Ki-67 is a commercially available mouse monoclonal antibody (MoAb), which reacts with a nucleolar antigen (the Ki-67 antigen) expressed in proliferating eukaryotic cells. The author examined the precise localization of the Ki-67 antigen in C-6 cells using immunohistochemical and immunoelectron microscopic methods and estimated the proliferative activity of human brain tumors in situ. Positive n...

BACKGROUND/AIMS Gastroenteropancreatic (GEP) neuroendocrine carcinomas (NECs) are defined as neuroendocrine neoplasms (NENs) with a Ki-67 index >20% according to the 2010 WHO classification. Some reports suggest that this category is heterogeneous. We retrospectively studied a series of 136 patients affected by grade 3 GEP-NECs with the aim to clarify the prognostic role of tumor morphological ...

BACKGROUND We investigated the reliability of core needle biopsy (CNB) in evaluating the status of hormone receptor (HR), human epidermal growth factor receptor (HER)-2, and Ki-67 status, and the effect of neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) on the expression of these immunohistochemical markers. METHODS Among 177 patients with breast adenocarcinoma, 95 patients underwent NAC and the remaining 82 ...

BACKGROUND The aim of the study was to develop a virtual microscopy enabled method for assessment of Ki-67 expression and to study the prognostic value of the automated analysis in a comprehensive series of patients with breast cancer. METHODS Using a previously reported virtual microscopy platform and an open source image processing tool, ImageJ, a method for assessment of immunohistochemica...

Chemotherapy (CT) is widely used for neuroendocrine tumours (NETs), but there are no validated biomarkers to predict response. The Ki-67 proliferation index has been proposed as a means of selecting patients for CT, but robust data are lacking. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between response to chemotherapy and Ki-67 in NET. We reviewed data from 222 NET patients trea...

Objective Adenoid cystic carcinoma (ACC) is a rare malignant tumor originating from the salivary glands, the rather bland histological appearance of which masks its ultimate biological aggresiveness. Evaluation of cell cycle and mitoses has been useful in predicting malignancy in many tumors. Ki-67 antigen is a human nuclear antigen that appears in all active phases of cell cycle. The study has...

The cytological Ki-67 expression measured on cytological samples collected by endoscopic ultrasonography-guided fine needle aspiration cytology (EUS-FNAC) may provide pre-operative indications for pancreatic endocrine tumours (PETs) management. The aim of our study was to assess reliability of Ki-67 expression measured on cytological samples obtained by EUS-FNAC in patients with PETs. Eighteen ...

BACKGROUND We previously reported that the Ki-67 labeling index (LI) in primary tumors and the thyroglobulin (Tg)-doubling time (DT) were potent prognostic indicators in patients with papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC). OBJECTIVES To elucidate the relationship between these two factors. METHODS A total of 390 patients with PTC who underwent total thyroidectomy between 1998 and 2004 and in wh...

normal 0 false false false microsoftinternetexplorer4 background : despite well-described histopathologic criteria, the distinction of spontaneous abortion from hydatidiform mole and complete hydatidiform mole from partial hydatidiform mole remains a problem because of interobserver and intraobserver variability. the aim of this study was to evaluate the value of two immunohistochemical markers...