scholarly journals Pathobiological Characteristics of Intestinal and Diffuse-Type of Gastric Carcinoma-Retrospective Study of Gastric Cancers

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 1462
Author(s):  
M. Priyadharshini ◽  
R. Narmadha ◽  
S. Dhanalakshmi ◽  
Rajesh Natarajan ◽  
S. Subitha ◽  
...  

<p><strong>Background:</strong> Gastric carcinomas have various pathological features. Based on patterns of growth and invasiveness, however, they fall into two types: diffuse type and intestinal type. These two types of carcinoma appear to be different in their histogenetic origins.</p><p><strong>Objectives:</strong> To analyse various types of gastric cancer reported in last five years. To compare the features of intestinal and diffuse type gastric carcinoma including gross appearance, staging, grading of tumor.</p><p><strong>Materials and Methods:</strong> This was a retrospective study of 324 gastric cancer which were surgically resected and received over 5 years. The tumors were divided into groups according to their gross and microscopic patterns. Gross appearance was classified based on Borrmann classification. Microscopic features evaluated include tumor cell type, extent of invasion, degree of maturation, formation of glandular structures, nodal metastasis.</p><p><strong>Results:</strong> Totally 320 cases of gastric cancer were received of which 218(68%) were male, 102(32%) were female. Gastric cancers are rare below the age of 30 years. Comparing the type of gastric cancer intestinal type were 269(84%), diffuse type were 24(7.5%) and other type of gastric cancer including GIST, lymphoma, mucinous adenocarcinoma were 27(8.5%). Younger patients have higher stage of lymph node metastasis in diffuse type, but not for the intestinal type.</p><p><strong>Conclusion:</strong> Gastric cancer more common in male (M:F= 2:1) and most frequently seen in 5th decade. Intestinal type constitutes the most common type of gastric tumor. Gross appearance of diffuse type was predominantly infiltrative (79%).</p>

2004 ◽  
Vol 128 (7) ◽  
pp. 765-770 ◽  
Author(s):  
Donald Earl Henson ◽  
Christopher Dittus ◽  
Mamoun Younes ◽  
Hong Nguyen ◽  
Jorge Albores-Saavedra

Abstract Context.—During the last 50 years, the incidence and mortality of gastric cancer has declined in many countries. This decline has primarily included the intestinal type (Lauren classification). However, there is an impression among pathologists that the diffuse type, especially the signet ring cell subtype, has become more prevalent. Objectives.—Using data from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) Program of the National Cancer Institute, we analyzed the trends of the 2 primary types (intestinal and diffuse) of gastric carcinomas from 1973 through 2000. Design.—Trends in age-adjusted rates were determined for gastric carcinomas through the SEER statistical program (SEER*Stat), which is available on the Internet to the public. Results.—During the period studied, the intestinal type continued to decline in males, females, African Americans, and whites. The intestinal type was more common in males than in females and more common in African Americans than in whites. In contrast, a consistent increase in the rate of the diffuse type of gastric carcinoma was seen during this period. The rate increased from 0.3 cases per 100 000 persons in 1973 to 1.8 cases per 100 000 persons in 2000. This increase was seen in males, females, African Americans, and whites. The predominant increase occurred in the signet ring type. Conclusions.—The results indicate a progressive decrease in the incidence of the intestinal type of gastric cancer and an increase in the diffuse type of gastric carcinoma, especially the signet ring cell type. The clinical implications of the increase are considered.


2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 13-20
Author(s):  
I.V. Vasilenko ◽  
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R.B. Kondratyk ◽  
I.S. Grekov ◽  
A.M. Yarkov ◽  
...  

Introduction. The rapid development of basic science enabled us to significantly expand our understanding of various intercellular interactions. Epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) is known to play a key role in certain tissue formation in the embryonic period. However, recent data show that EMT can also be observed in some pathological conditions, in particular, in various neoplasm development. This suggests that there are a number of alternative and fundamentally new mechanisms for the tumor formation and progression. Thus, EMT, which occurs in carcinomas, increases the invasiveness, immunoresistance, immunity to therapy, and the metastatic potential. Knowledge of EMT features and their timely recognition in morphological tumor diagnosis is of great predictive importance for patients. The aim of the research was to study the morphologi-cal features of epithelial-mesenchymal transition in the main types of gastric cancer. Materials and methods. We studied specimens of gastric carcinomas (N=64) including 31 cases of diffuse type, 19 cases of intestinal type, and 14 cases of mixed type. Results. All cases of the diffuse carcinoma group showed spread EMT features, which appeared already in the mucosa and completed with positive vimentin expression in 93.5% of cases. The malignant cell prolifera-tive activity was low; however, in 29% of cases we detected areas of moderate or even high activity. In the intestinal type gastric cancer, EMT developed as a result of tumor progression, it arose more often in the deeper layers and was incomplete and focal. As a rule, the proliferative activity of tumor cells was high and moderate. Vascular invasion occurred more often in diffuse type (90.3%), less often in mixed type (71.4%), and even less often in the intestine type (55.8%) gastric carcinoma. Conclusion. The variety of morphological features of EMT, its frequency, prevalence, completeness, and sequence in the development of various types of gastric cancer determines the features of their clinical manifestation and influences their further management. Keywords: gastric cancer, diagnosis, histological main types, EMT, morphopathology


