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ArticleOncoTargets and therapy2014

PTK7 as a potential prognostic and predictive marker of response to adjuvant chemotherapy in breast cancer patients, and resistance to anthracycline drugs.

Beyhan Ataseven, Angela Gunesch, Wolfgang Eiermann, Ronald E Kates, Bernhard Högel, Pjotr Knyazev, Axel Ullrich, Nadia Harbeck

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Article in OncoTargets and therapy, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

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8 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Beyhan AtasevenDepartment of Gynecology and Gynecologic Oncology, Kliniken Essen-Mitte, Essen, Germany ; Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Rotkreuzklinikum Munich, Munich, Germany.
Angela GuneschDepartment of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Rotkreuzklinikum Munich, Munich, Germany.
Wolfgang EiermannDepartment of Gynecology and Oncology, Interdisciplinary Oncology Center Munich, Munich, Germany.
Ronald E KatesBreast Center, Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Ludwig-Maximilian-University Munich, Munich, Germany.
Bernhard HögelDepartment of Pathology, Rotkreuzklinikum Munich, Munich, Germany.
Pjotr KnyazevDepartment of Molecular Biology, Max-Planck-Institute of Biochemistry, Martinsried, Germany.
Axel UllrichDepartment of Molecular Biology, Max-Planck-Institute of Biochemistry, Martinsried, Germany.
Nadia HarbeckBreast Center, Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Ludwig-Maximilian-University Munich, Munich, Germany.
Rotkreuzklinikum München · DELudwig-Maximilians-Universität München · DEMax Planck Institute of Biochemistry · DE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Biomarkers predicting resistance to particular chemotherapy regimens could play a key role in optimally individualized treatment concepts. PTK7 (protein tyrosine kinase 7) belongs to the receptor tyrosine kinase family involved in several physiological, but also malignant, cell behaviors. Recent studies in acute myeloid leukemia have associated PTK7 expression with resistance to anthracycline therapy. PTK7 mRNA expression in primary tumor tissue (PTT) and corresponding lymph node tissue (LNT) were retrospectively measured in 117 patients with early breast cancer; PTK7 expression was available in 103 PTT and 108 LNT samples. Median age was 60 years (range, 27-87 years). At a median follow-up of 28.5 months, 6 deaths and 16 recurrences had occurred. PTK7 expression correlations with clinicopathological features were computed and PTK7 expression effects on patient outcome were analyzed in three cohorts defined by adjuvant treatment: anthracycline-based treatment, other chemotherapy regimens (including taxane or other substances), or no chemotherapy. Association of PTK7 expression with clinicopathological features was seen only for age in PTT and nodal stage in LNT. High LN PTK7 was associated with poorer disease-free survival (DFS) in the total population (3-year DFS: low [81.7%] versus high [70.4%]; P=0.016) and in patients without adjuvant chemotherapy (3-year DFS: low [91.7%] versus high [22.3%]; P<0.001), but not in patients receiving adjuvant chemotherapy (P=0.552). DFS stratified by PTK7 expression was compared in treatment cohorts: In patients with low LN PTK7 expression, neither chemotherapy cohort showed significantly better survival than the no-chemotherapy cohort. In patients with high LN PTK7 expression, those receiving chemotherapy, including substances other than anthracyclines, but not those receiving only anthracycline-based chemotherapy, showed significantly better DFS than those receiving no chemotherapy (P=0.001). Our results support earlier findings that PTK7 may be a prognostic and predictive marker associated with resistance to anthracycline-based chemotherapy. Further investigations are needed to validate these findings in breast cancer.

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breast cancerchemoresistancepredictive factorsprognostic factorsprotein tyrosine kinase 7PTK7

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