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ArticlePathology oncology research : POR2013

Survivin expression in medulloblastoma: a possible marker for survival.

Azza Abdel-Aziz, Mie Ali Ali Mohamed, Fatma Mohamed Farouk Akl, Ahmed Nageeb M Taha

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  4. Survivin expression and serum levels in pancreatic cancer.World journal of surgical oncology · 2015
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  5. Anticancer activity of tolfenamic acid in medulloblastoma: a preclinical study.Tumour biology : the journal of the International Society for Oncodevelopmental Biology and Medicine · 2013
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4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Azza Abdel-AzizPathology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt.
Mie Ali Ali Mohamed
Fatma Mohamed Farouk Akl
Ahmed Nageeb M Taha
Mansoura University · EGMansoura University Hospital · EG

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

unlabelledMedulloblastomas are highly invasive tumors which are generally disseminated at the time of diagnosis. High and continued morbidity and mortality have prompted the search for new biologic markers that might be used for targeted therapy to minimise treatment related side effects. In this work, we studied the positive expression of survivin in medulloblastoma and investigated its relation to clinical, pathologic data and survival. Tumor tissue specimens from 47 patients with medulloblastoma who underwent primary surgical treatment from June 2002 to June 2006 at the Mansoura university hospital, Egypt were collected. Paraffin sections of all samples were submitted for immunohistochemistry using anti-survivin antibody. The relation between the percentage of positive survivin cells with clinical, pathological and survival data was evaluated.

resultsIn 47 cancer tissue specimens, one case large-cell-anaplastic (1.12 %), tweleve cases desmoplastic (25.53 %) and 34 cases classic medulloblastomas (72.34 %). The immunohistochemical expression of survivin was nulear with moderate intensity. It does not correlate with either age or sex. There was a significant negative correlation of survivin expression with survival (p < 0.001), where negative survivin immunostaining was associated with prolonged overall and disease free survival, while survivin expression was associated with shortened survival.

conclusionSurvivin expression correlate with the clinical outcome with poor prognosis and could be a potential predictive factor for recurrence or metastasis.

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AdolescentAdultBiomarkers, TumorCerebellar NeoplasmsChildChild, PreschoolFemaleHumansImmunohistochemistryInhibitor of Apoptosis ProteinsKaplan-Meier EstimateMaleMedulloblastomaOrgan SpecificitySurvivinBiomarkers, TumorBIRC5 protein, humanInhibitor of Apoptosis ProteinsSurvivin

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