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Bernet L, Hardisson D, Rodrigo M, Córdoba A, Sancho M, Peg V, Ruiz I, Godey F, Sánchez-Méndez JI, Prat A. OSNA Total Tumor Load for the Prediction of Axillary Involvement in Breast Cancer Patients: Should We use Different Thresholds According to the Intrinsic Molecular Subtype? MOTTO Study. Clin Pathol 2023; 16:2632010X231183693. [PMID: 37534372 PMCID: PMC10392164 DOI: 10.1177/2632010x231183693] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2022] [Accepted: 06/05/2023] [Indexed: 08/04/2023]
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Aims To assess the impact of the molecular subtype (MS) on the total number of CK19 mRNA copies in all positive SLN (TTL) threshold, to predict non-SLN affectation, and to compare 5 years progression-free survival (PFS) according to the risk of recurrence (ROR) group by PAM50. Methods Cohort with infiltrating breast cancer with intra-operative metastatic SLN detected by one-step nucleic acid amplification (OSNA) assay who underwent subsequent ALND. Logistic regression was used to assess a possible interaction between TTL and MS(Triple Negative, Her-2-Enriched, Luminal A, or Luminal B), or hormone receptors (HR: positive or negative) by immunohistochemistry (IMH). Cox regression was used to compare PFS and OS in the 3 ROR groups (high, medium, or low). Results TTL was predictive of non-SLN affectation in both univariate (OR [95% CI]: 1.72 [1.43, 2.05], P < .001) and multivariate (1.55 [95% CI: 1.04, 2.32], P = .030) models, but MS-IMH or HR-IMH, and their interactions with TTL were not (best multivariate model: HR + main effect OR 1.16 [95% CI: 0.18, 7.64], P = .874; interaction OR: 1.04 [0.7, 1.55], P = .835; univariate model: HR + main effect OR: 1.44 [95% CI: 0.85, 2.44], P = .180). PFS was lower in the high-risk ROR group (81.1%) than in the low-risk group (93.9%) (HR: 3.68 [95 CI: 1.70, 7.94], P < .001). Conclusions our results do not provide evidence to support the utilization of subtype-specific thresholds for TTL values to make therapeutic decisions on the axilla. The ROR group was predictive of 5 years-PFS.
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- L Bernet
- Department of Pathology, Hospital Universitario del Vinalopó, Elche, Spain
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- Department of Pathology, Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid
- Hospital La Paz Institute for health Research (IdiPAZ), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
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- Department of Pathology, Hospital Universitario de Burgos, Burgos, Spain
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- Department of Pathology, Hospital Universitario de Navarra, Navarra, Spain
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- Department of Pathology, Hospital Universitario de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain
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- Department of Pathology, Vall d’Hebron University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain
- Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
- Spanish Biomedical Research Network Centre in Oncology (CIBERONC), Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Pathology, Hospital Universitario de Donostia, Donostia, Spain
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- Department of Pathology, Centre Eugène Marquis, Rennes, France
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- Department of Ginecology and Obstetrics, Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid
- Hospital La Paz Institute for Health Research (IdiPAZ), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
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- Medical Oncology department, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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Noverques A, Juste B, Sancho M, García-Fayos B, Verdú G. Study of the influence of radon in water on radon levels in air in a closed location. Radiat Phys Chem Oxf Engl 1993 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.radphyschem.2020.108761] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Rodriguez CA, Guillen C, Garcia M, Sancho M, Gomez A, Ludena D, Cruz JJ. Abstract P4-08-07: Discordance between surrogated intrinsic subtypes defined by immunohistochemistry compared with PAM50 in ER positive / HER2 negative early breast cancer. Analysis of value of the status of the progesterone receptor and Ki67. Cancer Res 2019. [DOI: 10.1158/1538-7445.sabcs18-p4-08-07] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Introduction: Classification by intrinsic subtypes by gene expression profiles of early-stage breast cancer (EBC) provides information of prognostic value and constitutes a tool to help in making therapeutic decisions. Several authors have proposed surrogated classifications based on immunohistochemistry results (IHC) in order to facilitate a classification with identical prognostic and predictive value. However, there is evidence that suggests a lack of correlation between these classifications.
The aim of this study was to evaluate the correlation between classification by intrinsic subtypes in patients with EBC ER+/ HER2neg, obtained by PAM50 and the surrogated classification proposed by St. Gallen 2013.
Methods: Samples from 12 centers from the spanish region of Castilla y León were analyzed by PAM50 (nCounterTM / Nanostring) at the University Hospital of Salamanca. The results obtained were compared with the surrogate classification of St.Gallen'13 from local reports. Tumors of patients pre and post-menopausal tests T1-2, N0-N1mi, grade I-II that met criteria for inclusion of the regional evaluation program through ProsignaTM were included.
Results: Between August'15 and December'17, 264 samples were analyzed. All patients were classified by IHC as lum-A or lum-B. In total 113 cases were reclassified by PAM50 (43%). The change of LumA by IHC to Lum-B by PAM50 was 18%, while Lum-B by IHC to Lum-A by PAM50 was 58% (n = 89). In those cases considered Lum-B by IHC based only in a value of Ki67>14% (n = 93), 54% was reclassified to Lum-A. Conversely, when low expression (negative or <20%) of Progesterone Receptor (PR) was used as the single criterion of Lum-B by IHC (n = 44), PAM50 reclassified 33 cases as Lum-A (75%). Applying the Kappa test to analyze the concordance between the 2 tests, a coefficient of 0.203 (low agreement) was obtained, statistically significant (0.000).
Conclusion: The surrogated classification by IHC of intrinsic subtypes in EBC ER+/HER2neg shows a low concordance with PAM50 analysis, and cannot be considered adequate. In particular, the presence of negative or <20% PR as the only criterion seems the least appropriate and should not be recommended for a surrogated classification of a tumor as Lum-B, overestimating the real risk of numerous patients. PAM50 allowed the reclassification in more than 40% of cases, especially csaes considered Lum-B by IHC.
Citation Format: Rodriguez CA, Guillen C, Garcia M, Sancho M, Gomez A, Ludena D, Cruz JJ. Discordance between surrogated intrinsic subtypes defined by immunohistochemistry compared with PAM50 in ER positive / HER2 negative early breast cancer. Analysis of value of the status of the progesterone receptor and Ki67 [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the 2018 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium; 2018 Dec 4-8; San Antonio, TX. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2019;79(4 Suppl):Abstract nr P4-08-07.
