title: Bcl-2 immunohistochemical detection in prostate cancer.
abstract: Prostate cancer (Pca) is the most prevalent cancer diagnosed and the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths among men in the Poland. The present study was designed to analyse the relationship between expression of Bcl-2 protein in prostate cancer (PCa) following radical prostatectomy to chosen anatomoclinical and morfological parameters of the tumours. Tumours from 28 patients were assessed by immunohistochemistry. Tissue sections were fixed in 10% buffered formaldehyde solution, embedded in paraffin and stained immunohistochemically with the anti-human Bcl-2 antibody (Dako/Clon124). The immunolocalization of Bcl-2 was performed using the Labelled Streptavidin Biotin (LSAB) method. No correlation was found between Bcl-2 protein expression and pT stage, lymph node metastases, Gleason score, seminal vesicles invasion, positive or negative resection margins as well as capsular penetration and preoperative PSA serum level.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Pathomorphology, Medical Academy of Białystok, Białystok, Poland. sulik@amb.ac.bialystok.pl
authors.forename: Marian
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sulik
authors.forename: Katarzyna
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Guzińska-Ustymowicz
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D000368:Aged; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor / Q000032:analysis*; D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D015331:Cohort Studies; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D011336:Probability; D011379:Prognosis; D011468:Prostatectomy; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D019253:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2 / Q000032:analysis*; D012494:Sampling Studies; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity
chemical_list: D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor; D019253:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2