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ArticleCancers2025

The Detection of Lung Cancer Cell Profiles in Mediastinal Lymph Nodes Using a Hematological Analyzer and Flow Cytometry Method.

Iwona Kwiecień, Elżbieta Rutkowska, Agata Raniszewska, Rafał Sokołowski, Joanna Bednarek, Karina Jahnz-Różyk, Piotr Rzepecki

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Article in Cancers, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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7 authors.

Iwona KwiecieńLaboratory of Hematology and Flow Cytometry, Department of Internal Medicine and Hematology, Military Institute of Medicine-National Research Institute, 04-141 Warsaw, Poland.ORCID 0000-0003-2266-971X
Elżbieta RutkowskaLaboratory of Hematology and Flow Cytometry, Department of Internal Medicine and Hematology, Military Institute of Medicine-National Research Institute, 04-141 Warsaw, Poland.
Agata RaniszewskaLaboratory of Hematology and Flow Cytometry, Department of Internal Medicine and Hematology, Military Institute of Medicine-National Research Institute, 04-141 Warsaw, Poland.
Rafał SokołowskiDepartment of Internal Medicine, Pneumonology, Allergology, Clinical Immunology and Rare Diseases, Military Institute of Medicine-National Research Institute, 04-141 Warsaw, Poland.ORCID 0009-0007-1858-7195
Joanna BednarekDepartment of Internal Medicine, Pneumonology, Allergology, Clinical Immunology and Rare Diseases, Military Institute of Medicine-National Research Institute, 04-141 Warsaw, Poland.
Karina Jahnz-RóżykDepartment of Internal Medicine, Pneumonology, Allergology, Clinical Immunology and Rare Diseases, Military Institute of Medicine-National Research Institute, 04-141 Warsaw, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-3505-1858
Piotr RzepeckiDepartment of Internal Medicine and Hematology, Military Institute of Medicine-National Research Institute, 04-141 Warsaw, Poland.

Funding

Military Institute of Medicine - National Research Institute, Warsaw, Poland 608
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The presence of metastases in mediastinal lymph nodes (LNs) is essential for planning lung cancer treatment and assessing anticancer immune responses. The aim of the study was to assess LNs for the presence of neoplastic cells and evaluate lung cancer-selected antigen expression. LN aspirates were obtained during an EBUS/TBNA procedure. The cells were analyzed using a hematological analyzer and flow cytometry. It was possible to indicate the presence of cells characterized by high fluorescence connected with high metabolic activity using a hematological analyzer and to determine their non-hematopoietic origin using flow cytometry. Using these methods together, we detected very quickly a high proportion of cancer cells in LNs. We noticed that it was possible to determine a high expression of EpCAM, TTF-1, Ki67, cytokeratin, HER, and differences between non-small-cell (NSCLC) and small-cell lung cancer (SCLC) for the antigens MUC-1, CD56, HLA-DR, CD39, CD184, PD-L1, PD-L2 and CTLA-4 on tumor cells. We report, for the first time, that the detection of tumor cells in LNs with the expression of specific antigens is easy to evaluate using a hematological analyzer and flow cytometry in EBUS/TBNA samples. Such precise characteristics of non-hematopoietic cells in LNs may be of great diagnostic importance in the detection of micrometastases.

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cytokeratinepithelial cell adhesion moleculeflow cytometry methodshematological analyzerKi67non-small-cell lung cancersmall-cell lung cancer transbronchial ultrasound-guided needle aspirationthyroid transcription factor 1tumor cells

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PMID39941799
PMCPMC11816154

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