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adriana Carino ◽  
Luigina Graziosi ◽  
Silvia Marchianò ◽  
Michele Biagioli ◽  
Elisabetta Marino ◽  
...  

AbstractGastric cancer is the fifth most common malignancy but the third leading cause of cancer-associated mortality worldwide. Therapy for gastric cancer remain largely suboptimal making the identification of novel therapeutic targets an urgent medical need. In the present study we have carried out a high-throughput sequencing of transcriptome expression in patients with gastric cancers. Twenty-four patients, among a series of 53, who underwent an attempt of curative surgery for gastric cancers in a single center, were enrolled. Patients were sub-grouped according to their histopathology into diffuse and intestinal types, and the transcriptome of the two subgroups assessed by RNAseq analysis and compared to the normal gastric mucosa. The results of this investigation demonstrated that the two histopathology phenotypes express two different patterns of gene expression. A total of 2064 transcripts were differentially expressed between neoplastic and non neoplastic tissues: 772 were specific for the intestinal type and 407 for the diffuse type. Only 885 transcripts were simultaneously differentially expressed by both tumors. The per pathway analysis demonstrated an enrichment of extracellular matrix and immune dysfunction in the intestinal type including CXCR2, CXCR1, FPR2, CARD14, EFNA2, AQ9, TRIP13, KLK11 and GHRL. At the univariate analysis reduced levels AQP9 was found to be a negative predictor of 4 years survival. In the diffuse type low levels CXCR2 and high levels of CARD14 mRNA were negative predictors of 4 years survival. In summary, we have identified a group of genes differentially regulated in the intestinal and diffuse histo-types of gastric cancers with AQP9, CARD14 and CXCR2 impacting on patients prognosis, although CXCR2 is the only factor independently impacting overall survival.Simple summaryGastric cancer is the fifth most common malignancy and the third leading cause of cancer-associated mortality worldwide. Although several new pharmacological approaches are currently developed, surgery remains the unique valid option of treatment but survival remains very poor over the last decades. Therefore, understanding the underlying molecular mechanisms of the gastric carcinogenesis and identifying sensitive biomarkers could be helpful for the prevention and treatment of the disease. Currently, the high-throughput sequencing techniques, in particular the transcriptomic analysis (RNA-seq) represents a validated technique to obtain a molecular characterization of human cancers. Moreover, it has been established that genetic susceptibility and environmental factors, such as microbial infections may contribute to carcinogenesis. We have characterized the different patterns of gene expression, using RNA-seq analysis and correlated these findings with gastric cancer histological subtypes.


Author(s):  
M. Priyadharshini ◽  
R. Narmadha ◽  
S. Dhanalakshmi ◽  
Rajesh Natarajan ◽  
S. Subitha ◽  
...  

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adriana Carino ◽  
Luigina Graziosi ◽  
Silvia Marchianò ◽  
Michele Biagioli ◽  
Elisabetta Marino ◽  
...  

Gastric cancer is the fifth most common malignancy but the third leading cause of cancer-associated mortality worldwide. Therapy for gastric cancer remain largely suboptimal making the identification of novel therapeutic targets an urgent medical need. In the present study we have carried out a high-throughput sequencing of transcriptome expression in patients with gastric cancers. Twenty-four patients, among a series of 53, who underwent an attempt of curative surgery for gastric cancers in a single center, were enrolled. Patients were sub-grouped according to their histopathology into diffuse and intestinal types, and the transcriptome of the two subgroups assessed by RNAseq analysis and compared to the normal gastric mucosa. The results of this investigation demonstrated that the two histopathology phenotypes express two different patterns of gene expression. A total of 2,064 transcripts were differentially expressed between neoplastic and non-neoplastic tissues: 772 were specific for the intestinal type and 407 for the diffuse type. Only 885 transcripts were simultaneously differentially expressed by both tumors. The per pathway analysis demonstrated an enrichment of extracellular matrix and immune dysfunction in the intestinal type including CXCR2, CXCR1, FPR2, CARD14, EFNA2, AQ9, TRIP13, KLK11 and GHRL. At the univariate analysis reduced levels AQP9 was found to be a negative predictor of 4 years survival. In the diffuse type low levels CXCR2 and high levels of CARD14 mRNA were negative predictors of 4 years survival. In summary, we have identified a group of genes differentially regulated in the intestinal and diffuse histotypes of gastric cancers with AQP9, CARD14 and CXCR2 impacting on patients’ prognosis, although CXCR2 is the only factor independently impacting overall survival.


