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ArticleJournal of clinical pathology2006

Metastatic recurrence of early-stage colorectal cancer is linked to loss of heterozygosity on chromosomes 4 and 14q.

F Al-Mulla, S AlFadhli, A H Al-Hakim, J J Going, M S Bitar

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Article in Journal of clinical pathology, 2006. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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14 citing papers in PubMed, 32 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

F Al-MullaDepartment of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Molecular Pathology Unit, Kuwait University, Kuwait. fahd@al-mulla.org
S AlFadhli
A H Al-Hakim
J J Going
M S Bitar
Kuwait University · KWUniversity of Glasgow · GB

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveTo investigate the prognostic value for loss of heterozygosity (LOH) of chromosomes 4 and 14q in early-stage colorectal cancer (CRC).

methodsA total of 70, largely microsatellite stable, tumours and their corresponding normal mucosa were subjected to microdissection and analysed for LOH at chromosomes 4 and 14q by using 13 highly polymorphic microsatellite markers. LOH was correlated with the survival of the patients, using univariate, multivariate and Kaplan-Meier's survival curves.

resultLOH at D4S2935, D4S1579 and D4S1595 on chromosome 4 was significantly associated with metastatic recurrence of early-stage CRC. For chromosome arm 14q, two minimal regions of deletion were associated with metastatic recurrence and mapped to neighbouring markers D14S275/D14S49 at 14q12-13 and D14S65/D14S250 at 14q32. High-level loss (loss of five to eight of the informative microsatellite markers) on both chromosomes 4 and 14q, to be an independent prognostic indicator in early-stage CRC was shown by multivariate analysis.

conclusionDetermining the LOH of chromosomes 4 and 14q and their extent in primary tumours of patients with early-stage CRC may constitute a molecular signature of metastatic recurrence. This may be achieved if new finding sheds light on the treatment of this subgroup of patients that have been largely ignored.

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Loss of HeterozygosityAgedChromosomes, Human, Pair 14Chromosomes, Human, Pair 4Colorectal NeoplasmsDNA, NeoplasmEpidemiologic MethodsFemaleHumansMaleMicrodissectionMicrosatellite RepeatsMiddle AgedNeoplasm MetastasisNeoplasm StagingPrognosisDNA, Neoplasm

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PMID16731603
PMCPMC1860407
OpenAlexW2170040401

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