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ArticleJournal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract2009

Polymorphism Arg290Arg in esophageal-cancer-related gene 1 (ECRG1) is a prognostic factor for survival in esophageal cancer.

Kai Bachmann, Shanly Shahmiri, Jussuf Kaifi, Paulus Schurr, Oliver Mann, Tamina Rawnaq, Suzette Block, Viacheslav Kalinin, Jakob R Izbicki, Tim Strate

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Article in Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Kai BachmannDepartment of General, Visceral, and Thoracic Surgery, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistrasse 52, 20246 Hamburg, Germany. k.bachmann@uke.uni-hamburg.de
Shanly Shahmiri
Jussuf Kaifi
Paulus Schurr
Oliver Mann
Tamina Rawnaq
Suzette Block
Viacheslav Kalinin
Jakob R Izbicki
Tim Strate
Universität Hamburg · DEUniversity Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf · DE

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backgroundEsophageal cancer is one of the most frequent cancers worldwide and is associated with poor outcome. Besides clinicopathological data, few prognostic molecular markers exist. Esophageal-cancer-related gene1 (ECRG1) short tandem repeats are associated with higher risk for developing esophageal squamous cell carcinoma. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the impact of DNA polymorphisms in the coding region of ECRG1 in esophageal carcinoma.

methodsGenomic DNA of 107 patients with esophageal cancer that underwent complete surgical resection between 1997 and 2005 was extracted. DNA was analyzed for ECRG1 polymorphisms Arg290Arg, Arg290Gln, and Gln290Gln by PCR and gel electrophoresis. Polymorphisms were correlated with survival data by the Kaplan-Meier method, multivariate Cox regression analysis, and odds ratio were determined. For all variables, cross tables were generated, followed by calculation of the p value by using the chi-square test/Fisher-exact test.

resultsFollow-up data of 102 patients with esophageal cancer were available after complete surgical resection for a median follow-up time of 24.3 months. Polymorphism Arg290Arg was found in 47 patients (46.1%), Arg290Gln in 48 patients (47.0%), and Gln290Gln in seven cases (6.9%). Arg290Arg polymorphism was significantly associated with reduced overall survival (p = 0.01) and tumor-free survival (p = 0.01) by the log-rank test. Multivariate regression analysis by Cox revealed polymorphism Arg290Arg to be a significant prognostic factor for survival (p = 0.012).

conclusionsPolymorphism Arg290Arg in ECRG1 is associated with poor clinical outcome after complete surgical resection in patients with esophageal cancer.

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AdenocarcinomaCarcinoma, Squamous CellCohort StudiesEsophageal NeoplasmsFemaleHumansMaleMembrane ProteinsMicrosatellite RepeatsMiddle AgedPolymorphism, GeneticPredictive Value of TestsRecombinant Fusion ProteinsRisk FactorsSerine ProteasesSurvival RateMembrane ProteinsRecombinant Fusion ProteinsSerine ProteasesTMPRSS11A protein, human

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