Laryngeal Cancer

Prognostic significance of Ki-67 expression reported

Published in Cancer Weekly, October 12th, 2004

The prognostic significance of Ki-67 expression has been evaluated in patients with laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma who were primarily treated by total laryngectomy.

"The aim of this study was to determine the prognostic value of Ki-67 immunostaining in laryngeal squamous cell carcinomas. Ki-67 labeling was quantified in 63 laryngeal squamous cell carcinomas by counting at least 1000 tumor cells in the most immunoreactive area in each sample, and the Ki-67 labeling index was calculated as a percentage," scientists writing in the journal European Archives of Oto - Rhino - Laryngology report.

"The antigen expression was compared with clinical...

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Source: Cancer Weekly (2004-10-12)

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