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Calcitonin elevation in small cell lung cancer without ectopic production.

Publication ,  Journal Article
Kelley, MJ; Becker, KL; Rushin, JM; Venzon, D; Phelps, R; Ihde, DC; Bliss, DP; Melby, K; Snider, RH; Johnson, BE
Published in: Am J Respir Crit Care Med
January 1994

To determine the relative contribution of ectopic calcitonin (CT) production versus nonectopic secretion of CT in patients with small cell lung cancer (SCLC), serum and urine immunoreactive CT (iCT) levels of 86 different subjects were measured by radioimmunoassay (RIA) using two polyclonal antisera (Ab3b and Ab4). The subjects included 49 previously untreated patients with SCLC, 17 smokers, and 20 nonsmokers. Serum and urine iCT values were highest in the patients with SCLC, intermediate in the smokers, and lowest in the nonsmokers (p < 0.0003). Sixteen of the 49 patients with SCLC had tumor cell lines available for determination of CT mRNA expression by RNase protection assay (RPA) and iCT production by RIA. CT mRNA was detected in nine of 16 subjects and iCT in eight of 16. The tumor cell lines of seven patients had undetectable CT by both RPA and RIA, and of these, five had elevated urine or serum iCT values compared with those of nonsmokers, and two had levels above all values in the smoker group. Immunohistochemical staining of formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tumor samples detected iCT in two of four tumors from patients whose tumor cell lines had CT mRNA by RPA and iCT by RIA, but in none of six whose tumor cell lines had undetectable CT mRNA. Thus, increased iCT values in some patients with SCLC are likely due to sources other than CT production by tumor cells.

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Am J Respir Crit Care Med

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1073-449X

Publication Date

January 1994

Volume

149

Issue

1

Start / End Page

183 / 190

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Tumor Cells, Cultured
  • Time Factors
  • Smoking
  • Sensitivity and Specificity
  • Ribonucleases
  • Restriction Mapping
  • Respiratory System
  • RNA, Messenger
  • Middle Aged
  • Male
 

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Kelley, M. J., Becker, K. L., Rushin, J. M., Venzon, D., Phelps, R., Ihde, D. C., … Johnson, B. E. (1994). Calcitonin elevation in small cell lung cancer without ectopic production. Am J Respir Crit Care Med, 149(1), 183–190. https://doi.org/10.1164/ajrccm.149.1.8111580
Kelley, M. J., K. L. Becker, J. M. Rushin, D. Venzon, R. Phelps, D. C. Ihde, D. P. Bliss, K. Melby, R. H. Snider, and B. E. Johnson. “Calcitonin elevation in small cell lung cancer without ectopic production.Am J Respir Crit Care Med 149, no. 1 (January 1994): 183–90. https://doi.org/10.1164/ajrccm.149.1.8111580.
Kelley MJ, Becker KL, Rushin JM, Venzon D, Phelps R, Ihde DC, et al. Calcitonin elevation in small cell lung cancer without ectopic production. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 1994 Jan;149(1):183–90.
Kelley, M. J., et al. “Calcitonin elevation in small cell lung cancer without ectopic production.Am J Respir Crit Care Med, vol. 149, no. 1, Jan. 1994, pp. 183–90. Pubmed, doi:10.1164/ajrccm.149.1.8111580.
Kelley MJ, Becker KL, Rushin JM, Venzon D, Phelps R, Ihde DC, Bliss DP, Melby K, Snider RH, Johnson BE. Calcitonin elevation in small cell lung cancer without ectopic production. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 1994 Jan;149(1):183–190.

Published In

Am J Respir Crit Care Med

DOI

ISSN

1073-449X

Publication Date

January 1994

Volume

149

Issue

1

Start / End Page

183 / 190

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Tumor Cells, Cultured
  • Time Factors
  • Smoking
  • Sensitivity and Specificity
  • Ribonucleases
  • Restriction Mapping
  • Respiratory System
  • RNA, Messenger
  • Middle Aged
  • Male