ISSN:
1434-0879
Keywords:
Blood Group Antigens (BGA)
;
Mitomycin-C
;
Intravesical chemotherapy
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Medicine
Notes:
Summary Twenty bladder biopsies from ten patients with superficial transitional cell carcinoma were obtained prior to and following therapy with intravesical mitomycin-C. Each biopsy was evaluated histologically and immunohistochemically for A, B, H blood group antigen (BGA) expression. A, B and H blood group antigens were identified using monoclonal anti-A, B and H antibody and were localized with the avidin-biotin-peroxidase complex (ABC) technique. Particular attention was directed toward flat urothelial lesions and the urothelium adjacent to papillary tumors. Routine histologic evaluation showed improvement in posttherapy biopsies compared to corresponding pre-therapy biopsies in 7/10 cases but was equivocal in 3/10 cases. Immunohistochemical evaluation, however, showed improvement in all 10 cases, as judged by increased urothelial BGA expression. This increase in urothelial BGA expression after intravesical mitomycin-C therapy suggests a therapy induced improvement in dysplastic urothelium which was not uniformly evident on routine histologic examination.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00261565
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