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Table 10 summary of maspin expression

From: Role of maspin in cancer

Cancer

Tumor progression normal to cancer

Positive cytoplasm or positive nucleus

Prognosis

Breast cancer

Normal tissue: positive maspin

Positive nucleus = better prognosis

Positive maspin = better/worse prognosis depending of localization and of epigenetic modification

Cancer tissue +/−

Cancer metastasis = negative maspin

Prostate cancer

Normal tissue:

Positive nucleus increased in invasive cancer

Positive maspin = better prognosis

Negative maspin

HGPI: positive maspin

Invasive cancer = negative maspin

Bladder cancer

Normal tissue:

Positive nucleus = better prognosis

Positive maspin = better prognosis

Positive maspin

Cancer tissue:

Negative maspin (T2 → T4 positive?)

Lung cancer

Normal tissue: positive maspin

Positive nucleus = better prognosis vs nuclear and positive cytoplasm

Positive maspin = better prognosis

Lung cancer = less positive maspin

Ovarian cancer

Normal tissue: Negative maspin

Positive nucleus (rare) = better prognosis

Positive maspin = better/worse prognosis depending of localization and of epigenetic modification

Early stage

Ovarian cancer = positive maspin

Metastic cancer = less positive

Colorectal cancer

Normal tissue: negative maspin

Positive nucleus = worse prognosis

Positive maspin = better prognosis, positive response to 5FU therapy

Dysplasia and cancer = positive maspin

Positive cytoplasm better prognosis

Gastric cancer

Normal tissue: positive maspin

Positive nucleus and positive cytoplasm = better prognosis vs only positive cytoplasm

Positive maspin = better prognosis

Cancer tissue: negative maspin

Pancreatic cancer

Normal tissue: negative maspin

 

Positive maspin = worse prognosis

Pan In1, Pan In2 = negative maspin

Pan In3 and cancer invasive tissue = positive maspin

Gallbladder cancer

Normal tissue: dysplasia = negative maspin intestinal metastasia and cancer = positive maspin

  

Head and neck cancer

 

Positive nucleus = better prognosis

Positive maspin = better prognosis

Thyroid cancer

Normal tissue adenomas and follicular carcinoma = negative maspin/+ papillary carcinoma = positive maspin

 

Positive maspin = better prognosis

Anaplastic and poorly differentiated = negative maspin

Melanoma malignant

Normal tissue: positive maspin

Positive nucleus = better prognosis

Positive maspin = better prognosis

Melanoma = positive maspin

 

Metastatic melanoma = negative maspin