Cancer ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 69 (5) ◽  
pp. 1104-1107 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ming Teh ◽  
Yoke-Sun Lee

2012 ◽  
Vol 30 (15_suppl) ◽  
pp. e14670-e14670
Author(s):  
Metin Ozkan ◽  
Esra Ermis Turak ◽  
Halit Karaca ◽  
Mevlude Inanc ◽  
Veli Berk ◽  
...  

e14670 Background: HER-2 and Topo-2A genes are settled on a chromosome 17 and their co-amplification rates are high. In this study, early gastric cancer patients who received adjuvant chemo-radiotherapy and chemotherapy were evaluated with HER-2 and Topo-2A expression in association with clinical and histopathologic findings. Methods: A total of 103 gastric cancer patients were included the study. The HER-2 and Topo-2A levels were measured by immunohistochemistry in postoperative tumor materials. A standard evaluation method was admitted for HER-2 positivity, while Topo-2A nuclear staining 3+ and 4+ were considered as overexpression. Those with level 2+ or 3+ of HER-2, the FISH test were attempted. Results: The median follow-up was 19 months (ranges 2–70 months). Forty-six patients (44%) relapsed during follow-up whereas 60 patients (58%) had died. The median overall survival (mOS) was 23 months. Histopathologies of HER-2 positive patients were intestinal type in 7 (87.5%) and diffuse type in one (12.5%) patient. In the follow-up period 4 patients (50%) were died (mOS was 17 months in this group). Median overall survival was 23 months in HER-2 negative group (p=0.6). Histopathologies of Topo-2A positive patients were intestinal type in 9 (64.2%) and diffuse type in 5 (35.8%) patient. In the follow-up period 8 patients (57%) were died (mOS was 22 months in this group). Median overall survival was 23 months in Topo-2A negative group (p=0.8). Three patients (37.5%) who had HER-2 positive histopathologies also had Topo-2A positivity. Conclusions: Overexpression rates of HER-2 in gastric cancer were reported 6.8-34%. Racial differences and different scoring techniques thought to be impact the results. Co-amplification rate of HER-2 and Topo-2A was reported 34% in gastric cancer. In our study HER-2 and Topo-2A overexpression rates were 7.7% and 13.6% respectively and co-amplification of HER-2 with Topo-2A rate was 37.5% is also similar to the other studies. Stages of patients with HER-2 and Topo-2A overexpression were similar to the distribution of the overall patients. While intestinal subtypes showed a higher rate of HER-2 overexpression, the median survival times tend to be shorter in HER-2 positive patients.


2013 ◽  
Vol 31 (15_suppl) ◽  
pp. e15114-e15114
Author(s):  
Vasiliki Michalaki ◽  
Theodosios Theodosopoulos ◽  
Agathi Kondi- Pafiti ◽  
Constantine G. Gennatas

e15114 Background: The deregulation of cyclin, cyclin-dependent kinases (CDKs) and their inhibitors could have a crucial role in the development of diverse human cancers. Alterations in cell cycle regulators and subsequent deregulation of the cell cycle are frequently involved in tumorigenesis and/or tumor progression. The aim of our study was to detect the abnormal expression of cyclin D1 and p21(WAF1/CIP1)in gastric carcinoma and investigate its clinicopathologic significance. Methods: Proteins of cyclin D1 were detected by immunohistochemistry in 80 cases of advanced gastric carcinoma, and 30 cases of benign gastric diseases (chronic gastritis, atrophic gastritis, gastric metaplasia, and gastric dysplasia). From each patient formaldehyde–fixed paraffin sections were stained and examined by immunohistochemistry using monoclonal antibodies.All tumor cells with distinct nuclear staining were considered positive. Results: Sixty-five patients were male and forty five female. Normal gastric epithelium showed consistently positive immunostain for p21WAF1/CIP1. Loss of p21WAF1/CIP1 expression was noted in 65% of intestinal type adenocarcinoma and in 90% of diffuse type adenocarcinoma. Overexpression of cyclin D1 was detected in 90% of advanced gastric carcinomas. Among the various clinicopathological findings, overexpression of cyclin D1 was associated with lymph-node metastasis (P=0.003) and recurrence (P=0.044). Loss of p21WAF1/CIP1 expression was more frequent in diffuse type cancers (P=0.005) and was correlated with recurrence (P=0.002) and death (P=0.001). Conclusions: These findings suggest that overexpression of cyclin D1 is a frequent finding in gastric cancer and immunohistochemical analysis for cell cycle regulators, might be a useful prognostic indicator in gastric cancer.


