Ki-67 is strongly prognostic in synovial sarcoma: analysis based on 86 patients from the Scandinavian Sarcoma Group Register
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- 9 July 1999
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in British Journal of Cancer
- Vol. 80 (11), 1809-1814
- https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.bjc.6690602
Abstract
In a study based on formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded material from 86 patients with primary synovial sarcoma located in the extremities or on the trunk wall, the prognostic importance of MIB-1 index, p53-expession and tumour size was analysed. Multivariate analysis identified two metastatic risk factors: increasing tumour size and MIB-1 >9%. The 5-year metastasis-free survival-rate for patients with tumour size ≤5 cm + MIB-1 5 cm + MIB-1 ≥10%. Our study shows that metastatic disease in synovial sarcoma is closely related to MIB-1 index. Using our model based on tumour size and MIB-1 index, cases with good and poor prognosis can easily be discriminated. Therefore our model can be used to identify patients who should be considered for adjuvant chemotherapy.Keywords
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