PRACTICAL ONCOLOGY JOURNAL ›› 2014, Vol. 28 ›› Issue (5): 396-400.doi: 10.11904/j.issn.1002-3070.2014.05.003

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Correlated research between the expressions of C-met and COX-2 in papillary thyroid cancer

SUN Ying1,TIAN Yunxiao1,WANG Shuanghai2,WANG Jing1,SONG Xiaoming1,ZHANG Xiaohui1   

  1. 1.Department of Pathology,Handan Central Hospital,Handan 056003,China;
    2.Department of Anesthesiology,Fei Xiang County Hospital
  • Received:2014-06-18 Online:2014-10-28 Published:2014-10-28

Abstract: Objective To study the expressions of C-met and COX-2 in thyroid papillary cancer(TPC)and to analyze the relationship between their expressions and clinicopathological features.Methods S-P immunocytochemical technique was used to examine the expressions of C-met and COX-2 in 96 cases of TPC and 46 cases of benign tissues,and their relationship with clinicopathological features were analyzed.Results The positive rates of C-met and COX-2 in 96 cases of TPC were 92.71% and 71.88%,showing obvious differences between TPC and benign tissues(P<0.001).In TPC there is a statistically significant difference of the expression of C-met in older than 45 years and less than 45 years of age(P<0.05).Difference of COX-2 expression in TPC was statistically significant in patients with and without lymph node metastasis (P<0.05).The positive expression of COX-2 was closely related to the expression of C-met(r=0.451,P<0.05).Conclusion The abnormal expressions of C-met and COX-2 could be important significance in the growth and invasion of TPC,and COX-2 might have some relationship with lymph node metastasis.

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