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ArticleAsian Pacific journal of cancer prevention : APJCP2022

A Study of Cytokeratin-7 Expression and Clinicopathological Correlation in Dysplasia and Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Cervix.

Nandakishore Alva N, Samyuktha A, Prasanna Shetty, Vijaya Mysorker

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Article in Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention : APJCP, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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Nandakishore Alva NDepartment of Pathology, M.S. Ramaiah Medical College, Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, MSR Nagar, MSRIT Post, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
Samyuktha ADepartment of Pathology, M.S. Ramaiah Medical College, Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, MSR Nagar, MSRIT Post, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
Prasanna ShettyDepartment of Pathology, M.S. Ramaiah Medical College, Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, MSR Nagar, MSRIT Post, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
Vijaya MysorkerDepartment of Pathology, M.S. Ramaiah Medical College, Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, MSR Nagar, MSRIT Post, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences · IN

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Abstract

objectivesCytokeratin (CK) proteins play a vital role in cancer diagnosis, of which,CK-7 is a prominent marker of squamocolumnar junction cells corresponding to the the initiating site of cervical cancer.The current study is aimed to evaluate the expression pattern of CK-7 and to corelate with the clinicopathological features in patients with cervical dysplasia and invasive squamous cell carcinoma. METHODOLOGY: The hysterectomy and biopsy specimens from women with cervical dysplasia (n=60) and carcinoma (n=60) were evaluated histopathologically and processed for immunohistochemistry (IHC) staining to assess for CK-7 expression. The relationship between CK-7 expression and tumor characteristics like histological type of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN), tumor type and grade was evaluated. Data was analyzed using the Chi-square test ,wherein the  p value ≤ 0.05 were taken for statistical significance.

resultsPositive CK-7 expression was observed in 25 (41.67%) dysplasia and in 34 (56.67%) carcinoma cases. Majority of the cases were CIN III (n=31, 51.67%), large cell non-keratinizing tumor type (n=54, 90%) and moderately differentiated grade of tumor (n=52, 86.67%), out of which 18 (58.1%), 34 (62.96%) and 30 (57.69%) cases were CK-7 positive, respectively. The difference in clinical diagnosis and tumor characteristics over CK-7 expression was significant (p<0.05). The pattern of CK-7 expression in dysplasia and carcinoma cases were diffuse in 23 (38.33%) and 31 (51.67%) respectively and patchy in 2 (3.33%) and 3 (5%) of them, respectively.

conclusionSignificant positive CK-7 expression in cervical dysplasia and carcinoma indicates a good clinical course and its role as a useful predictable marker for cancer progression.

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Carcinoma, Squamous CellKeratin-7Uterine Cervical DysplasiaUterine Cervical NeoplasmsCervix UteriFemaleHumansKeratin-7KRT7 protein, humancervical intraepithelial neoplasiaimmunohistochemistryKeratinsSquamous Cell Carcinoma

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