{"title":"Relationship of Helicobacter pylori to Bcl-2 family expression, DNA content, and pathological characteristics of gastric cancer.","authors":"Mohamed El-Shahat, Samir El-Masry, Mahmoud Lotfy, Ayman El-Meghawry El-Kenawy, Wesam A Nasif","doi":"10.1385/ijgc:36:2:61","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1385/ijgc:36:2:61","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Despite the fact that the association of Helicobacter pylori with an increased risk of gastric cancer has been well documented, the exact mechanisms of this association have not been fully elucidated. Scarce data on H. pylori infection and its relationship with the different pathological characteristics are available in Egypt.</p><p><strong>Aim of the study: </strong>The rationale of the present study was to determine the prevalence of H. pylori in a group of gastric cancer patients and to analyze the relationship between H. pylori infection with the different pathological characteristics including the types of gastric cancer and tumor location within the stomach, in addition, to investigate the Bcl-2 and Bax expressions along with DNA flow cytometric analysis in the gastric cancer patients with and without H. pylori infection.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Samples were obtained from 66 consecutive patients with gastric cancer (46 males and 20 females). The youngest patient was 20 yr old, the oldest 76 yr with mean age of 52.8 yr. The samples were subjected for histopathological characterization, H. pylori detection, DNA flow cytometric analysis, and Bcl-2 and Bax expressions detection, in addition to apoptosis analysis.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The obtained results showed that the H. pylori infection was found in 38/66 (57.6%) [Odds ratio=1.357 with 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.84-2.2]. There was a statistical significance for Bcl-2, Bax, and apoptosis with H. pylori status (p = 0.009, 0.008, 0.032, respectively). On the other hand, There was a statistical significance for H. pylori infection with the disease grade (p = 0.015) and lymph node metastasis (p = 0.05). No statistical significance was found between H. pylori status with the patients' age, gender, tumor site, tumor type, depth of invasion, and stromal reaction.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>These data may indicate that the H. pylori infection not only contributes in the disease formation through the apoptosis dysregulation but also takes a part in the disease dissemination and progression. In addition, it may reflect a biologic, pathogenic, and ethnic background affecting the relationship of H. pylori infection to gastric cancer in the Egyptian patients. A high rate of smoking in Egypt and the diet are important factors that may affect such background. Further studies are warranted.</p>","PeriodicalId":84927,"journal":{"name":"International journal of gastrointestinal cancer","volume":"36 2","pages":"61-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1385/ijgc:36:2:61","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"26378773","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
William R Gower, Brian A Vesely, Abdel A Alli, David L Vesely
{"title":"Four peptides decrease human colon adenocarcinoma cell number and DNA synthesis via cyclic GMP.","authors":"William R Gower, Brian A Vesely, Abdel A Alli, David L Vesely","doi":"10.1385/IJGC:36:2:77","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1385/IJGC:36:2:77","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Mortality from colon cancer is significant with an expected 30,350 colon cancer deaths in 2005 with current treatment(s). Long-acting natriuretic peptide, vessel dilator, kaliuretic peptide, and atrial natriuretic peptide have significant anticancer effects in breast and pancreatic adenocarcinomas.</p><p><strong>Aim of study: </strong>Whether these peptide hormones have anticancer effects in colon adenocarcinoma cells and whether these effects are specifically mediated by cyclic GMP has not been determined.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>These peptide hormones were evaluated for anticancer effects in human colon adenocarcinoma cells and to determine whether their anticancer effects are specifically mediated by cyclic GMP.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>There was a 89-97% decrease (p <0.001 for each) in colon adenocarcinoma cells within 24 h with 1 mM of these peptide hormones. There was a significant (p <0.05) decrease in human colon cancer cell number with each 10-fold increase in concentration from 1 to 1,000 microM (i.e., 1 mM) of these four peptide hormones without any proliferation in the 3 d following this decrease. These same hormones decreased DNA synthesis 65-83% (p <0.001). Cyclic GMP antibody inhibited 75- 80% of these peptides' ability to decrease colon adenocarcinoma cell number and inhibited 92-96% of their DNA synthesis effects and 97% of cyclic GMP's effects. Western blots revealed that for the first time natriuretic peptide receptors (NPR) A and C were present in colon adenocarcinoma cells.