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J Sakalová

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PubMed1994

Biochemical analysis of breast cyst fluid as a possible predictor of breast carcinoma development.

The occurrence of breast cancer in patients with gross cystic disease is 2-5 times higher as compared to control group of women. During 3 years, 183 cyst fluid samples were analyzed in 129 females, in 30 patients of them the samples were analysed repeatedly. The distribution of the Na+/K+ ratio, considered as the measure of cancer risk, was found to be bimodal. In repeated analyses the type I cyst fluid markedly predominated (Na+/K+ < or = 4.0). A direct dependence on this ratio was found in the concentration of glucose, albumin, carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA), tissue polypeptide antigen (TPA) and its specific form, TPS; an indirect dependence was found for the level of uric acid, phosphates, alkaline phosphatase (ALP) and alpha-amylase (AMS). The predominance of apocrine metaplasia cells released into the cyst fluid is characteristic of type I cysts. A definitive assessment of significance of these parameters will be enabled by a long-term follow-up of the disease in the respective patients.

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PubMed1989

Immunohistochemical localization of alpha-lactalbumin in human breast cancer tissue.

One hundred and eleven formalin-fixed breast cancer tissue samples were examined for the presence of alpha-lactalbumin using our polyclonal antibodies to this specific milk protein. Alpha-lactalbumin was shown to be present in 67 tumor samples (60%), in 15% of cases the occurrence of alpha-lactalbumin was questionable. No relationship was found between alpha-lactalbumin positivity and the histological type of the tumor, differentiation grading, type of invasivity, or stromal reactivity. Disease progression occurred in an equal number of patients with tumors either alpha-lactalbumin positive or negative. However, negativity was often connected with a disease-free interval shorter than 24 months after primary operation.

Breast Neoplasms↗
PubMed1989

Complex biochemical analysis of human breast tumor tissue.

The quantitative biochemical analysis of tissue specimens from 76 human breast carcinomas consisted of examination for cytosolic estrogen receptors (cER), nuclear estrogen receptors (nER), progesterone receptors (PgR), 1,25-dihydroxycholecalciferol receptors (DR), carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA), alpha-lactalbumin (aLA), and gamma-glutamyl transferase (gGT). The highest incidence was found in CEA (76%), DR (70%), and aLA (62%). There was a high percentage of tumors containing only DR, in contrast to the tumors containing only cER or PgR. The simultaneous occurrence of DR and CEA was considerably high (61%). No statistically significant differences were observed in these biochemical parameters in relation to the grade of differentiation of the tumors. The values of aLA in tumors that invaded lymphatic or blood vessels were lower as compared to those tumors that invaded adipose or connective tissues. The level of statistical significance of this difference was close to 5%, the differences in other parameters were statistically insignificant. For prognosis assessed at the time of surgery, after a 2-3-year follow-up of 36 patients the level of gGT in the tumor seems to be the most promising prognostic factor. The values of gGT were significantly lower in those patients whose tumors were in progression during this time. The significance of nER and aLA was also taken into consideration.

Breast Neoplasms↗