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- CA Rodriguez
- Hospital Universitario de Salamanca-IBSAL, Salamanca, Spain
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- Hospital Universitario de Salamanca-IBSAL, Salamanca, Spain
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- Hospital Universitario de Salamanca-IBSAL, Salamanca, Spain
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- Hospital Universitario de Salamanca-IBSAL, Salamanca, Spain
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- Hospital Universitario de Salamanca-IBSAL, Salamanca, Spain
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- Hospital Universitario de Salamanca-IBSAL, Salamanca, Spain
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- Hospital Universitario de Salamanca-IBSAL, Salamanca, Spain
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Arnal J, Sancho M, García-Fayos B, Verdú G, Serrano C, Ruiz-Martínez J. Declassification of radioactive water from a pool type reactor after nuclear facility dismantling. Radiat Phys Chem Oxf Engl 1993 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.radphyschem.2017.03.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Yanguas J, Sancho M, Pura D, Elena D. A SOCIETY OF CARE: THE ESSENTIAL CHALLENGE FOR AN AGING EUROPE. Innov Aging 2017. [DOI: 10.1093/geroni/igx004.3460] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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- J. Yanguas
- Matia Gerontological Institute, Donostia, Gipuzkoa, Spain
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- Matia Gerontological Institute, Donostia, Gipuzkoa, Spain
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- Matia Gerontological Institute, Donostia, Gipuzkoa, Spain
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- Matia Gerontological Institute, Donostia, Gipuzkoa, Spain
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del Barrio E, Tomasena A, Sancho M, Yanguas J. EUSKADI LAGUNKOIA – AGE-FRIENDLY BASQUE COUNTRY. Innov Aging 2017. [DOI: 10.1093/geroni/igx004.4006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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- Matia Institute, Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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Soler C, Valverde A, Bompart D, Fereidounfar S, Sancho M, Yániz J, García-Molina A, Korneenko-Zhilyaev Y. NEW METHODS OF SEMEN ANALYSIS BY CASA. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2017. [DOI: 10.15389/agrobiology.2017.2.232eng] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Granero R, Fernández-Aranda F, Mestre-Bach G, Steward T, Baño M, Agüera Z, Mallorquí-Bagué N, Aymamí N, Gómez-Peña M, Sancho M, Sánchez I, Menchón JM, Martín-Romera V, Jiménez-Murcia S. Cognitive behavioral therapy for compulsive buying behavior: Predictors of treatment outcome. Eur Psychiatry 2016; 39:57-65. [PMID: 27810618 DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpsy.2016.06.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2016] [Revised: 05/17/2016] [Accepted: 06/14/2016] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Compulsive buying behavior (CBB) is receiving increasing consideration in both consumer and psychiatric-epidemiological research, yet empirical evidence on treatment interventions is scarce and mostly from small homogeneous clinical samples. OBJECTIVES To estimate the short-term effectiveness of a standardized, individual cognitive behavioral therapy intervention (CBT) in a sample of n=97 treatment-seeking patients diagnosed with CBB, and to identify the most relevant predictors of therapy outcome. METHOD The intervention consisted of 12 individual CBT weekly sessions, lasting approximately 45minutes each. Data on patients' personality traits, psychopathology, sociodemographic factors, and compulsive buying behavior were used in our analysis. RESULTS The risk (cumulative incidence) of poor adherence to the CBT program was 27.8%. The presence of relapses during the CBT program was 47.4% and the dropout rate was 46.4%. Significant predictors of poor therapy adherence were being male, high levels of depression and obsessive-compulsive symptoms, low anxiety levels, high persistence, high harm avoidance and low self-transcendence. CONCLUSION Cognitive behavioral models show promise in treating CBB, however future interventions for CBB should be designed via a multidimensional approach in which patients' sex, comorbid symptom levels and the personality-trait profiles play a central role.
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- R Granero
- Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Ciber Fisiopatología Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBERObn), C/Monforte de Lemos, 3-5, Pabellón 11, Planta 0, 28029 Madrid, Spain; Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Departament de Psicobiologia i Metodologia de les Ciències de la Salut, C/Fortuna Edificio B, Bellaterra, Cerdanyola del Vallès, 08193 Barcelona, Spain
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- Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Ciber Fisiopatología Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBERObn), C/Monforte de Lemos, 3-5, Pabellón 11, Planta 0, 28029 Madrid, Spain; Bellvitge University Hospital-IDIBELL, Department of Psychiatry, Pathological Gambling Unit, C/Feixa Llarga s/n, Hospitalet de Llobregat, 08907 Barcelona, Spain; Campus de Bellvitge Pavelló de Govern, University of Barcelona, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Clinical Sciences, Feixa Llarga s/n, Hospitalet de Llobregat, 08907 Barcelona, Spain
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- Bellvitge University Hospital-IDIBELL, Department of Psychiatry, Pathological Gambling Unit, C/Feixa Llarga s/n, Hospitalet de Llobregat, 08907 Barcelona, Spain
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- Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Ciber Fisiopatología Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBERObn), C/Monforte de Lemos, 3-5, Pabellón 11, Planta 0, 28029 Madrid, Spain; Bellvitge University Hospital-IDIBELL, Department of Psychiatry, Pathological Gambling Unit, C/Feixa Llarga s/n, Hospitalet de Llobregat, 08907 Barcelona, Spain
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- Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Ciber Fisiopatología Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBERObn), C/Monforte de Lemos, 3-5, Pabellón 11, Planta 0, 28029 Madrid, Spain; Bellvitge University Hospital-IDIBELL, Department of Psychiatry, Pathological Gambling Unit, C/Feixa Llarga s/n, Hospitalet de Llobregat, 08907 Barcelona, Spain
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- Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Ciber Fisiopatología Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBERObn), C/Monforte de Lemos, 3-5, Pabellón 11, Planta 0, 28029 Madrid, Spain; Bellvitge University Hospital-IDIBELL, Department of Psychiatry, Pathological Gambling Unit, C/Feixa Llarga s/n, Hospitalet de Llobregat, 08907 Barcelona, Spain
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- Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Ciber Fisiopatología Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBERObn), C/Monforte de Lemos, 3-5, Pabellón 11, Planta 0, 28029 Madrid, Spain; Bellvitge University Hospital-IDIBELL, Department of Psychiatry, Pathological Gambling Unit, C/Feixa Llarga s/n, Hospitalet de Llobregat, 08907 Barcelona, Spain
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- Bellvitge University Hospital-IDIBELL, Department of Psychiatry, Pathological Gambling Unit, C/Feixa Llarga s/n, Hospitalet de Llobregat, 08907 Barcelona, Spain
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- Bellvitge University Hospital-IDIBELL, Department of Psychiatry, Pathological Gambling Unit, C/Feixa Llarga s/n, Hospitalet de Llobregat, 08907 Barcelona, Spain
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- Bellvitge University Hospital-IDIBELL, Department of Psychiatry, Pathological Gambling Unit, C/Feixa Llarga s/n, Hospitalet de Llobregat, 08907 Barcelona, Spain
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- Bellvitge University Hospital-IDIBELL, Department of Psychiatry, Pathological Gambling Unit, C/Feixa Llarga s/n, Hospitalet de Llobregat, 08907 Barcelona, Spain
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- Bellvitge University Hospital-IDIBELL, Department of Psychiatry, Pathological Gambling Unit, C/Feixa Llarga s/n, Hospitalet de Llobregat, 08907 Barcelona, Spain; Campus de Bellvitge Pavelló de Govern, University of Barcelona, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Clinical Sciences, Feixa Llarga s/n, Hospitalet de Llobregat, 08907 Barcelona, Spain; Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Ciber de Salud Mental (CIBERSAM), C/Monforte de Lemos 3-5, Pabellón 11, Planta 0, 28029 Madrid, Spain
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- Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Departament de Psicologia Clinica, C/Fortuna Edificio B, Bellaterra, Cerdanyola del Vallès, 08193 Barcelona, Spain
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- Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Ciber Fisiopatología Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBERObn), C/Monforte de Lemos, 3-5, Pabellón 11, Planta 0, 28029 Madrid, Spain; Bellvitge University Hospital-IDIBELL, Department of Psychiatry, Pathological Gambling Unit, C/Feixa Llarga s/n, Hospitalet de Llobregat, 08907 Barcelona, Spain; Campus de Bellvitge Pavelló de Govern, University of Barcelona, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Clinical Sciences, Feixa Llarga s/n, Hospitalet de Llobregat, 08907 Barcelona, Spain.
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Martin-Malo A, Aljama P, Pasalodos J, Sancho M, Valles E, Moreno E, Gomez J, Perez R, Burdiel LG, Andres E. Effects of haemodialysis and haemofiltration on myocardial function. Contrib Nephrol 2015; 41:403-8. [PMID: 6525863 DOI: 10.1159/000429318] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Martí-Raga M, Sancho M, Guillamón J, Mas A, Beltran G. The effect of nitrogen addition on the fermentative performance during sparkling wine production. Food Res Int 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.foodres.2014.10.033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Soler C, Kekäläinen J, Núñez M, Sancho M, Álvarez JG, Núñez J, Yaber I, Gutiérrez R. Male facial attractiveness and masculinity may provide sex- and culture-independent cues to semen quality. J Evol Biol 2014; 27:1930-8. [PMID: 25056484 DOI: 10.1111/jeb.12446] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2013] [Revised: 06/10/2014] [Accepted: 06/17/2014] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Phenotype-linked fertility hypothesis (PLFH) predicts that male secondary sexual traits reveal honest information about male fertilization ability. However, PLFH has rarely been studied in humans. The aim of the present study was to test PLFH in humans and to investigate whether potential ability to select fertile partners is independent of sex or cultural background. We found that on the contrary to the hypothesis, facial masculinity was negatively associated with semen quality. As increased levels of testosterone have been demonstrated to impair sperm production, this finding may indicate a trade-off between investments in secondary sexual signalling (i.e. facial masculinity) and fertility or status-dependent differences in investments in semen quality. In both sexes and nationalities (Spanish and Colombian), ranked male facial attractiveness predicted male semen quality. However, Spanish males and females estimated facial images generally more attractive (gave higher ranks) than Colombian raters, and in both nationalities, males gave higher ranks than females. This suggests that male facial cues may provide culture- and sex-independent information about male fertility. However, our results also indicate that humans may be more sensitive to facial attractiveness cues within their own populations and also that males may generally overestimate the attractiveness of other men to females.
