Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor-C Expression in Servical Squamous Cell Carcinoma of Patients with Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy
Abstract
Background: Uterine cervical carcinoma is the most gynecological malignancy in women worldwide. The most common type of cervical carcinoma histology is squamous cell carcinoma and has a better prognosis than adenocarcinoma. Neoadjuvant chemotherapy is the management of early-stage cervical carcinoma before radical hysterectomy is performed. In addition to clinical-pathological factors, biomolecular markers are now being developed and used as parameters for evaluating chemotherapy responses. Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor-C is a VEGF derivative that plays a role in the process of vasculogenesis, limphangiogenesis, and the formation of new lymphatic channels which play an important role in metastasis. This study aimed to examine the effect of Paxus-Carboplatin chemotherapy in decreasing VEGF-C in squamous cell cervical carcinoma tissue.
Subjects and Method: This was a quasi experiment study conducted at Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Pathology Anatomy Laboratory of Dr. Moewardi Hospital/ Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Sebelas Maret. 25 tissue samples of squamous cell stage IB2-IIA2 cervical carcinoma immunohistochemistry VEGF-C expression was carried out before and after Paxus-Carboplatin chemotherapy was given. The data were analyzed by Wilcoxon test.
Results: VEGF-C expression in squamous cell cervical carcinoma tissue after chemotherapy was lower (mean = 4.20) than before chemotherapy (mean = 6.16) and it was statistically significant (p<0.001).
Conclusion: Neoadjuvant chemotherapy decreases VEGF-C in squamous cell cervical carcinoma tissue.
Correspondence: Uswatun Khasanah Kartikasari. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Sebelas Maret/ Dr. Moewardi Hospital, Surakarta. Mobile: 081391444425. Email: uswatunkk@gmail.com
Indonesian Journal of Medicine (2019), 4(1): 40-45
https://doi.org/10.26911/theijmed.2019.04.01.07
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