Abstract
Recently, many studies have reported on the relationship between malignant potential of neoplasms and cell proliferation. Proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) is an auxiliary protein of DNA polymerase delta and is considered to correlate with the cell's proliferative state. In this study, we investigated the correlation between tumor cell proliferation and nodal status of early gastric carcinoma. One hundred two endoscopically biopsied specimens from patients with early gastric carcinoma prior to operation were investigated by an immunohistochemical study, using anti-PCNA monoclonal antibody. Correlation of PCNA labeling index (percentage of positive cells per over 500 tumor cells) with nodal status were studied. PCNA labeling index in patients with lymph node metastasis was significantly higher in those without metastasis. Moreover, multivariate analysis indicated that PCNA labeling index is an independent significant factor for lymph node metastasis. As a result of this study, PCNA labeling index was suggested to be effective as one of the predictors of lymph node metastasis.
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