Murphy D, McGown A T, Crowther D, Mander A, Fox B W
CRC Department of Medical Oncology, Paterson Institute for Cancer Research, Christie Hospital, Withington, Manchester, UK.
Br J Cancer. 1991 May;63(5):711-4. doi: 10.1038/bjc.1991.160.
The metallothionein content of ovarian tumours is considerably higher than that found in normal ovaries (greater than 100-fold differences in mean values, P less than 0.001). There was no difference between the metallothionein content of tumours from patients who had completed chemotherapy, usually with a regimen containing a platinum drug, and tumours from untreated patients. Similarly, the level of metallothionein was not influenced by response to therapy, age, stage, histology, or tumour cell differentiation state. These data do not support the hypothesis that metallothionein content is a major determinant of tumour sensitivity in ovarian cancer.
卵巢肿瘤中的金属硫蛋白含量显著高于正常卵巢中的含量(平均值差异大于100倍,P<0.001)。完成化疗(通常采用含铂类药物的方案)的患者肿瘤中的金属硫蛋白含量与未治疗患者的肿瘤中的金属硫蛋白含量没有差异。同样,金属硫蛋白水平不受治疗反应、年龄、分期、组织学或肿瘤细胞分化状态的影响。这些数据不支持金属硫蛋白含量是卵巢癌肿瘤敏感性主要决定因素的假说。