Missing association between telomerase activity and clinicopathological features in patients with early stage carcinoma of the cervix
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2007-01-01
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Santos-Filho, Admário S.
Triginelli, Sérgio Augusto
Traiman, Paulo [UNESP]
Cunha-Melo, José Renan
Silva-Filho, Agnaldo L.
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Objectives: This study was undertaken to evaluate the association between the telomerase activity in the tumor and clinicopathological findings in patients with stage IB-IIA (FIGO) carcinoma of the cervix. Methods: Thirty-eight patients with carcinoma of the cervix submitted to radical hysterectomy were prospectively from January 1998 to November 2001. Samples from the tumor were taken and analyzed by the telomerase PCR-TRAP-ELISA kit. Clinicopathological characteristics such as age, stage, tumor size, grade of differentiation, lymphatic vascular space invasion (LVSI), parametrial involvement and status of pelvic lymph nodes were also recorded. Results: Patient's mean age was 49.3 ± 1.99 years (29-76 years). The clinical stage (FIGO) was IB in 35 patients (92.1%) and IIA in 3 patients (7.9%). The histological classification identified squamous cell carcinoma in 33 patients (86.8%) and adenocarcinoma in 5 patients (13.2%). There was no association between age, clinical stage, histological classification, tumor size, grade of differentiation and presence of LVSI with tumoral telomerase activity. The telomerase activity was not associated with the presence of vaginal involvement (P = 0.349), parametrium involvement (P = 0.916), pelvic lymph node metastasis (P = 0.988) or tumoral recurrence (P = 0.328) in patients with carcinoma of the cervix. Conclusions: Telomerase activity in the tumor is not associated with clinicopathological findings or tumor recurrence in patients with early stage cervical carcinoma. © 2006 Springer-Verlag.
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Carcinoma, Cervix, Telomerase, telomerase, adenocarcinoma, adult, age, aged, cancer staging, clinical article, enzyme activity, enzyme linked immunosorbent assay, female, human, human cell, human tissue, lymph node metastasis, pelvis lymph node, polymerase chain reaction, radical hysterectomy, squamous cell carcinoma, telomeric repeat amplification protocol, tumor classification, tumor recurrence, tumor volume, uterine cervix carcinoma, Adenocarcinoma, Adult, Aged, Carcinoma, Squamous Cell, Female, Humans, Lymphatic Metastasis, Middle Aged, Neoplasm Invasiveness, Neoplasm Recurrence, Local, Neoplasm Staging, Prognosis, Prospective Studies, Tumor Markers, Biological, Uterine Cervical Neoplasms
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Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics, v. 275, n. 1, p. 13-17, 2007.