BACKGROUND Immunohistochemical (IHC) expression of Ki67 has been identified as a prognostic and predictive marker in hormone receptor (HR)-positive breast cancer, however, there is little evidence of the association of Ki67 with prognosis in HR-negative patients. We aimed to assess the benefit of Ki67 assessment in HR-negative breast cancers after neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC). METHODS In th...

BACKGROUND Small intestinal neuroendocrine neoplasm (SI-NEN) proliferation is quantified by Ki67 measurements which capture G1-G2M phases of the cell cycle. G0 and early G1 phases, typical of slow-growing cells, can be detected by minichromosome maintenance protein (MCM) expression. We hypothesized that these replication licensing markers may provide clinically relevant information to augment K...

PURPOSE To evaluate the effect of prolonged limbal explants cultured without any scaffolds or on amniotic membrane (AM) on the viability, proliferation and differentiation potential of putative phenotypically defined cultured limbal mesenchymal (LMSC) and epithelial stem cells (LESC). METHODS Limbal explants were cultivated on cryopreserved intact AM or plastic plates using medium supplemente...

INTRODUCTION This study was designed to investigate the combined influence of ATM and Ki67 on clinical outcome in early stage hormone receptor positive breast cancer (ES-HPBC), particularly in patients with smaller tumors (< 4 cm) and fewer than four positive lymph nodes. METHODS 532 formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded specimens of resected primary breast tumors were used to construct a tissue m...

BACKGROUND Neuroendocrine markers, which could indicate for aggressive variants of prostate cancer and Ki67 (a well-known marker in oncology for defining tumor proliferation), have already been associated with clinical outcome in prostate cancer. The aim of this study was to investigate the prognostic value of those markers in primary prostate cancer patients. PATIENTS AND METHODS NSE (neuron...

background: cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (cin) is a premalignant lesion capable of progressing to cervical cancer. despite the existing well-defined criteria, the histomorphologic diagnosis is subject to high rates of discordance among pathologists. the aim of this study was to evaluate ki-67 (mib-1), ck17 and p16 ink4a (p16) markers by immunohistochemical methods in differentiating cin f...

objectives : squamous cell carcinoma (scc) is the most common malignant neoplasm of the oral cavity and a public health threat. tumor progression is believed to be influenced by angiogenesis as well as tumor cell proliferation; however, the correlation of these two factors in tongue scc still remains unclear. this study aimed to assess the correlation of these two factors in tongue scc. materia...

Dilated neoplastic glands, some with a layer of flat tumour cells and others lacking a group of consecutive lining tumour cells (i.e., glandular gaps called pores), were previously found at the leading invading tumour edge of colorectal carcinomas. Through the glandular pores, the retained intraglandular material was siphoned off directly into the juxtaposed extracellular matrix (ECM). The tumo...

BACKGROUND malignant peritoneal mesothelioma (MPM) is a rare peritoneal mesothelial neoplasm. Ki67 and BCL2 are established prognostic markers in several cancers. High Ki67 expression indicates tumour progression, whilst similar expression of BCL2 retards tumour replication. Traditionally, prognosis in MPM is gauged with a single biomarker assessed separately in a dichotomous manner. Here, we e...