title: Application of monoclonal antibodies to histologic diagnosis of gastric cancers.
abstract: Histologic diagnosis of poorly differentiated gastric adenocarcinomas by conventional hematoxylin-eosin (HE) staining is often limited by the quality of gastroendoscopic biopsy specimens. In this study we attempted to identify gastric cancer cells in biopsy specimens and ascites of gastric cancer patients using the gastric cancer reactive monoclonal antibodies S202 and S74. Twenty-four of 25 specimens shown to contain cancer cells by HE staining were stained positively by monoclonal antibody S202. In contrast, 3 of 16 specimens that were diagnosed as not including cancer cells by HE staining was stained positively by S202. The possibility that cancer cells in the biopsy specimens were not detected by HE staining cannot be ruled out. Cancer cells in ascites of patients diagnosed with carcinomatous peritonitis by Papanicolaou staining were stained positively by monoclonal antibody S74. From these results, we conclude that monoclonal antibodies S202 and S74 may be useful supplemental agents for the diagnosis of gastric cancer.
authors.affiliation: First Department of Surgery, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Otsuji
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yamaguchi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kodama
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Takahashi
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000473:pathology*; D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D001706:Biopsy; D004396:Coloring Agents; D004801:Eosine Yellowish-(YS); D006416:Hematoxylin; D006801:Humans; D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D007150:Immunohistochemistry / Q000379:methods; D051379:Mice / Q000276:immunology; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D004396:Coloring Agents; D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D004801:Eosine Yellowish-(YS); D006416:Hematoxylin