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Isolation of low grade urinary bladder tumors carrying bad prognosis using KI-67 labeling index

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Author Details : Manika Kundra*, Hema Pant, Nisha Sharma, Sandhya Panjeta Gulia, Brijesh Aggarwal

Volume : 10, Issue : 3, Year : 2020

Article Page : 187-193

https://10.18231/j.pjms.2020.041

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Abstract

Introduction: Even among low grade bladder tumors, there are some which have been found to carry bad prognosis for progression, recurrence and survival. Accurately pinpointing these cases at the time of diagnosis just with the help of routine histopathology is problematic. Ki-67 immunostaining may potentially be of help in identifying such cases, making administration of additional treatment modalities like chemotherapy and radiotherapy possible. There is scarcity of such studies in our country. The present study aims to correlate Ki-67 labeling index with the histopathological type and grade, pathological stage and mitotic index of urinary bladder tumors.
Objective: Objective of the study is to consider the possibility of using Ki-67 labeling index to identify those low grade urinary bladder tumors which carry bad prognosis.
Materials and Methods: All trans-uretheral resection of bladder tumor (TURBT) specimens in our institute were analyzed for their histopathological grade, pathological stage, mitotic index and Ki-67 labeling index in the period extending from from August 2015 to December 2016. The clinical data were analyzed retrospectively and statistically. SPSS Version 23 (SPSS Inc.,Chicago, IL, USA) software was utilized for all statistical analyses. Chi-square analysis was utilized for comparison of groups. Results with
P <0> Results: Ki-67 expression in Low grade urothelial carcinoma (LGUC) showed variation from 1.4% to 41%. The papillary urothelial neoplasm of low malignant potential (PUNLMP) cases showed variation from 16 -17%. And the only case of transitional cell papilloma in the study was found to have expression of 9%.Conclusion: Cases of high (more than 20%) Ki-67 MIB-1 labeling index can be segregated even from among those cases with low histopathological grade, low mitotic index and pTa histopathological stage. Such cases are candidates for multimodality treatment including radiotherapy, chemotherapy etc. 

Keywords: Bladder tumors, Immunohistochemistry, Ki-67 labeling index, MIB-1 antibody, Mitotic index.

How to cite : Kundra M, Pant H, Sharma N, Gulia S P, Aggarwal B, Isolation of low grade urinary bladder tumors carrying bad prognosis using KI-67 labeling index. Panacea J Med Sci 2020;10(3):187-193

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