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- C Soler
- Departament de Biologia Funcional i Antropologia Física, Universitat de València, Burjassot, Spain
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Soler C, García A, Contell J, Segervall J, Sancho M. Kinematics and Subpopulations’ Structure Definition of Blue Fox (Alopex lagopus
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V1 CASA System. Reprod Domest Anim 2014; 49:560-567. [DOI: 10.1111/rda.12310] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2013] [Accepted: 03/04/2014] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- C Soler
- Departament de Biologia Funcional i Antropologia Física; Universitat de València; Burjassot Spain
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- PROISER R+D; S.L. Paterna Valencia Spain
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- Departament de Biologia Funcional i Antropologia Física; Universitat de València; Burjassot Spain
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- Finnish Fur Breeders Association; ProFur; Vaasa Finland
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- PROISER R+D; S.L. Paterna Valencia Spain
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Ramos M, Díez J, Ramos T, Ruano R, Sancho M, González-Orús J. Intraoperative ultrasound in conservative surgery for non-palpable breast cancer after neoadjuvant chemotherapy. Int J Surg 2014; 12:572-7. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsu.2014.04.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2014] [Accepted: 04/10/2014] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Ruano R, Ramos M, García-Talavera JR, Ramos T, Rosero AS, González-Orus JM, Sancho M. [Sentinel node biopsy after neoadjuvant chemotherapy in breast cancer. Its relation with molecular subtypes]. Rev Esp Med Nucl Imagen Mol 2014; 33:340-5. [PMID: 24856234 DOI: 10.1016/j.remn.2014.04.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2014] [Revised: 04/05/2014] [Accepted: 04/07/2014] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
Abstract
OBJECTIVE To evaluate the influence of the molecular subtype (MS) in the Sentinel Node Biopsy (SNB) technique after neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) in women with locally advanced breast cancer (BC) and a complete axillary response (CR). MATERIAL AND METHODS A prospective study involving 70 patients with BC treated with NAC was carried out. An axillary lymph node dissection was performed in the first 48 patients (validation group: VG), and in case of micro- or macrometastases in the therapeutic application phase (therapy group:TG). Classified according to MS: 14 luminal A; 16 luminal B HER2-, 13 luminal B HER2+, 10HER2+ non-luminal, 17 triple-negative. RESULTS SNB was carried out in 98.6% of the cases, with only one false negative result in the VG (FN=2%). Molecular subtype did not affect SN detection. Despite the existence of axillary CR, statistically significant differences were found in the proportion of macrometastasis (16.7% vs. 35.7%, p=0.043) on comparing the pre-NAC cN0 and cN+. Breast tumor response to NAC varied among the different MS, this being lowest in luminal A (21.5%) and highest in non-luminal HER2+ group (80%). HER2+ and triple-negative were the groups with the best axillary histological response both when there was prior clinical involvement and when there was not. CONCLUSIONS Molecular subtype is a predictive factor of the degree of tumor response to NAC in breast cancer. However, it does not affect SNB detection and efficiency. SNB can also be used safely in women with prior node involvement as long as a complete clinical and radiological assessment is made of the node response to NAC.
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- R Ruano
- Servicio de Medicina Nuclear, Hospital Universitario de Salamanca, Salamanca, España.
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- Unidad de Patología Mamaria, Hospital Universitario de Salamanca, Salamanca, España
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- Servicio de Medicina Nuclear, Hospital Universitario de Salamanca, Salamanca, España
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- Unidad de Patología Mamaria, Hospital Universitario de Salamanca, Salamanca, España
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- Servicio de Medicina Nuclear, Hospital Universitario de Salamanca, Salamanca, España
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- Unidad de Patología Mamaria, Hospital Universitario de Salamanca, Salamanca, España
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- Servicio de Anatomía Patológica, Hospital Universitario de Salamanca, Salamanca, España
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Sancho M, Herrera AE, Orzáez M, Pérez-Payá E. Inactivation of Apaf1 reduces the formation of mutant huntingtin-dependent aggregates and cell death. Neuroscience 2014; 262:83-91. [PMID: 24412373 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2013.12.062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2013] [Revised: 12/20/2013] [Accepted: 12/27/2013] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
Abstract
Polyglutamine expansions in some proteins associated with neurodegenerative diseases, such as Huntington's disease or several ataxias, lead to insoluble aggregates in the cell. These aggregates accumulate through a mechanism that is not yet fully understood, but it activates cell death pathways and contributes to kill the cell. Here, we show that apoptotic protease activating factor 1 (Apaf1) down-regulation, or treatment with pharmacological Apaf1 inhibitor SVT016426, decreases both polyglutamine-induced aggregation and polyglutamine-induced apoptotic cell death in different cellular models. We demonstrate that Apaf1 binds to both Htt and to heat shock protein chaperone Hsp70, and that this interaction is altered in the presence of the pharmacological inhibitor of Apaf1. Based on our findings, we hypothesize that Apaf1 enhances polyglutamine aggregation by reducing the cellular protein levels of available functional Hsp70.
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- M Sancho
- Laboratory of Peptide and Protein Chemistry, Centro de Investigación Príncipe Felipe, E-46012 Valencia, Spain
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- Laboratory of Peptide and Protein Chemistry, Centro de Investigación Príncipe Felipe, E-46012 Valencia, Spain
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- Laboratory of Peptide and Protein Chemistry, Centro de Investigación Príncipe Felipe, E-46012 Valencia, Spain.
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- Laboratory of Peptide and Protein Chemistry, Centro de Investigación Príncipe Felipe, E-46012 Valencia, Spain; Instituto de Biomedicina de Valencia, IBV-CSIC, E-46010 Valencia, Spain
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Muñoz S, Sebastián JL, Sancho M, Alvarez G. Elastic energy of the discocyte-stomatocyte transformation. Biochim Biophys Acta 2013; 1838:950-6. [PMID: 24192054 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2013.10.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2013] [Revised: 10/10/2013] [Accepted: 10/28/2013] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The aim of this study is to calculate the membrane elastic energy for the different shapes observed in the discocyte-stomatocyte sequence. This analysis can provide a better quantitative understanding of the hypothesis put forward over the last decades to explain how red blood cells produce and maintain their typical shape. For this purpose, we use geometrical models based on parametric equations. The energy model considered for the elastic properties of RBC membrane includes the local and nonlocal resistance effects of the bilayer to bending. In particular, the results confirm the discocyte as the lowest energy value configuration among the sets of different red blood cell deformations considered in the sequence.
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- S Muñoz
- Departamento de Física Aplicada III, Facultad de Ciencias Físicas, Universidad Complutense, 28040 Madrid, Spain.
