[Relationship between nm23-H1 expression and lymph node metastasis and prognosis in cervical cancer].
OBJECTIVE
To investigate the expression of nm23-H1 in cervical carcinoma and its significance.


METHODS
Expression of nm23-H1 was examined by immunohistochemical method in 39 cases of adenocarcinoma and 39 cases of squamous cell carcinoma of the uterine cervix. The relationship between expression of nm23-H1 and clinic-pathologic factors and prognosis was analyzed by chi-square test.


RESULTS
Positive staining rate of nm23-H1 was 44.6% in adenocarcinoma and 39.2% in squamous cell Carcinoma. The positive staining rate of nm23-H1 in stage I and II adenocarcinoma was 61.1% and 28.6% respectively (P = 0.044); in patients with recurrence nm23-H1 positive rate was lower than that in patients without recurrence (21.5% vs 56%, P = 0.39); in patients with lymph node negative, nm23-H1 positive staining was more than that in patients with lymph node positive (52% vs 28.6%), however, this difference was not statistically significant (P = 0.162). None of 14 cases of lymph node metastasis was strong positive stainig, whereas 7 of 25 without lymph node metastasis were demonstrated to have strong positive staining (P = 0.031). The 5-year survival rate in negative staining group was lower than that in the positive staining group (52.5% vs 82.4%, P = 0.042). In squamous cell carcinoma there was no statistically significant relationship between nm23-H1 expression and clinic-pathologic factors and prognosis.


CONCLUSIONS
nm23-H1 expression was associated with biologic behavior in cervical adenocarcinoma.
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Cancer Hospital, Shanghai Medical University.
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D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D016147:Genes, Tumor Suppressor; D006801:Humans; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008875:Middle Aged; D020559:Monomeric GTP-Binding Proteins; D054778:NM23 Nucleoside Diphosphate Kinases; D009701:Nucleoside-Diphosphate Kinase / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology
D054778:NM23 Nucleoside Diphosphate Kinases; D014157:Transcription Factors; C517938:NME1 protein, human; D009701:Nucleoside-Diphosphate Kinase; D020559:Monomeric GTP-Binding Proteins