title: Detection of somatostatin receptors in human osteosarcoma.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The location of osteosarcoma in the metaphysis as well as the age of the patients during the most rapid tumour growth suggest that factors related to skeletal growth are involved in the pathogenesis of this tumour. In this aspect this study aims to detect somatostatin receptors in human osteosarcomas and correlate this finding with the clinical outcome of the tumour.
  
  
  METHODS
  Immunohistochemical staining for the presence of somatostatin receptors as well as overall survival and disease free survival rates were retrospectively studied in twenty-nine osteosarcoma patients.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Four osteosarcomas with several aggressive biologic behaviour expressed somatostatin receptors. In these four young patients the event free rate was 0% and the overall survival rate was 50% at 4, 3 years. In contrast the event free survival rate of the twenty-five patients with negative somatostatin receptor status was 72% with an overall survival rate of 76% at 4,3 years.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The present study demonstrates the existence of somatostatin receptors in human osteosarcoma. Tumours expressing somatostatin receptors seemed to be aggressive with a very low disease free and overall survival rate compared to osteosarcoma with negative receptor status.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Cancer Hospital, Pireus, Greece. markosioannou@yahoo.gr
authors.forename: Markos
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ioannou
authors.forename: Panayiotis J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Papagelopoulos
authors.forename: Ioannis
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Papanastassiou
authors.forename: Ioanna
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Iakovidou
authors.forename: Stamatios
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kottakis
authors.forename: Nikolaos
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Demertzis
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012516:Osteosarcoma / Q000378:metabolism*; D017481:Receptors, Somatostatin / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016019:Survival Analysis
chemical_list: D017481:Receptors, Somatostatin
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