title: Effects of preoperative chemotherapy on DNA ploidy patterns, cell cycle, and histological findings in gastric and colonic cancer patients.
abstract: The effects of preoperative chemotherapy on gastric and colonic cancers have yet to be evaluated fully. In this study, its effects were assessed by studying DNA ploidy patterns, cell cycles, and histological findings in such patients. Thirty-nine patients with gastric or colonic cancer were given preoperative chemotherapy with UFT (an admixture of tegafur and uracil). Biopsy specimens for analysis were obtained before chemotherapy through a gastroscope or colonoscope and after chemotherapy from resected tumors. The DNA ploidy patterns and cell cycles were evaluated using a flow cytometer and the tissues were examined histologically. The DNA ploidy pattern was diploid (D) in 12 gastric and 13 colonic cancer patients and aneuploid (A) in 10 and 4 patients, respectively. After chemotherapy, the pattern changed in nine gastric (A-->D: 7, D-->A: 2) and six colonic cancer patients (A-->D: 3, D-->A: 3) and was unchanged in the remaining patients. Cell cyclic analysis showed decreased G1- and increased S-phase fractions in 10 of 12 patients with gastric and 6 of 10 patients with colonic cancer. Histologically, decreased tumor cellularity, increased fibrosis, and/or cytological changes were observed in both cancers after chemotherapy. Gastric and colonic cancers in which the DNA ploidy pattern changed from aneuploid to diploid, G1- decreased and S-phase increased, and/or histological changes were observed, were considered to have responded to preoperative UFT administration.
authors.affiliation: Second Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kubota
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kajiura
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Konishi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Teruya
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tsushima
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nakao
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Arizono
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Oka
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Makuuchi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002453:Cell Cycle / Q000187:drug effects; D017024:Chemotherapy, Adjuvant; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D004273:DNA, Neoplasm / Q000235:genetics*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011003:Ploidies; D011446:Prospective Studies; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D016019:Survival Analysis; D005641:Tegafur / Q000008:administration & dosage; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014498:Uracil / Q000008:administration & dosage
chemical_list: D004273:DNA, Neoplasm; D005641:Tegafur; D014498:Uracil