Clinicopathological and biological assessment of lung cancers with pleural dissemination Yasuhiko Ohta, MD, Yoko Tanaka, PhD, Takuo Hara, MD, Makoto Oda, MD, Shun-ichi Watanabe, MD, Junzo Shimizu, MD, Yoh Watanabe, MD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 69, Issue 4, Pages 1025-1029 (April 2000) DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(99)01579-9
Fig 1 Kaplan-Meier survival plots for 43 lung cancer patients with pleural dissemination who underwent resection of the primary tumor plus parietal pleurectomy. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2000 69, 1025-1029DOI: (10.1016/S0003-4975(99)01579-9)
Fig 2 Kaplan-Meier survival plots for lung cancer patients with pleural dissemination stratified by operative procedures. The outcome of the patients who underwent pleuropneumonectomy was significantly worse than that of the patients with limited operations. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2000 69, 1025-1029DOI: (10.1016/S0003-4975(99)01579-9)
Fig 3 Examples of immunohistochemical staining for (A) VEGF and (B) AMFR/gp78. For VEGF, cytoplasmic staining was positive in tumor cells, and weak staining was also found in interstitial epithelial components. AMFR/gp78 antigen was mainly identified in the cell membrane and cytoplasm of tumor cells. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2000 69, 1025-1029DOI: (10.1016/S0003-4975(99)01579-9)