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Four peptide hormones eliminate up to 97% of colon cancer cells within 24 h with their DNA effects specifically mediated by cyclic GMP.</p>","PeriodicalId":84927,"journal":{"name":"International journal of gastrointestinal cancer","volume":"36 2","pages":"77-87"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1385/IJGC:36:2:77","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"26378775","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Early colon cancer detected by 18F-FDG PET.","authors":"Kazuhiro Sakamoto, Makoto Takahashi, Yukihiro Yaginuma, Yasunori Ishido, Takashi Matsuoka, Shuichi Sakamoto, Yuichi Tomiki, Toshiki Kamano","doi":"10.1385/IJGC:36:2:95","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1385/IJGC:36:2:95","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Positron emission tomography (PET) is a noninvasive functional imaging modality that can disclose the presence of a malignant disease. It has recently been reported that PET may be useful to detect primary colorectal cancer (CRC). We present the case of a 47-yr-old man with early colon cancer detected by 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) PET. The patient consulted us because of a positive fecal occult blood test and focal FDG uptake in the pelvic cavity detected at a physical check-up. After the usual work up, he was diagnosed as having a sigmoid polyp, 16 mm in diameter. Subsequently, colonoscopic polypectomy was carried out. The surgical specimen was histologically diagnosed as a well-differentiated adenocarcinoma, invading the submucosal layer with lymphatic invasion. Therefore, the involved portion of the sigmoid colon was laparoscopically resected. The FDG PET carried out 1 yr after the operation, showed no abnormal FDG uptake. PET can noninvasively detect an early colon cancer as small as in our patient, as well as other cancers in the whole body. Therefore, we consider it suitable as a screening examination.</p>","PeriodicalId":84927,"journal":{"name":"International journal of gastrointestinal cancer","volume":"36 2","pages":"95-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1385/IJGC:36:2:95","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"26437202","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Small follicular lymphoma arising near the ampulla of vater: a distinct subtype of duodenal lymphoma?","authors":"Takahiro Zenda, Takaharu Masunaga, Bungo Fuwa, Toshihide Okada, Yasuo Ontachi, Yukio Kondo, Shinji Nakao, Hiroshi Minato","doi":"10.1385/IJGC:36:2:113","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1385/IJGC:36:2:113","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A 49-yr-old Japanese woman underwent upper gastrointestinal endoscopy because of nonspecific dyspepsia. Endoscopy revealed a flat elevated lesion about 15 mm in diameter adjacent to the duodenal papilla, the surface of which was uneven and covered with whitish granules. Based on the results of histological examination with immunohistochemistry (positive for CD10, CD20, CD79a, and bcl-2 protein, negative for CD5 and cyclin D1), a diagnosis of grade 1/3 follicular lymphoma was established. Systemic staging examinations suggested the lymphoma was restricted to the mucosa and superficial portion of the submucosa in the duodenal wall. The patient was treated with a combination of CHOP chemotherapy (cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, vincristine, and prednisolone) and monoclonal anti-CD20 antibody (rituximab), in addition to radiotherapy. After six courses of this combination chemotherapy, complete regression of the lymphoma was observed. Although reports of small duodenal lymphoma (<20 mm or localized to the mucosa or submucosa) are extremely rare, the features of this case are characteristic of small duodenal lymphoma in terms of evolution around the ampulla of Vater, low-grade follicular type, occurrence in a women, occurrence in the fourth decade of life, and favorable outcome, and this type of tumor may need to be distinguished by pathogenesis and clinical behavior from various other gastrointestinal lymphomas.</p>","PeriodicalId":84927,"journal":{"name":"International journal of gastrointestinal cancer","volume":"36 2","pages":"113-9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1385/IJGC:36:2:113","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"26437205","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Pure gastric yolk sac tumor that was diagnosed after curative resection: case report and review of literature.","authors":"Masashi Kanai, Ayao Torii, Akihiko Hamada, Yoko Endo, Yasuhiro Takeda, Masashi Yamakawa, Hiroshi Hikita, Haruhiro Nishikawa, Jiro Ochi, Kensuke Miura, Masashi Noguchi, Ippei Kashu, Takaki Sakurai","doi":"10.1385/IJGC:35:1:077","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1385/IJGC:35:1:077","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We recently experienced an 87-yr-old man with gastric yolk sac tumor. Preoperative diagnosis was poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma in the cardia of stomach without apparent metastasis. A total gastrectomy was performed. The precise histological examination after surgery revealed the tumor was composed of pure gastric yolk sac tumor without adenocarcinomatous components. The surgical margin and the resected lymph nodes were histologically negative for the tumor and a curative resection was performed. Five months after the operation, enlargement of the intraabdominal lymph nodes occurred with elevation of serum alpha fetoprotein (AFP), and the patient died 2 mo later. Gastric yolk sac tumors are very rare, and only six cases of gastric yolk sac tumors have been previously reported in the literature. Five out of six cases are accompanied by components of adenocarcinoma, and our present case is the second report of pure gastric yolk sac tumor to the best of our knowledge.