title: Metastatic abilities of murine sarcomas and carcinomas. II. Relationship to cell volume and DNA index.
abstract: The cell volume and DNA content were determined in 12 murine tumors and correlated with the ability of these tumors to metastasize spontaneously or to form lung nodules when injected i.v. The cell volume significantly correlated with spontaneous metastatic potential of investigated tumors (r = 0.683; 0.02 less than P less than 0.05) but not with the ability of tumor cells to form artificial metastasis. The DNA index significantly correlated with both spontaneous metastasis (r = 0.594; 0.02 less than P less than 0.05), and lung colonization (r = 0.631; 0.02 less than P less than 0.05). The DNA index barely correlated with the cell volume (r = 0.564; P = 0.10).
authors.affiliation: Department of Experimental Radiotherapy, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Hospital and Tumor Institute, Houston 77030.
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Volpe
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Basic
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Milas
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000473:pathology; D004273:DNA, Neoplasm / Q000032:analysis*; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary; D051379:Mice; D008809:Mice, Inbred C3H; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D012513:Sarcoma, Experimental / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D004273:DNA, Neoplasm