CRITERIA FOR ASSESSING THE NEUROENDOCRINE PHENOTYPE AND ITS INCIDENCE IN NONSMALL CELL LUNG CANCERS

  • Authors:
    • HE BURNETT
    • AV SPEDDING
    • N PENDLETON
    • WE KENYON
    • C WALKER
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  • Published online on: July 1, 1993     https://doi.org/10.3892/ijo.3.1.65
  • Pages: 65-69
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Abstract

The neuroendocrine (NE) characteristics of 26 resected non-small cell lung cancers (NSCLC) were determined using immunocytochemistry. All 26 tumours expressed some features of NE differentiation, but the percentage of NE-positive tumours varied when the criteria for positivity, such as minimum staining intensity and proportion of stained cells, were adjusted. The incidence of NE-NSCLC was higher in these tumours (up to 100%) compared to that found by other groups when using their criteria for NE positivity, suggesting a genuinely higher incidence of NE-NSCLC in this geographical region. NE phenotype in these tumours did not correlate with survival.

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BURNETT H, SPEDDING A, PENDLETON N, KENYON W and WALKER C: CRITERIA FOR ASSESSING THE NEUROENDOCRINE PHENOTYPE AND ITS INCIDENCE IN NONSMALL CELL LUNG CANCERS. Int J Oncol 3: 65-69, 1993.
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BURNETT, H., SPEDDING, A., PENDLETON, N., KENYON, W., & WALKER, C. (1993). CRITERIA FOR ASSESSING THE NEUROENDOCRINE PHENOTYPE AND ITS INCIDENCE IN NONSMALL CELL LUNG CANCERS. International Journal of Oncology, 3, 65-69. https://doi.org/10.3892/ijo.3.1.65
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BURNETT, H., SPEDDING, A., PENDLETON, N., KENYON, W., WALKER, C."CRITERIA FOR ASSESSING THE NEUROENDOCRINE PHENOTYPE AND ITS INCIDENCE IN NONSMALL CELL LUNG CANCERS". International Journal of Oncology 3.1 (1993): 65-69.
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BURNETT, H., SPEDDING, A., PENDLETON, N., KENYON, W., WALKER, C."CRITERIA FOR ASSESSING THE NEUROENDOCRINE PHENOTYPE AND ITS INCIDENCE IN NONSMALL CELL LUNG CANCERS". International Journal of Oncology 3, no. 1 (1993): 65-69. https://doi.org/10.3892/ijo.3.1.65