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ArticleTargeted oncology2014

EGFR intron-1 CA repeat polymorphism is a predictor of relapse and survival in complete resected only surgically treated esophageal cancer.

Yogesh K Vashist, Florian Trump, Florian Gebauer, Asad Kutup, Cenap Güngör, Viacheslav Kalinin, Rather Muddasar, Eik Vettorazzi, Emre F Yekebas, Burkhard Brandt and 2 more

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Article in Targeted oncology, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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12 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Yogesh K VashistDepartment of General, Visceral and Thoracic Surgery, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martini Strasse 52, 20246, Hamburg, Germany, vashist@uke.de.
Florian Trump
Florian Gebauer
Asad Kutup
Cenap Güngör
Viacheslav Kalinin
Rather Muddasar
Eik Vettorazzi
Emre F Yekebas
Burkhard Brandt
Klaus Pantel
Jakob R Izbicki
University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf · DEUniversität Hamburg · DE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Basal transcription regulation of the epidermal growth factor receptor is dependent upon a CA simple sequence repeat polymorphism in the intron-1 (CA-SSR-1). Here, we evaluate the role of CA-SSR-1 in complete resected esophageal cancer (EC) patients without neoadjuvant or adjuvant treatment. Genomic DNA was extracted from peripheral blood leukocytes of 241 patients. To determine the number of the CA repeats in the CA-SSR-1, DNA was amplified by polymerase chain reaction and sequenced. The results were correlated with clinicopathological parameters and clinical outcome. Three genotypes were defined based on cut-off points for short allele (S) with ≤18 and long allele (L) >18 CA repeats. A steadily increasing risk was evident between LL, SL, and SS genotype for larger tumor size, presence of lymph node metastases, and disseminated tumor cells in bone marrow as well as tumor recurrence (P < 0.001, chi-square test). A gradual decrease in disease-free and overall survival (OS) was present among LL, SL, and SS patients (P < 0.001, log-rank test). The different outcomes were also evident in nodal status and histological type adjusted subgroup analyses. CA-SSR-1 was identified as the strongest independent prognosticator of tumor recurrence and OS (P < 0.001, Cox regression analysis). CA-SSR-1 is a strong predictive factor for tumor recurrence and overall survival in patients with complete resected esophageal cancer without neoadjuvant or adjuvant therapy.

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Dinucleotide RepeatsPolymorphism, GeneticAdenocarcinomaAdultAgedAged, 80 and overCarcinoma, Squamous CellCohort StudiesErbB ReceptorsEsophageal NeoplasmsFemaleHumansIntronsMaleMiddle AgedPrognosisEGFR protein, humanErbB Receptors

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PMID23377570
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