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Interstitial fluid pressure in cervical carcinoma
Author(s) -
Milosevic Michael F.,
Fyles Anthony W.,
Wong Raimond,
Pintilie Melania,
Kavanagh MaryClaire,
Levin Wilfred,
Manchul Lee A.,
Keane Thomas J.,
Hill Richard P.
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1097-0142(19980615)82:12<2418::aid-cncr16>3.0.co;2-s
Subject(s) - medicine , radiation therapy , cervical carcinoma , oxygenation , carcinoma , oxygen tension , hypoxia (environmental) , lithotomy position , urology , pathology , cervical cancer , cancer , oxygen , chemistry , organic chemistry , alternative medicine
BACKGROUND Interstitial fluid pressure (IFP) is elevated in many animal and human tumors. The authors assessed tumor IFP and its relation to tumor oxygenation in a prospective clinical study of patients with cervical carcinoma. METHODS Measurements were made in 77 patients with cervical carcinoma prior to treatment. IFP was measured in normal paravaginal submucosal tissue and at one to five positions in the visible tumor with the patients anesthetized and in the lithotomy position. Tumor oxygen tension was measured immediately prior to IFP using a polarographic needle electrode. Patients were treated with radiotherapy only. Response was evaluated 3 months after the completion of radiotherapy. RESULTS There was substantial variation in IFP from region to region in some tumors. The mean IFP in individual tumors ranged from 3 to 48 millimeters of mercury (mmHg). The overall mean and median values for the entire patient group were 19 mmHg and 17 mmHg, respectively. IFP was significantly higher in tumor tissue than in normal tissue ( P < 0.0001). Tumors with high IFP were more likely to be hypoxic ( P < 0.007) and less likely to regress completely with radiotherapy ( P < 0.04). CONCLUSIONS IFP in cervical carcinoma is elevated above normal tissue values. Multiple measurements are needed to evaluate IFP in these tumors. High IFP is associated with hypoxia and may provide information about the mechanism of hypoxia on which treatment can be based. Cancer 1998;82:2418‐2426. © 1998 American Cancer Society.