Nuclear morphometry in squamous cell carcinomas of canine skin

Journal of Comparative Pathology

Volumn 127, Issue 2-3, 2002, Pages 114-117

  Maiolino, P ^a   Restucci, B ^a   Papparella, S ^a   De Vico, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER GRADING; CELL NUCLEUS; COMPUTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOG; FEMALE; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; PERIMETER; PROGNOSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN CARCINOMA; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TUMOR CELL;

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 0036696398     PISSN: 00219975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jcpa.2002.0568     Document Type: Article

References (22)

1. Baak, J. P. A., Kurver, P. H. J., De Snoo-Niewlaat, A. J. E., De Graef, S., Makkink, B. and Boon, M. E. (1982). Prognostic indicators in breast cancer - morphometric methods. Histopathology, 6, 327-339.
2. Black, M. M. and Speer, F. D. (1957). Nuclear structure in cancer. Surgery, Gynecology and Obstetrics, 105, 97-102.
3. Bostock, D. E. (1986). Neoplasms of the skin and subcutaneous tissues in dogs and cats. British Veterinary Journal, 142, 1-19.
4. Bundgaard, T., Sorensen, F. B., Gaihede, M., Sogaard, H. and Overgaard, J. (1992). Stereologic, histopathologic, flow cytometric, and clinical parameters in the prognostic evaluation of 74 patients with intraoral squamous cell carcinoma. Cancer, 70, 1-13.
5. De Rosa, G., Vetrani, A., Zeppa, P., Zabatoi, A., Barra, E., Gentile, R., Fulciniti, F., Troncone, G., di Benedetto, G. and Palombini, L. (1990). Comparative morphometric analysis of aggressive and ordinary basal cell carcinoma of the skin. Cancer, 65, 544-549.
6. Destexhe, E., Bicker, E. and Coignoul, F. (1995). Image analysis evaluation of ploidy, S-phase fraction and nuclear area in canine mammary tumours. Journal of Comparative Pathology, 113, 205-216.
7. De Vico, G., Agrimi, U. and Maiolino, P. (1994). Nucleolar size and mitotic index in basal cell carcinomas (BCC) and squamous cell carcinomas (SCC) of canine skin. Journal of Veterinary Medicine A, 41, 76-79.
8. De Vico, G. and Maiolino, P. (1997). Prognostic value of nuclear morphometry in feline mammary carcinomas. Journal of Comparative Pathology, 117, 99-105.
9. Goldschmidt, M. H. and Shofer, F. S. (1992). Skin Tumours of the Dog and Cat, Pergamon Press, Oxford, pp. 16-49.
10. Hamilton, P. W. and Alien, D. C. (1995). Morphometry in histopathology. Journal of Pathology, 175, 369-379.
11. Henson, D. E. (1988a). Grading of tumors. Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, 112, 769-770.
12. Henson, D. E. (1988b). The histological grading of neoplasms. Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, 112, 1091-1096.
13. Koestner, A. (1985). Prognostic role of cell morphology of animals tumors. Toxicologic Pathology, 13, 90-94.
14. Maiolino, P., De Vico, G. and Restucci, B. (2000). Expression of vascular endothelial growth factor in basal cell tumours and in squamous cell carcinomas of canine skin. Journal of Comparative Pathology, 123, 141-145.
15. Maiolino, P., Papparella, S., Restucci, B. and De Vico, G. (2001). Angiogenesis in squamous cell carcinomas of canine skin: a quantitative analysis. Journal of Comparative Pathology, 125, 117-121.
16. Maiolino, P., Restucci, B. and De Vico, G. (1995). Expression of proliferating cell nuclear antigen in basal cell carcinomas and in squamous cell carcinomas of canine skin: correlation with mitotic index and histological features. Journal of Veterinary Medicine A, 42, 339-343.
17. Mitmaker, B., Begin, L. R. and Gordon, P H. (1991). Nuclear shape as a prognostic discriminant in colorectal carcinoma. Diseases of Colon and Rectum, 34, 249-259.
18. Pienta, K. J. and Coffey, D. S. (1991). Correlation of nuclear morphometry with progression of breast cancer. Cancer, 68, 2012-2016.
19. Roels, S. L. M. F., Van Daele, A. J., Van Marck, E. A. and Ducatelle, R. V. A. (2000). DNA ploidy and nuclear morphometric variables for the evaluation of melanocytic tumors in dogs and cats. American Journal of Veterinary Research, 61, 1074-1079.
20. Sorensen, F. B. (1992). Quantitative analysis of nuclear size for objective malignancy grading: a review with emphasis on new, unbiased stereological methods. Laboratory Investigation, 66, 4-23.
21. Tosi, P., Luzi, P. and Baak, J. P. N. (1986). Nuclear morphometry as an important prognostic factor in stage I renal cell carcinoma. Cancer, 58, 2512-2518.
22. Weiss, E. and Frese, K. (1974). Tumours of the skin. Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 50, 79-100.