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- Departamento de Física Aplicada III, Facultad de Ciencias Físicas, Universidad Complutense, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Física Aplicada III, Facultad de Ciencias Físicas, Universidad Complutense, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Física Aplicada III, Facultad de Ciencias Físicas, Universidad Complutense, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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Soler C, Sancho M, García A, Fuentes MC, Núñez J, Cucho H. Ejaculate Fractioning Effect on Llama Sperm Head Morphometry as Assessed by the
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system. Reprod Domest Anim 2013; 49:71-8. [DOI: 10.1111/rda.12226] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2013] [Accepted: 07/09/2013] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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- C Soler
- Biologia Funcional i Antropologia Física Universitat de València Burjassot Spain
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- Biologia Funcional i Antropologia Física Universitat de València Burjassot Spain
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- Carrera de Zootecnia Universidad Nacional de San Antonio Abad del Cusco Cusco Peru
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Beltran M, Ramos M, Rovira JJ, Perez-Hoyos S, Sancho M, Puertas E, Benavente S, Ginjaume M, Giralt J. Dose variations in tumor volumes and organs at risk during IMRT for head-and-neck cancer. J Appl Clin Med Phys 2012; 13:3723. [PMID: 23149770 PMCID: PMC5718549 DOI: 10.1120/jacmp.v13i6.3723] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2011] [Revised: 06/18/2012] [Accepted: 07/21/2012] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Many head-and-neck cancer (HNC) patients treated with radiotherapy suffer significant anatomical changes due to tumor shrinkage or weight loss. The purpose of this study was to assess dose changes over target volumes and organs at risk during intensity-modulated radiotherapy for HNC patients. Sixteen HNC IMRT patients, all requiring bilateral neck irradiation, were enrolled in the study. A CTplan was performed and the initial dose distribution was calculated. During the treatment, two subsequent CTs at the 15th (CT15) and 25th (CT25) fractions were acquired. The initial plan was calculated on the CT15 and CT25, and dose-volume differences related to the CTplan were assessed. For target volumes, mean values of near-maximun absorbed dose (D2%) increased at the 25th fraction, and doses covering 95% and 98% of volume decreased significantly at the 15th fraction. Contralateral and ipsilateral parotid gland mean doses increased by 6.1% (range: -5.4, 23.5%) and 4.7% (range: -9.1, 22.3%), respectively, at CT25. The D2% in the spinal cord increased by 1.8 Gy at CT15. Mean absorbed dose increases at CT15 and CT25 were observed in: the lips, 3.8% and 5.3%; the oral cavity, 3.5% and 2.5%; and lower middle neck structure, 1.9% and 1.6%. Anatomical changes during treatment of HNC patients affect dose distribution and induce a loss of dose coverage to target volumes and an overdosage to critical structures. Appropriate organs at risk have to be contoured and monitored in order to know if the initial plan remains suitable during the course of the treatment. Reported dosimetric data can help to identify patients who could benefit from adaptive radiotherapy.
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- Mercè Beltran
- Servei de Física,Servei d’Oncologia Radioteràpica, Hospital Universitari Vall d’Hebron, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona 08035, Spain .
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Orzáez M, Guevara T, Sancho M, Pérez-Payá E. Intrinsic caspase-8 activation mediates sensitization of erlotinib-resistant tumor cells to erlotinib/cell-cycle inhibitors combination treatment. Cell Death Dis 2012; 3:e415. [PMID: 23096116 PMCID: PMC3481142 DOI: 10.1038/cddis.2012.155] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Inhibitors of the tyrosine kinase activity of epidermal growth factor receptor, as erlotinib, have an established role in treating several cancer types. However, resistance to erlotinib, particularly in breast cancer cell lines, and erlotinib treatment-associated disorders have also been described. Also, methods and combination therapies that could reverse resistance and ameliorate non-desirable effects represent a clinical challenge. Here, we show that the ATP non-competitive CDK2/cyclin A inhibitor NBI1 sensitizes erlotinib-resistant tumor cells to the combination treatment (co-treatment) for apoptosis-mediated cell death. Furthermore, in erlotinib-sensitive cells, the effective dose of erlotinib was lower in the presence of NBI1. The analysis in the breast cancer MDA-MB-468 erlotinib-resistant and in lung cancer A549 cell lines of the molecular mechanism underlying the apoptosis induced by co-treatment highlighted that the accumulation of DNA defects and depletion of cIAP and XIAP activates the ripoptosome that ultimately activates caspases-8 and -10 and apoptosis. This finding could have significant implications for future treatment strategies in clinical settings.
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- M Orzáez
- Laboratory of Peptide and Protein Chemistry, Centro de Investigación Príncipe Felipe, Valencia, Spain
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Saez J, Pijoan XM, Rovira J, Lopez MH, Toribio I, Sancho M, Vergés R. EP-1404 CT ARTIFACTS EFFECT IN SIB-IMRT CONTOURING AND PLANNING FOR PROSTATE CANCER PATIENTS WITH BILATERAL HIP PROSTHESES. Radiother Oncol 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/s0167-8140(12)71737-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Espinosa-Bravo M, Ramos T, Aizpurua GM, Sao AA, Peg CV, Sancho M, Gónzalez-Orus JM, Xercavins MJ, Ramos M, Rubio IT. P3-07-11: Multicenter Comparative Study between One-Step Nucleic Acid Amplification (OSNA) Whole Node Assay and Standard Frozen Section Histology: Intraoperative Molecular Assay for Sentinel Lymph Node Metastases in Early Breast Cancer Can Avoid a Second Surgery. Cancer Res 2011. [DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.sabcs11-p3-07-11] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Studies on intraoperative assessment of sentinel nodes by frozen section in breast cancer have reported low sensitivity rates. Recently, a molecular-based procedure to detect lymph node metastases, one-step nucleic acid amplification (OSNA) assay, has been developed. OSNA assay can assess a whole lymph node and yields definitive semi quantitative results. The aim of this study was to evaluate the ability of intraoperative assessment comparing sentinel lymph node (SLN) metastases with OSNA assay versus routine H&E frozen section (FS) histology.
METHODS: A cohort of 478 consecutive patients diagnosed in 2010 with early breast cancer in two centers was analyzed. Frozen section was performed intraoperatively in 228 patients and OSNA assay in 250 patients. Patient characteristics were evaluated in both groups and rates of metastasis detected by both methods were compared.
RESULTS: Patients and tumor characteristic are summarized in the table.
A median of 1,95 SLNs were assessed by FS and a median of 2,06 SLNs by OSNA (p=0.15). Intraoperative histopathological assessment detected 67 SLNs metastasis by FS and 107 SLNs metastasis by OSNA assay (p=0.07). There were no differences in rates of macrometastasis (54 by FS and 74 by OSNA) and micrometastasis (13 by FS and 33 by OSNA) (p=0.09). When compared the OSNA assay with permanent section, 92 SLNs had metastasis by permanent section (63 macrometastasis and 29 micrometastasis) with no statistically significant differences (p=0.5).
SLNs metastasis were found in 71 patients (31,1 %) by permanent section and in 83 (33,2 %) by OSNA assay (p=0.69).
Axillary lymph node dissection (ALND) for metastatic SLN was performed in 148 patients, 79 (31,6 %) in OSNA group and 69 (30,2 %) in the permanent section group (p=0.68). All patients diagnosed by OSNA had a complete ALND during the initial surgical procedure. On the other hand, ALND was performed in 51 patients (73,9 %) in the permanent section in the initial surgery, and ALND was performed in a second surgical procedure in18 patients (26 %), due to false negative results of the FS (p<0.001).
CONCLUSIONS: The OSNA assay can detect SLN metastasis as accurately as conventional pathology, with no increased detection of positive SLNs. Given the definitive pathology of the SLN intraoperatively, the use of OSNA can reduce the need for a second surgery in 26 % of patients with breast cancer and a positive SLN.
Citation Information: Cancer Res 2011;71(24 Suppl):Abstract nr P3-07-11.
