and
extrapancreatic neural plexus invasion and the presence of postoperative hepatic metastases (P=0.05 and 0.03, respectively).
The average microvessel count in dThdPase-positive tumors was significantly higher than that in dThdPase-negative tumors (P
< 0.0001). These findings suggest that dThdPase expression in pancreatic adenocarcinoma enhances the abilities of tumor invasion
and/or metastasis through its angiogenic properties.