</p>","PeriodicalId":84927,"journal":{"name":"International journal of gastrointestinal cancer","volume":"35 1","pages":"77-81"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1385/IJGC:35:1:077","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"25136190","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Kazuaki Takabe, Waddah Al-Refaie, Brian Chin, Pauline K Chu, Stephen M Baird, Sarah L Blair
{"title":"Can large B-cell lymphoma mimic cystic lesions of the spleen?","authors":"Kazuaki Takabe, Waddah Al-Refaie, Brian Chin, Pauline K Chu, Stephen M Baird, Sarah L Blair","doi":"10.1385/IJGC:35:1:083","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1385/IJGC:35:1:083","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A 58-yr-old male with a history of hepatitis C virus infection, presented with a 2-mo history of intractable left upper abdominal pain. He had fallen from a ladder 2 yr previously, landing on his left side. Abdominal computed tomography identified a large cystic mass in the spleen. The patient was brought to the operating room with a presumptive diagnosis of symptomatic, post-traumatic, false cyst of the spleen. Instead, at surgery, a splenic mass with dense adhesions to the diaphragm and stomach was found. On final histological analysis, it was diagnosed to be a large B-cell lymphoma. Despite its rarity, gastroenterologists and surgeons should be aware of large B-cell lymphoma when encountering cystic lesions of the spleen, because the management of benign cystic disease is usually nonsurgical.</p>","PeriodicalId":84927,"journal":{"name":"International journal of gastrointestinal cancer","volume":"35 1","pages":"83-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1385/IJGC:35:1:083","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"25136191","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Renata Talar-Wojnarowska, Anita Gasiorowska, Beata Smolarz, Hanna Romanowicz-Makowska, Janusz Strzelczyk, Adam Janiak, Andrzej Kulig, Ewa Malecka-Panas
{"title":"Clinical significance of K-ras and c-erbB-2 mutations in pancreatic adenocarcinoma and chronic pancreatitis.","authors":"Renata Talar-Wojnarowska, Anita Gasiorowska, Beata Smolarz, Hanna Romanowicz-Makowska, Janusz Strzelczyk, Adam Janiak, Andrzej Kulig, Ewa Malecka-Panas","doi":"10.1385/IJGC:35:1:033","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1385/IJGC:35:1:033","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The differentiation of chronic pancreatitis (CP) from pancreatic adenocarcinoma (PA) remains the great challenge for clinicians. The purpose of this study was to compare the prevalence of K-ras and c-erbB-2 mutations in PA and CP in order to evaluate their usefulness in differential diagnosis of those diseases.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The study included 49 patients who underwent Whipple resection or distal pancreatectomy for pancreatic adenocarcinoma (26 subjects) or chronic pancreatitis (23 subjects). DNA from pancreatic tissue was analyzed for K-ras codon 12 and c-erbB-2 mutations with PCR amplifications.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The K-ras gene mutation has been shown in 20 (76.9%) PA cases and in 8 (34.8%) CP cases (p<0.01). Prevalence of c-erbB-2 amplification in patients with PA was 17 (65.3%), which was not different from CP, 16 (56.5%) (p=0.58). There was a significant correlation between K-ras mutation and lymph node metastases (p=0.025) as well as between K-ras mutation and G3 tumor differentiation (p=0.037). Overall median survival in patients with PA was 9.5 mo. There was no relationship between presence of K-ras (p=0.58) or c-erbB-2 (p=0.17) mutation and survival time in PA patients.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Those results may indicate that both K-ras and c-erbB-2 play a role in pancreatic carcinogenesis, however only K-ras may provide an additional tool in differential diagnosis of CP and PC.</p>","PeriodicalId":84927,"journal":{"name":"International journal of gastrointestinal cancer","volume":"35 1","pages":"33-41"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1385/IJGC:35:1:033","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"24967450","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Chandralekha Tampi, Sandhya Pai, Vatsala M Doctor, S Plumber, P Jagannath
