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http://dx.doi.org/10.7314/APJCP.2012.13.7.3219

Angiogenesis and Lymphangiogenesis in Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma: Comparison of Japanese and Indian Cases  

Chowdhury, Chitta Ranjan (Department of Oral Biology and Genomic Studies, ABSM Institute of Dental Sciences, Nitte University)
Kirita, Tadaaki (Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Nara Medical University)
Jose, Maji (Department of Oral Pathology, Yenepoya Dental College)
Abdullah, Riaz (Department of Oral Pathology, Yenepoya Dental College)
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Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention / v.13, no.7, 2012 , pp. 3219-3222 More about this Journal
Abstract
A comparative study between 17 Japanese and 19 Indian patients with oral squamous cell carcinomas (OSCCs) revealed that the tumour prognostic indicator mean vessel density (MVD) count for angiogenesis was relatively high at 57.1 in Indian as compared to 39.3 in Japanese (P=0.001) cases, whereas the lymph-vessel density (LVD) count for lymphangiogenesis was lower (12.8 vs 48.0, P=0.002). Both male and female Indians had higher MVD counts, but LVD counts were only slightly lower in females. MVD count was relatively high among the cases below 65 years old in both the countries (P=0.4). Japanese cases with Tongue cancer had higher MVD count, but the Indian cases had lower LVD counts. Size-wise, T2 and T3 had higher counts of MVD both in Indian and Japanese cases. MVD and LVD count was higher in grades II and III both in Japanese and Indian cases. There was insignificant difference of the MVD counts among smokers, but the tobacco chewers in Indian cases had higher counts of MVD and LVD (P value by Bartlett test 0.35, 0.57 respectively). The hot-spots of tumour sites had variable rates of lymphocyte infiltration showed higher MVD counts in all the cases. Although the clinical characteristics and demographic variables usually relate to MVD and LVD counts, the tendency of higher values, especially among tobacco chewers, identified as the highest risk group for occurrence of oral cancer needs to be investigated further.
Keywords
Oral squamous cell carcinoma; angiogenesis (MVD); lymphangiogesis (LVD); Japanese and Indian cases;
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