Table 1 Staining intensities of heparanase during the adenoma–carcinoma transition as revealed by 92.4 and 733 antibodies

From: Spatial and temporal heparanase expression in colon mucosa throughout the adenoma-carcinoma sequence

Histological grade

 

n

±

+

++

+++

++++

Modified Vienna Classification

Grade of dysplasia or specific anatomic site

       

92.4 Ab expression, n (%)

 Category 1 (no neoplasia)

 

300

176 (58.7)

70 (23.3)

42 (14)

12 (4)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

 

Normal (0.5–1 cm from tumor)

100

100 (100)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

 

Normal (0.2–0.5 cm from tumor)

100

76 (76)

24 (24)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

 

Transitional (bordering tumor)

100

0 (0.0)

47 (47)

42 (42)

11 (11)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

 Category 2 (indefinite for neoplasia)

 

0

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

 Category 3 (low-grade adenoma/dysplasia)

 

121

0 (0.0)

59 (48.8)

50 (41.3)

12 (9.9)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

 

Mild dysplasia

67

0 (0.0)

28 (41.8)

32 (47.8)

7 (10.4)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

 

Moderate dysplasia

54

0 (0.0)

31 (57.4)

18 (33.3)

5 (9.3)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

 Category 4 (high-grade neoplasia)

 

177

0 (0.0)

3 (1.7)

35 (19.8)

76 (42.9)

63 (35.6)

0 (0.0)

4.1 High grade

 

45

0 (0.0)

3 (6.7)

17 (37.8)

25 (55.5)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

4.2 Noninvasive carcinoma (carcinoma in situ)

 

47

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

8 (17)

17 (36.2)

22 (46.8)

0 (0.0)

4.3 Suspicion for invasive carcinoma

 

31

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

3 (9.7)

13 (41.9)

15 (48.4)

0 (0.0)

4.4 Intramucosal carcinoma

 

54

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

7 (13)

21 (38.9)

26 (48.1)

0 (0.0)

 Category 5 Submucosal invasive carcinoma (carcinoma with invasion of the submucosa or deeper)

 

265

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

5 (1.9)

103 (38.9)

157 (59.2)

 

Invasive carcinoma, superficial layers

65

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

5 (7.7)

60 (92.3)

0 (0.0)

 

Invasive carcinoma, growing edge

200

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

43 (21.5)

157 (78.5)

733 Ab expression, n (%)

 Category 1 (no neoplasia)

 

300

134 (44.7)

75 (25)

40 (13.3)

51 (17)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

 

Normal (0.5–1 cm from tumor)

100

100 (100)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

 

Normal (0.2–0.5 cm from tumor)

100

34 (34)

66 (66)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

 

Transitional (bordering tumor)

100

0 (0.0)

9 (9)

40 (40)

51 (51)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

 Category 2 (indefinite for neoplasia)

 

0

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

 Category 3 (low-grade adenoma/dysplasia)

 

249

0 (0.0)

8 (3.2)

64 (25.7)

104 (41.8)

15 (6)

58 (23.3)

 

Mild dysplasia

170

0 (0.0)

8 (4.7)

64 (37.6)

98 (57.7)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

 

Moderate dysplasia

79

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

6 (7.6)

15 (19)

58 (73.4)

 Category 4 (high-grade neoplasia)

 

192

123 (67.7)

69 (35.9)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

4.1 High grade

 

65

33 (50.8)

32 (49.2)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

4.2 Noninvasive carcinoma (carcinoma in situ)

 

44

21 (47.7)

23 (52.3)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

4.3 Suspicion for invasive carcinoma

 

40

32 (80)

8 (20)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

4.4 Intramucosal carcinoma

 

43

37 (86)

6 (14)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

 Category 5 Submucosal invasive carcinoma (carcinoma with invasion of the submucosa or deeper)

 

73

63 (86.3)

10 (13.7)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

  1. n, number of microscopic fields examined.