Is napsin A an independent prognostic factor in surgically resected adenocarcinoma of the lung?
Clinicopathologic characteristics associated with napsin A-positive lung ADC are similar to and overlap with those of TTF-1-positive ADCs. The absence of napsin A is an independent poor prognostic factor in surgically resected adenocarcinoma. Further studies are necessary to determine the role of napsin A in the progression of lung adenocarcinoma.
Mehran risk score has been validated in our study as a good score for predicting CIN in patients with ACS who underwent coronary angiography. According to this, we support its use in patients hospitalized for ACS in order to identify the ones at risk, and to optimize CIN prophylactic therapy prior to and after catheterization.