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Clinical significance of detection for vascular endothelial growth factor in resection margin following total mesorectal excision
Xue-Lei Zhan, Su-Li Tian
Xue-Lei Zhan, Su-Li Tian, the Third Department of General Surgery, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150086, Heilongjiang Province, China
Correspondence to: Xue-Lei Zhan, Department of General Surgery, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150086, Heilongjiang Province, China. zhanxuelei@126.com
Received: May 28, 2005 Revised: June 7, 2005 Accepted: June 13, 2005 Published online: September 28, 2005
AIM: To investigate the expression and its significance of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) in the resection margin following total mesorectal excision (TME) for human rectal cancer.
METHODS: VEGF was detected in the tissue specimens of cancer, distal mesorectal margin (DMM), circumferential resection margin (CRM) and outer pelvic fascia from 60 rectal cancer patients received TME. The pathological data were retrospectively analyzed.
RESULTS: VEGF expression was significantly higher in the tissues of rectal cancer than that in the normal tissues (54/60 vs2/20, P < 0.001). VEGF was also expressed in tissues of CRM (9/60). However, no VEGF expression was detected in the tissues of DMM and outer pelvic fascia. VEGF expression was closely related with the differentiation degree, Dukes staging and lymph node metastasis (P < 0.05 or P < 0.01).
CONCLUSION: VEGF is highly expressed in tissues of rectal cancer, and negatively or weakly positively expressed in DMM and CRM.
Citation: Zhan XL, Tian SL. Clinical significance of detection for vascular endothelial growth factor in resection margin following total mesorectal excision. Shijie Huaren Xiaohua Zazhi 2005; 13(18): 2278-2281
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