title: Correlation of histoenzymological studies with the response to chemotherapy and survival in breast cancer patients.
abstract: The enzyme activity of cancerous tissue and the adjacent normal epithelium of 40 patients with breast cancer was determined. This enzymatic activity was correlated with the responsiveness of those tumors to the chemotherapy. It was found that the presence of cytochrome oxidase and alkaline phosphatase and the absence of leucine aminopeptidase, beta-glucuronidase and dehydrogenases in cancerous tissues was related to good response. On the contrary, the absence of alkaline phosphatase and cytochrome oxidase and the presence of leucine aminopeptidase, beta-glucuronidase and dehydrogenases in the cancerous tissues was related to poor response and therefore to poor survival.
authors.affiliation: Second Department of Medical Oncology, Metaxa's Memorial Hospital of Pireaus, Greece.
authors.forename: N B
authors.initials: NB
authors.lastname: Tsavaris
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Kosmidis
authors.forename: G S
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Delides
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Delides
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Papaioanou
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Pavlakis
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Lissaios
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zaharakis
mesh_terms: D000469:Alkaline Phosphatase / Q000378:metabolism; D000626:Aminopeptidases / Q000378:metabolism; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000201:enzymology; D003576:Electron Transport Complex IV / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D005966:Glucuronidase / Q000378:metabolism; D006651:Histocytochemistry; D006801:Humans; D008593:Menopause; D008875:Middle Aged; D010088:Oxidoreductases / Q000378:metabolism; D011379:Prognosis
chemical_list: D010088:Oxidoreductases; D003576:Electron Transport Complex IV; D000469:Alkaline Phosphatase; D005966:Glucuronidase; D000626:Aminopeptidases