title: The immunohistochemical expression of BCL-2 oncoprotein in colorectal adenocarcinoma.
abstract: The immunoreactivity for bcl-2 oncoprotein was determined in tumor tissue samples from 40 patients with colorectal adenocarcinoma. Positive immunoreactivity for bcl-2 oncoprotein was seen in 14 of the 40 tumor tissue samples (35%) and was found to be associated with a significantly higher incidence of synchronous liver metastasis (P = 0.043); however, there was no correlation between the immunoreactivity for bcl-2 oncoprotein and tumor size, depth of tumor invasion, lymph node metastasis, or clinical stage of the disease. Among 33 patients who had undergone curative resection, disease-free survival did not differ significantly between 10 with bcl-2-positive tumors and 23 with bcl-2-negative tumors (P = 0.498). The present study showed that the positive immunohistochemical expression of bcl-2 oncoprotein was associated with a significantly higher incidence of liver metastasis from colorectal cancer, but it had no effect on the disease-free survival of patients who had undergone curative resection.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery II, Mie University Hospital, Japan.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ishijima
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Miki
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ishida
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kinoshita
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Suzuki
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D015179:Colorectal Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D004273:DNA, Neoplasm / Q000032:analysis; D018572:Disease-Free Survival; D005260:Female; D019254:Genes, bcl-2; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D011379:Prognosis; D019253:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2 / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D004273:DNA, Neoplasm; D019253:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2