Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành hóa học dành cho các bạn yêu hóa học tham khảo đề tài: No relationship between the distribution of mast cells and the survival of stage IIIB colon cancer patients | Xia et al. Journal of Translational Medicine 2011 9 88 http content 9 1 88 JOURNAL OF TRANSLATIONAL MEDICINE RESEARCH Open Access No relationship between the distribution of mast cells and the survival of stage IIIB colon cancer patients 1 2 1 3 1 2 5 1 4 1 4 1 3 Qing Aid Xiao-Jun wu Qiang Zhou Jing-Zeng Jing-nui nou Zhi-Zhong ran ana Xiao-Shi Zhang1 2 Abstract Background Mast cells promote the progression of experimental tumors and might be a valuable therapeutic target. However the relevant clinical evidence is still controversial. This study analyzed the relationship between the distribution of mast cells and the survival of patients with colon cancer to study whether mast cells contribute to tumor progression. Materials and methods Ninety-three cases of pathologically confirmed primary cancer tissues matched with adjacent normal mucosa metastases of regional-draining lymph nodes and regional-draining lymph nodes without metastases were collected from stage IIIB colon carcinoma patients between January 1997 and July 2004 at the Cancer Center of Sun Yat-Sen University. Tryptase-positive mast cells were counted. The relationships of the distribution of mast cells with clinicopathologic parameters and 5-year survival were analyzed. Results Although the mast cell count in the mucosa adjacent to the primary colon cancer was significantly higher than that in the stroma of the primary colon cancer no difference in mast cell counts was observed between the stroma in lymph node metastasis and the lymph tissue adjacent to the metastasis. Additionally the mast cell count in the regional-draining lymph node without the invasion of cancer cells was significantly higher than that in the stroma of lymph node metastasis and adjacent lymph tissue. However none of those mast cell counts was related to 5-year survival. Conclusion Although mast cell count varied with location none of the mast cell counts was related to 5-year survival suggesting that
