Objective To study the clinical significance of DNA content and expression of nm23-H1, C-erb B-2 and p53 oncoproteins in hepatocellular carcinoma. Methods DNA content was measured after DNA feulgen’s dyeing, the expression of nm23-H1, C-erb B-2 and p53 oncoproteins was detected immunohistochemically. Results The incidence of aneuploid DNA content was 50.0% (12/24) in ≤5 cm group, and was 82.1% (23/28) in ＞5cm group; aneuploid DNA content was related with liver metastasis and cancerous thrombosis. The expression of nm23-H1 in HCC with liver metastasis was higher than that without metastasis. The positive rate of p53 in HCC with canerous thrombosis was higher than that without cancerous thrombosis. The positive rates of nm23-H1 and p53 in HCC with aneuploid DNA content were higher than those with diploid DNA content. The positive rate of C-erb B-2 did not have significantly difference between groups. Postoperative survival rates were possibly related with DNA content as well as expression of nm23-H1, and p53 oncoproteins. Conclusion Aneuploid DNA conten, expression of nm23-H1 and p53 oncoproteins are closely related with the invasiveness of HCC, and have remarkably clinical significance.
