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ArticleBritish journal of cancer1999

A high proliferation rate measured by cyclin A predicts a favourable chemotherapy response in soft tissue sarcoma patients.

R L Huuhtanen, T A Wiklund, C P Blomqvist, T O Böhling, M J Virolainen, B Tribukait, L C Andersson

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Article in British journal of cancer, 1999. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8 citing papers in PubMed.

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7 authors.

R L HuuhtanenHelsinki University Central Hospital, Department of Oncology, Finland.
T A Wiklund
C P Blomqvist
T O Böhling
M J Virolainen
B Tribukait
L C Andersson

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A small but not insignificant number of patients experience a prolonged survival after treatment of metastatic soft tissue sarcoma. This must be weighed against the majority of the patients who benefit little from the therapy, but nevertheless experience its side-effects. It would therefore be of utmost importance to be able to screen for those patients who respond to the treatment. Since proliferating cells are more sensitive to chemotherapy than non-proliferative cells, we measured the proliferation rate of the primary tumour of 55 soft tissue sarcoma patients with locally advanced or metastatic disease by determining the flow cytometric S phase fraction and immunohistochemical Ki-67 and cyclin A scores. S phase fraction or Ki-67 score did not predict chemotherapy response or progression-free survival. A high cyclin A score, however, correlated with a better chemotherapy response (P = 0.02) and longer progression-free survival time (P = 0.04). Our results suggest that a high cyclin A score predicts chemotherapy sensitivity.

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AdolescentAdultAgedAntineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy ProtocolsBiomarkers, TumorCell DivisionCyclin ADacarbazineDisease ProgressionDoxorubicinFemaleHumansIfosfamideMaleMesnaMiddle AgedBiomarkers, TumorCyclin ADacarbazineDoxorubicinIfosfamideMesnaVincristine

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PMID10576659
PMCPMC2362954

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