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- M Espinosa-Bravo
- 1Hospital Universitario Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain; Hospital Universitario de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain
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- 1Hospital Universitario Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain; Hospital Universitario de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain
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- 1Hospital Universitario Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain; Hospital Universitario de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain
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- 1Hospital Universitario Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain; Hospital Universitario de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain
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- 1Hospital Universitario Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain; Hospital Universitario de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain
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- 1Hospital Universitario Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain; Hospital Universitario de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain
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- 1Hospital Universitario Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain; Hospital Universitario de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain
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- 1Hospital Universitario Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain; Hospital Universitario de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain
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- 1Hospital Universitario Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain; Hospital Universitario de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain
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- 1Hospital Universitario Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain; Hospital Universitario de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain
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Gonzalez Valero J, Sancho M, Perez-Fontan J, Bengoechea O, Benito Sanchez R, Hernández-Rivas J, Gonzalez-Sarmiento R, Sanchez-Martín M, Garcia J. 162 Gastric Adenocarcinomas.: methylation and deletions of DNA mismatch repair in tumoural cells and normal gastric mucosa cells. EJC Suppl 2010. [DOI: 10.1016/s1359-6349(10)70970-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Rodríguez-Porrata B, Lopez-Martinez G, Redón M, Sancho M, Mas A, Rozès N, Cordero-Otero R. Enhancing yeast cell viability after dehydration by modification of the lipid profile. World J Microbiol Biotechnol 2010. [DOI: 10.1007/s11274-010-0428-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Giménez-Climent M, Merck B, Martínez- Alzamora N, Fliquete Peris M, Martínez-Carsí C, Almenar-Medina S, Bayón A, Llopis-Martínez F, Sancho M, Ruíz A, Vázquez-Albadalejo C. Can Axillary Lymphadenectomy Be Avoided in any Case of Sentinel Node Metastasis? Cancer Res 2009. [DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.sabcs-09-1027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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INTRODUCTION: Axillary lymphadenectomy is the gold standard for sentinel node metastasis (SN). Metastasis rate of non – sentinel node (NSN) is related to tumor and SN metastasis sizes. In over 50% of cases of SN metastasis, the SN is the only node with neoplasm involvement. We have studied the variables that are known to influence most on SN metastasis (tumor size) and on NSN metastasis (size of the SN metastasis) with the aim to find out a subgroup of patients in whom axillary lymphadenectomy could be avoided despite of SN involvement.OBJECTIVE: To determine if lymphadenectomy is necessary in all patients with SN metastasis.MATERIAL AND METHOD: A sequential and prospectively maintained database was retrospectively searched, for patients staged with SN biopsy for breast carcinoma. We have reviewed 1285 consecutive breast cancer patients treated between December 1998 and April 2009, average age: 55 ± 12.5 years. SN localization was performed with isotopic (34%) or combined technique (66%). SN biopsy was associated to breast conserving technique in 79.8% of cases. The histopathologic study of SN consisted of serial sectioning, H&E and immunohistochemical (IHC) staining.Statistical analyses were performed using SPSS version 15.0 (SPSS Inc, Chicago, Ill). Comparisons of NSN tumoral infiltration among groups (negative SN, isolated tumoral cells (ITC) and SN micrometastasis) related to tumoral size were assessed by univariate analysis with contingency tables and χ2 test. Multivariate analysis was performed using a binary logistic regression model.RESULTS: Identification rate was of 95.8%. SN metastasis was detected in 418 patients, axillary lymphadenectomy was the treatment in 384 cases. The SN was the only metastatic lymph node in 276 patients (71.9%), whereas more involved nodes were found in 108 patients (28.1%). On multivariate analysis, the variables independently associated to SN metastasis were: age (p=0.005), tumor size (p<0.005) and lymphovascular infiltration (LVI) (p=0,005) and the size of the SN metastasis was an independent factor (p=0.005) related to NSN metastasis.In all the 150 cases where the tumor size was ≤ 10 mm, there was no significant difference in NSN involvement between the three forms of SN (negative, micrometastasis, ITC) (p=0,132).CONCLUSIONS: SN metastasis was associated to younger age, large tumor size and LVI. NSN metastasis, in case of SN involvement, is related to the extent of the SN metastasis. In tumors ≤ 10mm where a micrometastasis is found in the SN, axillary lymphadenectomy could be omitted, due to the insignificant difference related to NSN involvement.
Citation Information: Cancer Res 2009;69(24 Suppl):Abstract nr 1027.
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- 1Fundación Instituto Valenciano de Oncología, Spain
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- 1Fundación Instituto Valenciano de Oncología, Spain
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- 1Fundación Instituto Valenciano de Oncología, Spain
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- 5Fundación Instituto Valenciano de Oncología, Spain
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Mayo S, Acevedo D, Quiñones-Torrelo C, Canós I, Sancho M. Clinical laboratory automated urinalysis: comparison among automated microscopy, flow cytometry, two test strips analyzers, and manual microscopic examination of the urine sediments. J Clin Lab Anal 2008; 22:262-70. [PMID: 18623125 DOI: 10.1002/jcla.20257] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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Urinalysis is one of the habitual clinical laboratory procedures, which implies that one of the largest sample volumes currently requires significant labor to examine microscopic sediments. Different analyzers currently used to perform this task have been compared with the manual microscopic sediment examination. The Atlas Clinitek 10 (Bayer Corporation, Diagnostics Division, Tarrytown, NY) and Urisys 2400 (Hitachi Science Systems Ltd., Ibaraki, Japan) test strips analyzers and two automated urinalysis systems, Sysmex UF-100 (Sysmex Corporation Kobe, Japan) and IRIS iQ200 (International Imaging Remote Systems, Chatsworth, CA), have been considered. We assessed the concordance between the results obtained from 652 freshly collected urine samples for erythrocytes (RBC), leukocytes (WBC), squamous epithelial cells (EC), nitrites/bacteria, and crystals using the methodologies mentioned. A principal components analysis was performed in order to examine the correlation between these parameters. Instrument accuracy was also assessed. The Spearman's statistic (p) showed an adequate agreement between methods for RBC (iQ200=0.473; UF-100=0.439; Atlas=0.525; Urisys=0.539), WBC (iQ200=0.695; UF-100=0.761; Atlas=0.684: Urisys=0.620), and bacteria/nitrites (iQ200=0.538; UF-100=0.647; Atlas=0.532; Urisys=0.561) counts. By applying the Wilcoxon and McNemar tests, a concordance degree was found between 82-99 and 52-95% for the values obtained from the two test strips analyzers considered and from the iQ200 and UF-100 systems, respectively. From these results, we can conclude that both test strips analyzers are similar and, on the other hand, that automated urinalysis is needed to improve precision and the response time; but sometimes manual microscopic revisions are required, mainly when flags, because of crystals, are detected.
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- S Mayo
- Departamento de Bioquímica, Servicio de Análisis Clínicos, Hospital Universitario Dr. Peset, Valencia, Spain
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Lasso JM, Sancho M, Campo V, Jiménez E, Pérez Cano R. Epiperitoneal vessels: more resources to perform DIEP flaps. J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg 2008; 61:826-9. [PMID: 17446150 DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2007.03.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2006] [Revised: 10/20/2006] [Accepted: 03/06/2007] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The development of the DIEP flap established an accepted concept of reconstructive surgery, but in patients who demonstrate inadequate in vivo flap perfusion, alternative surgical options to improve vascularisation are limited. We present a 42-year-old patient, with a left mastectomy whose breast was reconstructed with a DIEP flap. After anastomosis to the internal mammary vessels there was insufficient arterial perfusion of the flap. The situation was resolved by using an independent medial perforator artery emerging from the peritoneal layer (epiperitoneal vessels). This new pedicle was anastomosed end-to-end to the distal portion of the inferior epigastric artery. We consider that epiperitoneal vessels can be an emergency pedicle when needed and a possible alternative to the main pedicle of the DIEP flap.
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- J M Lasso
- Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Servicio de Cirugía Plástica y Reparadora, Madrid, Spain.
