title: Primary invasive and in situ vaginal carcinoma. Flow cytometric analysis of DNA aneuploidy and cell proliferation from archival paraffin-embedded tissue.
abstract: Eleven invasive and five non-invasive primary vaginal carcinomas were studied by DNA flow cytometry using archival paraffin-embedded tissue as starting material. Overall frequency of DNA aneuploidy in the invasive carcinomas was 8/11 (73%). DNA aneuploidy occurred in all four advanced stage (III-IV) and in 4/7 (57%) of the early stage (I-II) carcinomas. Among the squamous cell carcinomas aneuploid DNA content was also associated with non-keratinizing tumor type. Invasive vaginal carcinomas showed a high median S-phase fraction (SPF) (18.4%, range 6.9-31.8%). High SPF values were associated with advanced stage and non-keratinizing tumors. Corrected 5-year survival rate in invasive vaginal cancer was 44%, with no significant relation to DNA ploidy or SPF. In situ carcinomas were almost as often DNA-aneuploid (3/5, 60%) as the invasive carcinomas and had comparable median SPF value (13.4%, range 5.5-24.6). One in situ carcinoma with a high DNA-index and SPF relapsed, but overall 5-year survival rate was 100%. In conclusion, both invasive and in situ vaginal carcinomas frequently contain DNA-aneuploid stemlines and show a high SPF. Although DNA aneuploidy and high SPF correlate with advanced stage and non-keratinizing tumor type, they do not have much prognostic relevance in vaginal neoplasia.
authors: Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Tampere University Central Hospital, Finland.
authors: R
authors: R
authors: Punnonen
authors: O P
authors: OP
authors: Kallioniemi
authors: J
authors: J
authors: Mattila
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Väyrynen
authors: T
authors: T
authors: Koivula
mesh_terms: D000782:Aneuploidy; D002278:Carcinoma in Situ / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D002455:Cell Division; D004273:DNA, Neoplasm / Q000032:analysis*; D005260:Female; D005434:Flow Cytometry; D006801:Humans; D011379:Prognosis; D014625:Vaginal Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D004273:DNA, Neoplasm