A Comparative Study of Apoptosis and Cell Proliferation in Infantile and Adult Fibrosarcomas

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The infantile fibrosarcoma, a rare tumor phenotypically similar to the adult fibrosarcoma, frequently has a benign course marked by spontaneous regression. Because biologic mechanisms responsible for this regression remain unexplained, an investigation of the role of apoptotic cell death is warranted. The rate of apoptotic cell death has been compared in five cases each of infantile and adult fibrosarcoma by quantitative estimation of in situ DNA double strand breaks. Although positively stained apoptotic cells are evident in all 10 cases, the apoptotic index is significantly higher in infantile cases (mean 6.6% ± 0.80) compared to adult cases (mean 0.5% ± 0.08). The proliferative (MIB-1) cycle phase-dependent Ki-67 antigen with MIB-1 antibody. Infantile cases have a significantly lower proliferative (MIB-1) index (mean 0.4 ± 0.15) than adult counterparts (mean 15.9 ± 3.76). The relatively benign course of the infantile fibrosarcoma may be due to two factors—a significantly lower proliferative (MIB-1) index coupled with enhanced apoptosis.

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