title: Detection of small-cell-lung-cancer cells in bone-marrow aspirates by monoclonal antibodies NCC-LU-243, NCC-LU-246 and MLuC1.
abstract: We have used immunocytochemistry to identify tumor cells in bone-marrow aspirates of patients with small-cell lung cancer and we have compared the results with conventional histomorphology. The monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) used were NCC-LU-243 and NCC-LU-246 (cluster 1) and MLuC1 (cluster 6); 108 slides (52 patients) incubated with NCC-LU-246, 106 (51 patients) with NCC-LU-243 and 69 with MLuC1 (36 patients) were evaluated. Bone-marrow biopsies (83) were also obtained from 50 of these patients; 48/108 bone marrow aspirates were positive for cluster-1 antigen and 22/69 were positive for MLuC1. Immunocytochemistry with anti-NCAM MAbs detected bone-marrow localization in 38/83 bone-marrow aspirates compared with 9/83 bone-marrow biopsies, while MLuC1 was positive in 18/60 and bone-marrow biopsies in 6/60. Moreover, bone-marrow aspirates were positive for cluster-1 antigen in 7/17 patients with limited disease at diagnosis. Patients with positive bone-marrow biopsies had significantly shorter survival. No differences were found between patients with positive and those with negative marrow aspirates.
authors.affiliation: Divisione e Cattedra di Oncologia Medica, Università di Verona, Italy.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Pasini
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Pelosi
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Ledermann
authors.forename: G L
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Cetto
mesh_terms: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000951:Antigens, Neoplasm / Q000032:analysis*; D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D001853:Bone Marrow / Q000473:pathology*; D018288:Carcinoma, Small Cell / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology*; D002460:Cell Line; D006652:Histological Techniques; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry / Q000379:methods; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology*; D016019:Survival Analysis; D015996:Survival Rate; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000951:Antigens, Neoplasm