Do cell kinetics have prognostic and/or predictive value in oesophageal cancer treated by surgery?

European Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 293-297

  Haustermans, K ^a,b   Fowler, F ^a   Geboes, K ^a   Lerut, T ^a   Van Der Schueren, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b NETHERLANDS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cell kinetics; Oesophageal cancer; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; IDOXURIDINE;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CELL CYCLE S PHASE; CELL KINETICS; CELL PROLIFERATION; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIGNET RING CARCINOMA; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR BIOPSY;

EID: 0030865667     PISSN: 07487983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0748-7983(97)90615-6     Document Type: Article

References (19)

1. Schottenfeld D. Epidemiology of cancer of the esophagus. Semin Oncol 1984; 11: 92.
2. Moertel CG. The esophagus. In: Holland JF, Frei E, III (eds) Cancer Medicine (2nd edn). Philadelphia: Lea & Fabiger, 1982: 1753.
3. Akiyama H, Tsurumaru M, Kawamura T, et al. Principles of surgical treatment carcinoma of the esophagus. Analysis of lymph node involvement. Ann Surg 1981; 194: 438-46.
4. Minsky BD. The adjuvant treatment of esophageal cancer. Semin Radiat Oncol 1994; 4: 165-9.
5. Forastiere AA, Orringer MB, Perez-Tamayo C. et al. Preoperative chemoradiation followed by transhiatal esophagectomy for carcinoma of the esophagus: final report. J Clin Oncol 1993; 11: 118-23.
6. Steel GG. Growth Kinetics of Tumours. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1977.
7. Fratzner HG. Monoclonal antibody to 5-bromo- and 5-iododeoxyuridine: a new reagent for detection of DNA replication. Science 1982; 218: 474-5.
8. Dolbeare F, Gratzner HG, Pallacicini MG, Gray J. Flow cytometric measurement of total DNA content and incorporated bromodeoxyuridine. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 1983; 80: 5573-7.
9. Begg AC, Hofland I, Van Glabbeke M, Bartelink H, Horiot JC. Predictive value of potential doubling time for radiotherapy of head and neck tumor patients: results from the EORTC cooperative trial 22851. Semin Radiat Oncol 1992; 1: 22-5.
10. Bourhis J, Wilson G, Wibault P, et al. In vivo measurement of the potential doubling time by flowcytometry in oropharyngeal cancer treated by conventional radiotherapy. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 1993; 26: 793-9.
11. Corvo R, Giaretti W, Sanguineti G, et al. In vivo cell kinetics in head and neck squamous cell carcinomas predicts local control and helps guide radiotherapy regimen. J Clin Oncol 1995; 13: 1843-50.
12. Awwad HK, Khafagy Y, Barsoum M, Ezzat M, El-Attar I, Farag H. Accelerated versus conventional fractionation in the postoperative irradiation of locally advanced head and neck cancer: influence of tumour proliferation. Radiother Oncol 1992; 25: 261-6.
13. Lochrin CA, Wilson GD, McNally NJ, Dische S, Saunders MI. Tumor cell kinetics, local tumor control, and accelerated radiotherapy: a preliminary report. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 1992; 24: 87-91.
14. Begg AC, McNally NJ, Schrieve DC, Kärcher H. A method to Measure the duration of DNA Synthesis and the Potential doubling time from a single sample. Cytometry 1985; 6: 620-6.
15. Peto R, Pike MC, Armitage P, et al. Design and analysis of randomised clinical trials requiring prolonged observation of each patient. II. Analysis and examples. Br J Cancer 1977; 35: 1-39.
16. Earlam C, Cunha-Melo JR. Esophageal squamous cell carcinoma: 1. A critical review of surgery. Br J Surg 1980; 67: 382-90.
17. Haustermans K, Vanuytsel L, Geboes K, et al. In vivo cell kinetic measurements in human esophageal cancer: what can be learned from multiple biopsies? Eur J Cancer 1994; 30A: 1787-91.
18. Cooke LD, Cooke TG, Forster G, Stell PM. Prospective evaluation of cell kinetics in head and neck squamous carcinoma: the relationship to tumor factors and survival. Br J Cancer 1994; 69: 717-20.
19. Fowler JF. Brief summary of radiobiological principles in fractionated radiotherapy. Semin Radiat Oncol 1992; 2: 16-21.