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Sebastián JL, Muñoz S, Sancho M, Álvarez G, Miranda JM. Electric field distribution and energy absorption in anisotropic and dispersive red blood cells. Phys Med Biol 2007; 52:6831-47. [DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/52/23/004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Sanchis A, Brown AP, Sancho M, Martínez G, Sebastián JL, Muñoz S, Miranda JM. Dielectric characterization of bacterial cells using dielectrophoresis. Bioelectromagnetics 2007; 28:393-401. [PMID: 17471505 DOI: 10.1002/bem.20317] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Measurements of dielectrophoretic collection spectra of Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus suspensions are used for obtaining dielectric characteristics of both types of bacteria. The experiments are interpreted using a numerical method that models the cells as compartmented spherical or rod-like particles. We show the usefulness of this simple method to extract significant information about the electrical properties of Gram-negative and -positive bacteria.
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- A Sanchis
- Departamento de Física Aplicada III, Facultad de Ciencias Físicas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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Sebastián JL, Muñoz S, Sancho M, Miranda JM. Analysis of the electric field induced forces in erythrocyte membrane pores using a realistic cell model. Phys Med Biol 2006; 51:6213-24. [PMID: 17110781 DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/51/23/019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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We calculate the induced electric stress forces on transient hydrophobic pores in the membrane of an erythrocyte exposed to an electric field. For this purpose, we use a finite element numerical technique and a realistic shape for the biconcave erythrocyte represented by a set of parametric equations in terms of Jacobi elliptic functions. The results clearly show that the electrical forces on the base and sidewalls of the pore favour the opening of the pore. A comparison of the force densities obtained for an unstretched flat membrane and for the realistic erythrocyte model shows that the thinning and curvature of the membrane cannot be neglected. We also show that the pore deformation depends strongly on the orientation of the pore with respect to the external field, and in particular is very small when the field is tangent to the membrane surface.
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- J L Sebastián
- Department Física Aplicada III, Facultad de Físicas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain.
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Muñoz San Martín S, Sebastián JL, Sancho M, Alvarez G. Modeling normal and altered human erythrocyte shapes by a new parametric equation: Application to the calculation of induced transmembrane potentials. Bioelectromagnetics 2006; 27:521-7. [PMID: 16715527 DOI: 10.1002/bem.20234] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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We present simple parametric equations in terms of Jacobi elliptic functions that provide a realistic model of abnormal variations in size which maintain the biconcave shape of a normal erythrocyte (anisocytosis) and abnormal variations in shape which maintain the original volume of the erythrocyte (poikilocytosis), as well as continuous deformations from the normal to the altered shapes. We illustrate our results with parameterizations of microcytes, macrocytes, and stomatocytes, and we apply these parameterizations to the numerical calculation of the induced transmembrane voltage in microcytes, macrocytes, and stomatocytes exposed to an external electromagnetic field of 1800 MHz.
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- S Muñoz San Martín
- Departamento de Física Aplicada III, Facultad de Ciencias Físicas, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain.
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Soler C, Gadea B, Soler AJ, Fernández-Santos MR, Esteso MC, Núñez J, Moreira PN, Núñez M, Gutiérrez R, Sancho M, Garde JJ. Comparison of three different staining methods for the assessment of epididymal red deer sperm morphometry by computerized analysis with ISAS. Theriogenology 2005; 64:1236-43. [PMID: 15923029 DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2005.02.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/27/2004] [Revised: 02/11/2005] [Accepted: 02/14/2005] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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When collection of ejaculated sperm samples is not possible, as is the case with wild species, the epididymides of sacrificed wild males become the only possible source of spermatozoa. Mature cauda epididymal spermatozoa display characteristics similar to those of ejaculated sperm cells. The present work proposes a sperm staining technique suitable for the morphometric evaluation of red deer epididymal sperm using a new computerized system. Epididymides from wild animals were extracted no later than 2h post mortem. After epididymal sectioning, sperm samples were collected, cooled to and equilibrated at 5 degrees C, and frozen in liquid nitrogen. Before staining, sperm samples were thawed for 20s at 37 degrees C, and used for the preparation of slides. Three different sperm stains were tested: Hemacolor, Diff-Quik, and Harris' Hematoxylin. Morphometric analyses of sperm samples were performed using the morphologic module of the ISAS. Two hundred spermatozoa per sample and stain were captured at random and analyzed. Sperm morphometric values were significantly affected by the staining technique used. Moreover, significant differences were observed between animals. In our study, Diff-Quik could be considered to be the best sperm staining method, as it provided the highest percentage of well automatically analyzed cells by the ISAS, and discriminates better between animals. This sperm staining technique also proved to be a useful method for characterizing and discriminating between sperm samples of different animals.
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- C Soler
- Departament de Biologia Funcional i Antropología Física, Edifici d'Investigació, Universitat de València, C/. Dr. Moliner 50, 46100 Burjassot, Valencia, Spain.
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Soler C, Gaßner P, Nieschlag E, de Montserrat J, Gutiérrez R, Sancho M, Buendía P, Álvarez J, Behre H, Cooper T. Utilización del Integrated Semen Analysis System (ISAS)® para el análisis morfométrico espermático humano y su significado en las técnicas de reproducción asistida. Rev Int Androl 2005. [DOI: 10.1016/s1698-031x(05)73257-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Soler C, de Monserrat JJ, Nunez M, Gutierrez R, Nunez J, Sancho M, Cooper TG. Regionalization of epididymal duct and epithelium in rats and mice by automatic computer-aided morphometric analysis. Asian J Androl 2005; 7:267-75. [PMID: 16110355 DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-7262.2005.00042.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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AIM To establish a rat and mouse epididymal map based on the use of the Epiquatre automatic software for histologic image analysis. METHODS Epididymides from five adult rats and five adult mice were fixed in alcoholic Bouin's fixative and embedded in paraffin. Serial longitudinal sections through the medial aspect of the organ were cut at 10 microm and stained with hematoxylin and eosin. As determined from major connective tissue septa, nine subdivisions of the rat epididymis and seven for the mouse were determined, consisting of five sub-regions in the caput (rat and mouse), one (mouse) or three (rat) in the corpus and one in the cauda (rat and mouse). Using the Epiquatre software, several tubular, luminal and epithelial morphometric parameters were evaluated. RESULTS Statistical comparison of the quantitative parameters revealed regional differences (2-5 in the rat, 3-6 in the mouse, dependent on parameters) with caput regions 1 and 2 being largely distinguishable from the similar remaining caput and corpus, which were in turn recognizable from the cauda regions in both species. CONCLUSION The use of the Epiquatre software allowed us to establish regression curves for different morphometric parameters that can permit the detection of changes in their values under different pathological or experimental conditions.
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- C Soler
- Department of Functional Biology and Physical Anthropology, Universitat de Valencia, C/- Dr Moliner 50, 46100 Burjassot, Spain.
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López-Gatius F, Sances G, Sancho M, Yániz J, Santolaria P, Gutiérrez R, Núñez M, Núñez J, Soler C. Effect of solid storage at 15°C on the subsequent motility and fertility of rabbit semen. Theriogenology 2005; 64:252-60. [PMID: 15955351 DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2004.11.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2004] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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We conducted two studies to improve preservation of rabbit semen. The objective of the first study was determine whether a glucose- and fructose-based extender with two different amounts of gelatin would solidify at 15 degrees C, and to evaluate the influence of gelatin supplementation on sperm motility parameters after storing semen up to 10 days at 15 degrees C. The fertility of rabbit semen diluted in the best gelatin-supplemented extender established in Study 1 and stored for up to 5 days was evaluated in the second study. In Study 1, semen was collected with an artificial vagina from 40 bucks. Each ejaculate was diluted to (80-100) x 10(6) spermatozoa/mL (1:3, semen/extender) at 37 degrees C in one of the three following glucose- and fructose-based extenders: control (standard liquid extender), semi-gel or gel (0.7 or 1.4 g gelatin in 100 mL extender, respectively). Pools of semen were allocated among 0.6 mL plastic artificial insemination (AI) guns. Thirty (10 per extender group) AI doses were immediately analyzed (0 h) and the remainder stored in a refrigerator (15 degrees C) for 12, 24, 36, 48, 72, 96, or 240 h. All doses with gelatin extenders solidified at 15 degrees C. Semen samples, prewarmed to 37 degrees C, were evaluated with a computer-assisted sperm analysis (CASA) system. The percentage of motile cells was significantly lower using the liquid compared to the gel extenders during semen storage from 0 to 96 h. Although significance was lost, these differences persisted after 240 h of storage. Motility of spermatozoa in the semi-gel extender was intermediate between that of liquid and gel extender throughout the study. Study 2 was performed on 1250 multiparous lactating does. Five homogeneous groups of 250 does previously synchronized were inseminated using semen previously stored for 120, 96, 72, 48 or 24 h, respectively. Rabbit does receiving 24 h-stored semen (diluted with the control extender used in Study 1) served as controls. The remaining females received seminal doses supplemented with 1.4 g/100mL gelatin (gel extender used in Study 1). Kindling rates for rabbit does inseminated with gelatin-supplemented (solid) semen doses stored for 48 h (88%) or 72 h (83%) were similar to those recorded for liquid controls stored for 24 h (81%), whereas rates significantly decreased when the semen was solid and stored for 96 h (64%) or 120 h (60%) before AI. In conclusion, rabbit spermatozoa were effectively stored in the solid state at 15 degrees C, with fertility preserved for up to 5 days. Solid storage of rabbit semen would facilitate commercial distribution.
