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Annals of Oncology 10:S136-S139, 1999
© 1999 European Society for Medical Oncology

Histological and genetic changes in malignant transformation of gallbladder adenoma

H. Watanabe, K. Date, T. Itoi, H. Matsubayashi, N. Yokoyama, M. Yamano, Y. Ajioka and K. Nishikura

Department of Pathology, Niigata University School of Medicine Niigata, Japan

Correspondence to: Hidenobu Watanabe, MD, Department of Pathology, Niigata University School of Medicine, 1-757 Asahimachi-dori, Niigata 951-8510, Japan

Design: Elucidate the histological and genetic changes in malignant transformation of adenoma of the gallbladder.

Materials and methods: Forty-three adenomas and 20 intramucosal tumors of carcinoma-in-adenomas were studied for histological and genetic changes (particularly K-ras mutation and p53 protein overexpression by immunohistochemistry) in malignant transformation. The genetic changes were compared with those of 164 carcinomas without anomalous union and 17 carcinomas with anomalous union of pancreatico-biliary duct.

Results: Atypical cell foci, i.e. spindle cell foci, were observed only in the adenoma area, with a frequency of 23% in 39 adenomas, and of 45% in 20 tumors of carcinoma-in-adenoma. 129 of 130 spindle cell foci examined were negative for Ki-67 staining and all the spindle cell foci were negative for p53 stain. K-ras mutation and p53 overexpression were not found in all adenomas, pure and with carcinoma i.s., and only one carcinoma (1/16, 6%) with adenoma showed p53 overexpression. K-ras mutation was low (10%, 4/40) in carcinomas without adenoma, but high in carcinomas with anomalous union of pancreatico-biliary duct. While, p53 overexpression was high and similar in carcinomas with and without anomalous union.

Conclusions: These results suggest that there are three distinct pathways in gallbladder carcinogenesis; that is, de novo carcinoma develops from a predominant p53 alteration with low K-ras mutation, de novo carcinoma with anomalous union from K-ras mutation and p53 mutation, and carcinoma-in-adenoma from K-ras-, p53-, and probably APC-gene-related, as yet unknown, alteration.

carcinoma-in-adenoma, carcinoma, gallbladder adenoma, genetic pathways of carcinoma, K-ras, p53


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