Relevance of ploidy related parameters for prognosis in malignant fibrous histiocytomas Journal Article


Authors: Brinck, U.; Korabiowska, M.; Buschmann, N.; Stachura, J.; Ruschenburg, I.; Cordon-Cardo, C.; Schauer, A.
Article Title: Relevance of ploidy related parameters for prognosis in malignant fibrous histiocytomas
Abstract: Ploidy associated parameters were determined in 161 malignant fibrous histiocytomas (MFH) by DNA image cytometry. The rate of euploid cases in MFH with histopathological grade I was 42%, grade II 16% and grade III 6%. Univariate analyses showed that cases with a low percentage of diploid cells (< 40%) and cases with high rates of aneuploid cells between 4c and 8c (> 9%), octaploid cells (> 0%) and 16-ploid cells (> 0%), high 2.5c (> 60%) and 5c (> 16%) exceeding rates and cases with high DNA indices of the first (> 1.08) and the second (> 3.78) peak had significantly reduced survival rates. Multivariate analyses with Cox regression demonstrated that in addition to grade, only the percentage of aneuploid cells between 4c and 8c, the 5c exceeding rate and the DNA index of the first peak had independent prognostic impact. It was concluded that besides ploidy status and grading, ploidy associated parameters are suited for prediction of survival in MFH.
Keywords: adolescent; adult; cancer survival; child; human tissue; aged; aged, 80 and over; child, preschool; middle aged; human cell; major clinical study; histopathology; nonhuman; cancer grading; animal cell; dna; rat; dna, neoplasm; multivariate analysis; malignant fibrous histiocytoma; regression analysis; aneuploidy; dna determination; diploidy; histiocytoma, benign fibrous; ploidy; ploidies; mfh; cas200; humans; prognosis; human; male; female; priority journal; article; image cytometry
Journal Title: Anticancer Research
Volume: 19
Issue: 6B
ISSN: 0250-7005
Publisher: International Institute of Anticancer Research  
Date Published: 1999-11-01
Start Page: 5211
End Page: 5216
Language: English
PUBMED: 10697537
PROVIDER: scopus
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