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- Departamento de Producción Animal, Universidad de Lleida, Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería Agraria, Avda, Alcalde Rovira Roure 177, 25198 Lleida, Spain.
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Alonso A, Alves C, Suárez-Mier MP, Albarrán C, Pereira L, Fernández de Simón L, Martín P, García O, Gusmão L, Sancho M, Amorim A. Mitochondrial DNA haplotyping revealed the presence of mixed up benign and neoplastic tissue sections from two individuals on the same prostatic biopsy slide. J Clin Pathol 2005; 58:83-6. [PMID: 15623490 PMCID: PMC1770540 DOI: 10.1136/jcp.2004.017673] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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DNA typing was requested to investigate a presumptive cancer diagnosis error by confirming whether benign and cancerous prostatic tissue in the same presurgical haematoxylin and eosin stained slide belonged to the same person. After independent histological re-examination of the slide by a pathologist, manual slide dissection was used to guarantee independent and high recovery DNA isolation from each tissue section, avoiding carryover and background contamination. Nuclear DNA quantification performed by real time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) revealed the absence of human DNA for short tandem repeat (STR) typing. Mitochondrial DNA was only obtained by performing PCR of very short fragments ( approximately 100 bp), indicating high DNA degradation. Different low frequency hypervariable region I haplotypes were obtained from each tissue section (normal tissue section haplotype: 16224C, 16234T, 16311C, 16356C; cancer tissue section haplotype: 16256T, 16270T, 16293G). Only the normal tissue section haplotype matched that obtained from the patient's blood sample, indicating that the cancer tissue section originated from an unknown patient. These results supported the hypothesis of sample mix up during block processing or slide preparation by a carryover mechanism. Mitochondrial genetic typing is recommended to exclude the possibility of carryover artefacts when low DNA content and high degradation compromise conventional STR typing.
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- A Alonso
- Instituto Nacional de Toxicología y Ciencias Forenses, Servicio de Biología, Luis Cabrera 9, 28002 Madrid, Spain.
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Sancho M, Arnal JM, Villaescusa JI, Campayo JM, Verdú G. Declassification of radioactive liquid wastes generated in radio immune assay [corrected] (RIA) laboratories. Radiat Prot Dosimetry 2005; 116:518-20. [PMID: 16604690 DOI: 10.1093/rpd/nci076] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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Radioactive liquid wastes of low-medium activity level are generated in radio immune assay (RIA) laboratories, which are also potentially infectious because of the pathogens from patient blood. The most common way of managing these wastes consists of a temporal storage, for partial radioactivity decay, followed by management by an authorised company. The object of this work is to study the viability of treating radioactive liquid wastes coming from RIA using membrane techniques in order to reduce their volume, which would mean an improvement from the radiological point of view and a decrease in management costs. This paper describes the results of some experiments carried out with RIA real wastes, by means of processes such as ultrafiltration and reverse osmosis. It has been proved that waste volume can be significantly reduced, obtaining a treated liquid that is free of pathogens and organic matter and with an activity level around the environmental background.
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- M Sancho
- Chemical and Nuclear Engineering Department, Polytechnic University of Valencia Camino de Vera, s/n, 46022 Valencia, Spain.
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Fernández-Rodríguez A, Vázquez JA, Suárez-Mier MP, Aguilera B, Ballesteros S, De la Fuente L, Vallejo G, Sancho M. Latex agglutination for bacterial antigens and meningococcus PCR: two useful tools in legal sudden deaths. Forensic Sci Int 2005; 147:13-20. [PMID: 15541586 DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2004.02.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2003] [Accepted: 02/23/2004] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Bacterial infections are considered to be a major cause of sudden deaths. The recognition of infections caused by Neisseria meningitidis is an essential duty of medicolegal offices due to the risk of secondary cases. Since other microorganisms, such as Haemophilus influenzae and Streptococcus pneumoniae, are also involved in infectious sudden deaths, the identification of the pathogen responsible for death is essential in order to establish a positive diagnosis while also preventing secondary meningococcal cases. However, because of the unreliability of culture methods used for autopsy specimens and the fragile nature of the microorganisms, other techniques were used. In this study, the detection of specific antigens of N. meningitidis (serogroups A, B, C, Y and W135), H. influenzae type b, S. pneumoniae and Group B Streptococcus was undertaken in 40 samples from sudden death cases in legal procedures with a latex agglutination test. In addition, a meningococcus polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay (ctrA, crgA and siaD genes) was also used as a corroboration method for positive N. meningitidis agglutinations. Eleven cases of sudden death were confirmed to be due to meningococcus while one case was confirmed to have been caused by H. influenzae type b fulminant epiglottitis. Rapid laboratory diagnosis of meningococcal infection allowed contacts management and notification to the health authorities. From the point of view of the authors, forensic diagnosis of unascertained deaths should include latex agglutination and meningococcus PCR when a fulminant infection by N. meningitidis or H. influenzae is suspected as well as in deaths where the cause is unclear.
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In this article, the transmembrane voltage induced on erythrocyte, codocyte, ovalocyte and spherocyte cell models exposed to a linearly polarised electromagnetic plane wave of frequency 1800 MHz is calculated. For this purpose, a finite element (FE) numerical technique with adaptive meshing is used. The results show that the value of the induced voltage on the original erythrocyte shape is higher than the one observed on the rest of the altered cell geometries studied. The erythrocyte shape and the membrane electric permittivity are shown to play a fundamental role on the values of the induced transmembrane voltage.
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- S Muñoz
- Departamento de Fíisica Aplicada III, Facultad de Ciencias Físicas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain.
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Sebastián JL, Muñoz San Martín S, Sancho M, Miranda JM. Modelling the internal field distribution in human erythrocytes exposed to MW radiation. Bioelectrochemistry 2004; 64:39-45. [PMID: 15219245 DOI: 10.1016/j.bioelechem.2004.02.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2003] [Revised: 12/08/2003] [Accepted: 02/05/2004] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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This paper studies the internal electric field distribution in human erythrocytes exposed to MW radiation. For this purpose, an erythrocyte cell model is exposed to linearly polarized electromagnetic (EM) plane waves of frequency 900 MHz and the electric field within the cell is calculated by using a finite element (FE) technique with adaptive meshing. The results obtained show the dependence of the induced electric field distribution on the main modelling parameters, i.e., the electrical properties (permittivity and conductivity) of the membrane and cytoplasm and the orientation of the cell with respect to the applied field. It is found that for certain orientations, the field amplification within the membrane of the erythrocyte shape cell can be higher than the one observed in an equivalent simple spheroidal geometry cell, commonly used in bioelectromagnetism. The present work shows that a better insight of the interaction of electromagnetic fields with basic biological structures is obtained when the most possible realistic cell shape is used.
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- J L Sebastián
- Dpt. Física Aplicada III, Facultad de Físicas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain.