{"title":"HPV-associated carcinoma of esophagus in the young: a case report and review of literature.","authors":"Chandralekha Tampi, Sandhya Pai, Vatsala M Doctor, S Plumber, P Jagannath","doi":"10.1385/IJGC:35:2:135","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1385/IJGC:35:2:135","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Esophageal carcinoma (EC) is rare in the younger age group, with only 15 cases reported in world literature. It is even rarer for an etiological agent to be implicated.A case of a 15-yr-old boy with squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus is reported. Human papillomavirus (HPV) 16 DNA sequences were detected in the neoplasm and the adjacent mucosa by polymerase chain reaction followed by restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP). The adjacent mucosa also showed virus-induced changes.</p>","PeriodicalId":84927,"journal":{"name":"International journal of gastrointestinal cancer","volume":"35 2","pages":"135-42"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1385/IJGC:35:2:135","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"25098104","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Superficially spreading cholangiocarcinoma.","authors":"Motoki Abe, Satoshi Kondo, Satoshi Hirano, Yoshiyasu Ambo, Eiichi Tanaka, Katsunori Saito, Toshiaki Morikawa, Shunichi Okushiba, Hiroyuki Katoh","doi":"10.1385/IJGC:35:1:089","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1385/IJGC:35:1:089","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Cholangiocarcinoma of a raised, elevated type, not an infiltrative type, may be accompanied with superficial spread in the contiguous mucosa. We report a case of an extrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma that showed a specific cholangiographic finding of extensive superficial spread. The patient was a 62-yr-old man. Cholangiography revealed an elevated lesion in the middle of the bile duct, which was surrounded by irregularity of the bile duct wall extensively. We accurately diagnosed the tumor extent by percutaneous transhepatic cholangioscopy and achieved radical resection without hepatic resection. The margins were tumor-negative by microscopy. In conclusions, it is important to accurately diagnose the extent of superficial spread preoperatively by cholangioscopy and biopsy, and decide the resecting lines to make margins tumor-negative.</p>","PeriodicalId":84927,"journal":{"name":"International journal of gastrointestinal cancer","volume":"35 1","pages":"89-94"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1385/IJGC:35:1:089","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"25136192","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Gastric mucosal proliferative and total tyrosine kinases activities increase in Helicobacter pylori-induced chronic gastritis.","authors":"Justyna Kotynia, Radzislaw Kordek, Alicja Kozlowska, Ewa Malecka-Panas","doi":"10.1385/IJGC:36:3:121","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1385/IJGC:36:3:121","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The intestinal type of gastric cancer is thought to originate from cancer precursor lesions, progressing from H. pylori-induced chronic gastritis, atrophic gastritis, to intestinal metaplasia (IM) and dysplasia. Tyrosine kinases (tyr-k) represent the family of proteins that are widely expressed during cell metabolism and are considered as secondary markers for cellular proliferation and malignant transformation.</p><p><strong>Aim of study: </strong>The aim of the study was to evaluate the correlation between gastric mucosal histopathologic changes, total tyrosine kinases, and proliferative activities in patients with H. pylori infection.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Biopsy specimens from the gastric mucosa of 94 patients were assessed for H. pylori infection, histopathology (according to the Sydney classification), proliferative activity [Ki-67 immunohistochemistry with labeling index (LI) estimation], and total tyr-k activities (ELISA assay kit).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Total tyr-k activities and Ki-67 LI were significantly higher in H. pylori (+) than H. pylori (-) group (728.1 +/- 175.3 vs 360.1 +/- 44.4 pmol P/mg/min. p <0,01 and 20.0 +/- 5.8 vs 10.9 +/- 1.3 %, respectively). A significant correlation has been observed between the Ki-67 LI and total tyr-k activities in patients with and without H. pylori infection. In cases of gastritis accompanied with atrophic changes or intestinal metaplasia in H. pylori (+) patients, Ki-67 LI and total tyr-k activities were particularly high compared to chronic gastritis without atrophy or intestinal metaplasia.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Those results suggest that tyrosine kinases may play an important role in the development of gastric mucosal hyperproliferation in H. pylori-induced gastritis and possibly in early phase of gastric carcinogenesis.</p>","PeriodicalId":84927,"journal":{"name":"International journal of gastrointestinal cancer","volume":"36 3","pages":"121-30"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1385/IJGC:36:3:121","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"26042474","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}