Table 1.
Detection of galectin-9 in biopsies from head and neck carcinomas
|
Patient |
Origin |
Gender/Age |
Tumor site/Histological Type |
Clinical stage |
Galectin-9 staining |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| |
|
|
|
|
Malignant cells |
Stroma cells |
Adjacent mucosa |
| (epithelium type) | |||||||
|
1 |
Tunisia |
M/48 |
NPC/UNK* |
T4N3bM1 |
+ + |
+ |
- (malpighian) |
|
2 |
Romania |
F/34 |
NPC/UNK |
T2bN0M0 |
+ + |
+ |
- (malpighian) |
|
3 |
Cameroon |
M/62 |
NPC/UNK |
T4N2M0 |
+ + |
- |
+ (secretory) |
|
4 |
France |
M/63 |
NPC/UNK |
T4N0Mx |
+ + |
+ |
n/a |
|
5 |
France |
M/62 |
NPC/UNK |
T3N2M0 |
+ + |
+ |
n/a |
|
6 |
Portugal |
F/84 |
NPC/UNK |
T4N2M0 |
+ + |
+ |
n/a |
|
7 |
Algeria |
M/40 |
NPC/UNK |
T4N2M0 |
+ + |
- |
+ (malpighian) |
|
8 |
Turkey |
M/57 |
NPC/UNK |
T1N0M0 |
+ + |
+ |
n/a |
|
9 |
China |
F/31 |
NPC/UNK |
T4N0M0 |
+ + |
- |
- (malpighian) |
|
10 |
France |
M/48 |
NPC/UNK |
T1N2M0 |
+ + |
- |
- (secretory) |
|
11 |
France |
M/62 |
Tonsil/Infiltrating SCC** |
T2N1M0 |
+ |
+ |
- (malpighian) |
|
12 |
France |
F/82 |
Tongue/Differentiated SCC |
T2N0M0 |
- |
+ |
- (malpighian) |
| 13 | France | M/64 | Pelvi-lingual furrow/Differentiated SCC | T2N1M0 | - | + | - (malpighian) |
* NPC/UNK : nasopharyngeal carcinoma/undifferentiated non-keratinizing, ** SCC : squamous cell carcinoma, ++ : intense and homogeneous galectin-9 staining, + : moderate or scattered galectin-9 staining, - : absence of galectin-9 staining, n/a : not applicable (no segment of non malignant mucosa observed in the tissue section).