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  • Title: p53 expression in normal, dysplastic, and neoplastic laryngeal epithelium. Absence of a correlation with prognostic factors.
    Author: Nadal A, Campo E, Pinto J, Mallofré C, Palacín A, Arias C, Traserra J, Cardesa A.
    Journal: J Pathol; 1995 Feb; 175(2):181-8. PubMed ID: 7738713.
    Abstract:
    p53 expression has been examined in 89 squamous cell carcinomas of the larynx (34 glottic, 28 supraglottic, 18 transglottic, 8 pyriform sinus, and 1 subglottic) obtained from 88 patients surgically treated in our centre. In addition, 59 laryngeal samples including normal respiratory epithelium and non-invasive squamous cell lesions were also tested. Frozen sections were immunostained with PAb 1801 and the results were correlated with pathological features, DNA ploidy and S-phase of the tumours, disease-free interval, and survival of the patients. p53 immunoreactivity was observed in 57 (64 per cent) carcinomas. None of the eight samples of normal respiratory epithelium was positive. p53-positive cells were seen in 8 of 23 (35 per cent) squamous cell metaplasias, 6 of 19 (32 per cent) low-grade dysplasias and 5 of 10 (50 per cent) high-grade dysplasias. No correlation was found between p53 expression in carcinomas and their clinical and pathological characteristics, DNA ploidy, or proliferative activity. Neither disease-free nor overall survival showed differences between p53-positive and p53-negative cases. These findings indicate that p53 may play a role in an early stage of malignant transformation of a subset of squamous cell carcinomas of the larynx, but seems not to be associated with further progression of the tumours.
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