2014 ◽  
Vol 32 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 3-3
Author(s):  
Hark K. Kim ◽  
Jun Won Park ◽  
Jeffrey E. Green

3 Background: By creating mice deficient in E-cadherin, Smad4, and p53, we evaluated whether and how Cdh1 heterozygosity may accelerate the development and progression of gastric cancer, in combination with loss of Smad4 and p53. Methods: Compound conditional knockout mice of Smad4, p53, and E-cadherin were mated with Pdx-1-Cre transgenic mice. Offsprings were monitored for the development of gastric adenocarcinomas. Results: Gastric adenocarcinomas spontaneously arose in Pdx-1-Cre;Smad4F/F;Trp53F/F;Cdh1F/+ mice and recapitulated human diffuse type gastric cancers in histopathology. Gastric adenocarcinoma was more frequent in Pdx-1-Cre;Smad4F/F;Trp53F/F;Cdh1F/+ mice than in Pdx-1-Cre;Smad4F/F;Trp53F/F mice. When compared to Pdx-1-Cre;Trp53F/F;Cdh1F/F mice, Pdx-1-Cre;Smad4F/F;Trp53F/F;Cdh1F/+ mice developed gastric adenocarcinomas more rapidly, suggesting that Smad4 and E-cadherin cooperate to constrain the development of gastric adenocarcinomas. Lung metastases were identified in three Pdx-1-Cre;Smad4F/F;Trp53F/F;Cdh1F/+ mice, but not in the other genotypes. The epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT), characterized by increased vimentin expression, was identified at the invasive tumor front of gastric adenocarcinomas arising in Pdx-1-Cre;Smad4F/F;Trp53F/F;Cdh1F/+ mice. This phenotype was less prominent in mice with intact E-cadherin or Smad4, indicating that the suppression of EMT by E-cadherin or Smad4 may reduce metastatic signaling pathways in Pdx-1-Cre;Smad4F/F;Trp53F/F;Cdh1F/+ mice. Conclusions: Loss of E-cadherin and Smad4 cooperate with p53 loss to promote the development and metastatic progression of gastric adenocarcinomas, with similarities to human diffuse type gastric cancer. Thus, our novel genetically-engineered mouse models reveal the importance of EMT in the metastatic progression of gastric cancers, providing a unique model to test agents targeting the metastatic progression in gastric cancers.


1978 ◽  
Vol 15 (5) ◽  
pp. 600-607 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. K. Patnaik ◽  
A. I. Hurvitz ◽  
G. F. Johnson

In a retrospective study of 26 gastric adenocarcinomas of the dog, 17 were found to have histologic features of the diffuse type and nine of the intestinal type similar to those of the same tumor in man. The intestinal type was characterized by distinct glandular structures lined with well polarized cells at the primary and metastatic sites and mild desmoplastic reaction. Three subtypes with distinct histologic features (papillary, five; acinar, three; solid, one) were recognized in this group. Fourteen of the diffuse adenocarcinomas were characterized by random infiltration by neoplastic cells, singly or in clusters, often with signet ring cells and severe desmoplastic reaction. The remaining three diffuse adenocarcinomas also had recognizable acinar structures and were considered to be glandular subtypes of the diffuse type. In eight dogs there was a 7:1 male to female ratio for dogs with the intestinal type and in 16 dogs a 2:1 male to female ratio for dogs with the diffuse type. Two of the nine intestinal type of adenocarcinomas, but none of the diffuse tumors, had intraluminal growths. Metaplasia of gastric epithelium was seen in nearly half the tumors; this was more common in the intestinal type (six of nine). Different degrees of carcinomatosis were seen in 24 of 26 dogs. Regional lymph nodes were involved in the 20 dogs whose nodes were available for examination. Distant metastases were seen in 19 of 26 dogs; liver, lungs and adrenal glands were the most common sites. Various degrees of lymphoid cell infiltration, suggesting the antigenic quality of the neoplasms, were seen in 15 dogs. Additional neoplasms were seen in eight dogs.


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