title: [DNA impulse cytophotometry measurements in head and neck tumors. Initial results of a correlation with clinical stage, therapeutic response and pattern of recurrence].
abstract: The DNA index and proliferation rate (percentage of S-phase cells) of 52 head and neck tumours were analysed by flow cytometry. Thirty-one (60%) of these tumours were aneuploid, 21 (40%) diploid. The distribution of aneuploid tumours was nearly equal in all T-stages. In contrast, the number of aneuploid tumours increased with higher N-stages. Locoregional recurrences developed more often (69%) in aneuploid tumours than in diploid tumours (54%). Furthermore, recurrence presented earlier (median 5 months) than in the latter (median 11 months). Regional recurrences were mainly observed in aneuploid tumours, local recurrences in diploid tumours.
authors.affiliation: Strahlentherapeutische Klinik, Universität Erlangen.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Fietkau
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Iro
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bilek
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sauer
mesh_terms: D004273:DNA, Neoplasm / Q000032:analysis*; D005260:Female; D005434:Flow Cytometry; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007399:Interphase; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000473:pathology; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008297:Male; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000473:pathology*; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D011003:Ploidies; D011379:Prognosis
chemical_list: D004273:DNA, Neoplasm
vernacular_title: DNA-Impulscytophotometrische Messungen bei Kopf-Hals-Tumoren. Erste Ergebnisse der Korrelation mit klinischem Stadium, Therapieansprechen und Rezidivmuster.