2001
DOI: 10.1200/jco.2001.19.16.3669
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Epithelial Cells in Bone Marrow of Breast Cancer Patients at Time of Primary Surgery: Clinical Outcome During Long-Term Follow-Up

Abstract: Disseminated epithelial cells in BM are associated with poor clinical outcome in breast cancer patients. However, the presence of these cells is not a sufficient parameter to predict growing metastases in the majority of patients, suggesting that epithelial cells in the BM of breast cancer patients at the time of surgery have limited metastatic potential. The role of these cells needs to be further evaluated.

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“…In the present work, we observed an increase in both sensitivity (89%) and negative predictive value (84%), which has to be related to the additional use of ICC. The use of a cocktail of antiepithelial membrane antigen and antipancytokeratin antibodies for identify-ing scattered epithelial cancer cells has been proposed recently in bone marrow smears (Gebauer et al, 2001). The possibility of using the same smears obtained for routine H&E staining for additional ICC analyses with the cocktail of antibodies recognising different antigens is an interesting approach, which reduces further sampling of the LN, and limits potential diagnostic pitfalls.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In the present work, we observed an increase in both sensitivity (89%) and negative predictive value (84%), which has to be related to the additional use of ICC. The use of a cocktail of antiepithelial membrane antigen and antipancytokeratin antibodies for identify-ing scattered epithelial cancer cells has been proposed recently in bone marrow smears (Gebauer et al, 2001). The possibility of using the same smears obtained for routine H&E staining for additional ICC analyses with the cocktail of antibodies recognising different antigens is an interesting approach, which reduces further sampling of the LN, and limits potential diagnostic pitfalls.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…8,10,[13][14][15][23][24][25] No significant differences in the detection rate of DTCs from the anterior and the posterior iliac crests have been reported. 26 Repeated bone marrow aspiration performed under local anesthesia also can be performed to obtain information regarding the persistence of DTCs.…”
Section: Methodological Aspects Of Bone Marrow Processing Collection mentioning
confidence: 99%
“…[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15] DTCs can be detected in approximately 33% of breast cancer patients without any clinical evidence of metastatic disease (i.e., Stage I-III disease). The presence of DTCs also is described by synonyms, such as bone marrow micrometastasis or minimal residual disease, but the term DTCs is the most precise.…”
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“…В этой подгруппе не отмечено разницы в общей и без-рецидивной выживаемости в зависимости от наличия опухолевых клеток в КМ на момент установления ди-агноза. Важно отметить, что после 5-летнего наблю-дения 65 % пациенток с микрометастазами в КМ на момент постановки диагноза живы без признаков прогрессирования заболевания, т. е. диссеминация процесса в КМ в период первичного оперативного ле-чения не обязательно приводит к развитию отдален-ных метастазов [43]. .…”
Section: опухоли женской репродуктивной системы Tumors Of Female Reprunclassified