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Soler C, de Monserrat JJ, Gutiérrez R, Nuñez J, Nuñez M, Sancho M, Pérez-Sánchez F, Cooper TG. Use of the Sperm-Class Analyser for objective assessment of human sperm morphology. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2004; 26:262-70. [PMID: 14511214 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2605.2003.00422.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The Sperm-Class Analyser was validated for assessing morphometric parameters of the head and midpiece of unwashed and washed human ejaculated spermatozoa from volunteers providing a wide range of semen quality. A higher proportion of sperm could be assessed (86% fresh semen and 75% washed sperm) if Hemacolor staining was used rather than DiffQuik (80 and 73%) or Papanicolaou (78 and 68%). Different stains employed different fixatives and the area, length, width and perimeter of the sperm head was significantly larger for washed sperm stained by Hemacolor and DiffQuik. Acrosomal area ranged from 48 to 51% of the sperm head area and this percentage was larger for washed sperm stained with DiffQuik. Sperm at the end of the slide, distant from the initial semen droplet, were larger in area and perimeter than those at that site or in the middle. The high precision and reproducibility of the equipment required assessing only 50 sperm on the slide. Far greater variation was found in head width, relative acrosomal area and midpiece width between different slides prepared from the same ejaculate, highlighting the inherent variability within the ejaculate and smear preparation, and requiring more than one slide to be assessed.
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- C Soler
- Department of Animal Biology, University of València, Spain
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Muñoz San MS, Sebastián JL, Sancho M, Miranda JM. A study of the electric field distribution in erythrocyte and rod shape cells from direct RF exposure. Phys Med Biol 2003; 48:1649-59. [PMID: 12817943 DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/48/11/311] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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This paper shows the importance of using realistic cell shapes with the proper geometry and orientation to study the mechanisms of direct cellular effects from radiofrequency (RF) exposure. For this purpose, the electric field distribution within erythrocyte, rod and ellipsoidal cell models is calculated by using a finite element technique with adaptive meshing. The three cell models are exposed to linearly polarized electromagnetic plane waves of frequencies 900 and 2450 MHz. The results show that the amplification of the electric field within the membrane of the erythrocyte shape cell is more significant than that observed in other cell geometries. The results obtained show the dependence of the induced electric field distribution on frequency, electrical properties of membrane and cytoplasm and the orientation of the cell with respect to the applied field. The analysis of the transition of an erythrocyte shape to an ellipsoidal one shows that a uniformly shelled ellipsoid model is a rough approximation if a precise simulation of bioeffects in cells is desired.
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- Martín S Muñoz San
- Dpt. Física Aplicada III, Facultad de Físicas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain
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Fernández-Rodrı́guez A, Iturralde M, Fernández de Simón L, Capilla J, Sancho M. Genetic analysis of fingernail debris: application to forensic casework. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2003. [DOI: 10.1016/s0531-5131(02)00316-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Midfacial necrosis due to the abuse of inhaled cocaine is a new entity that is included in the differential diagnosis of the midline destructive diseases such as Wegener's granulomatosis, polymorphic reticulosis, nasal lymphoma, infections and the idiopathic midline destructive disease. We report the case of a forty-year-old male who presented necrosis of the nasosinusal tract and optic neuropathy as complications due to the abuse of inhaled cocaine for more than twenty years and a discussion about the differential diagnosis.
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- J M Ronda
- Servicio ORL, Hospital General Universitario de Alicante
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Alonso A, Andelinović S, Martín P, Sutlović D, Erceg I, Huffine E, de Simón LF, Albarrán C, Definis-Gojanović M, Fernández-Rodriguez A, García P, Drmić I, Rezić B, Kuret S, Sancho M, Primorac D. DNA typing from skeletal remains: evaluation of multiplex and megaplex STR systems on DNA isolated from bone and teeth samples. Croat Med J 2001; 42:260-6. [PMID: 11387635] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/20/2023] Open
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AIM To evaluate the performance of three multiplex short tandem repeat (STR) systems (AmpflSTR Profiler, AmpflSTR Profiler Plus, and AmpflSTR COfiler), and a megaplex STR system (PowerPlex 16) on DNA extracted from the skeletal remains. By performing a microbial DNA challenge study, we also evaluated the influence of microbial DNA on human DNA typing. METHODS A subset of 86 DNA extracts isolated from 8-50 years old bone and teeth samples, corresponding to 20 identification cases from mass graves in Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina, and to 4 paternity cases involving deceased parents in Spain, were analyzed by the above systems. RESULTS Bone samples with no detectable human DNA (tested with Quantiblot), as well as teeth samples with detectable human DNA, were successfully amplified. Surprisingly, even in highly degraded samples, PowerPlex 16 offered very robust amplification for the both Penta E and Penta D markers. We observed a few non-specific extra peaks of 202 and 308 base pairs, which appeared to match 16S rRNA of the Pseudomonas halodenitrificans. CONCLUSION AmpflSTR Profiler Kit, AmpflSTR Profiler Plus Kit, the AmpflSTR COfiler Kit, and the PowerPlex 16 system are very sensitive multiplex STR amplification systems, which can be successfully used to obtain a multilocus STR profile from old teeth and bone samples with minimal amounts (pg) of human DNA or even with no detectable human DNA.
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- A Alonso
- Sección de Biología, Instituto Nacional de Toxicología, Madrid, Spain
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Sebastián JL, Muñoz S, Sancho M, Miranda JM. Analysis of the influence of the cell geometry, orientation and cell proximity effects on the electric field distribution from direct RF exposure. Phys Med Biol 2001; 46:213-25. [PMID: 11197673 DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/46/1/315] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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This paper shows the importance of using a cell model with the proper geometry, orientation and internal structure to study possible cellular effects from direct radiofrequency exposure. For this purpose, the electric field intensity is calculated, using the finite element numerical technique, in single- and multilayer spherical, cylindrical and ellipsoidal mammalian cell models exposed to linearly polarized electromagnetic plane waves of frequencies 900 and 2450 MHz. An extensive analysis is performed on the influence that the cell geometry and orientation with respect to the external field have in the value of the electric field induced in the membrane and cytoplasm. We also show the significant role that the cytoplasmic and extracellular bound water layers play in determining the electric field intensity for the cylindrical and ellipsoidal cell models. Finally, a study of the mutual interactions between cells shows that polarizing effects between cells significantly modify the values of field intensity within the cell.
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- J L Sebastián
- Dpto Física Aplicada III, Facultad de Físicas, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain.
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Martinez G, Sancho M, Read FH. Four-cylinder electrostatic lens. II. Energy scanning at constant image position and magnification. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2000. [DOI: 10.1088/0022-3735/16/7/018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Gras JR, Lafarga J, Ronda JM, Trigueros M, Sancho M, Aracil A. [Allergic fungal sinusitis]. Acta Otorrinolaringol Esp 2000; 51:634-6. [PMID: 11270043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/19/2023]
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Allergic fungal sinusitis is a recently described clinical entity that has gained increased attention as a cause of chronic sinusitis. Consist in a benign noninvasive sinus disease related to a hypersensitivity reaction to fungal antigens. It should be suspected in any atopic patient with refractory nasal polyps. Computed tomography (CT) findings are characteristics, but not diagnostic. Diagnosis requires show allergic mucin in the histopathologic examination and hiphae in special fungal stains. The suitable treatment includes the allergic mucin removal and sinus aeration accomplished endoscopically, perioperative systemic steroids and immunotherapy with fungal antigens. We present a case of this kind of chronic sinusitis describing the characteristic histopathologic and radiologic findings, the pathogenic theories and recent advances in immunotherapy.
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- J R Gras
- Servicio de ORL, Hospital General Universitario de Alicante, Maestro Alonso, 109, 03010 Alicante
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Caballero Güeto J, Calle G, Arana R, Sancho M, Piñero C. La imagen de la semana. Med Clin (Barc) 2000. [DOI: 10.1016/s0025-7753(00)71471-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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