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Trial reportGastric cancer : official journal of the International Gastric Cancer Association and the Japanese Gastric Cancer Association2016

Osteopontin, E-cadherin, and β-catenin expression as prognostic biomarkers in patients with radically resected gastric cancer.

Maria Di Bartolomeo, Filippo Pietrantonio, Alessandro Pellegrinelli, Antonia Martinetti, Luigi Mariani, Maria Grazia Daidone, Emilio Bajetta, Giuseppe Pelosi, Filippo de Braud, Irene Floriani and 1 more

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Trial report in Gastric cancer : official journal of the International Gastric Cancer Association and the Japanese Gastric Cancer Association, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 30 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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30citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
4.3field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

30 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 52 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Osteopontin: Its Properties, Recent Studies, and Potential Applications.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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  7. Molecular Biomarkers in Cholangiocarcinoma: Focus on Bile.Current topics in medicinal chemistry · 2024
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  9. Osteopontin promotes gastric cancer progressionWorld journal of gastrointestinal oncology · 2023
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Maria Di BartolomeoMedical Oncology Department, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Via Venezian 1, 20133, Milan, Italy. maria.dibartolomeo@istitutotumori.mi.it.
Filippo PietrantonioMedical Oncology Department, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Via Venezian 1, 20133, Milan, Italy.
Alessandro PellegrinelliPathology Department, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy.
Antonia MartinettiMedical Oncology Department, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Via Venezian 1, 20133, Milan, Italy.
Luigi MarianiUnit of Medical Statistics, Biometry and Bioinformatics, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy.
Maria Grazia DaidoneExperimental Oncology and Molecular Medicine Department, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy.
Emilio BajettaMedical Oncology Unit, IDO Policlinico, Monza, Italy.
Giuseppe PelosiPathology Department, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy.
Filippo de BraudMedical Oncology Department, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Via Venezian 1, 20133, Milan, Italy.
Irene FlorianiClinical Research Laboratory, IRCCS Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche "Mario Negri", Milan, Italy.
Rosalba MiceliUnit of Medical Statistics, Biometry and Bioinformatics, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy.
Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori · ITMario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A correlation between osteopontin, E-cadherin, β-catenin, and cyclooxygenase 2 overexpression and poor clinicopathological features and prognosis has been previously suggested in gastric cancer. This translational study was aimed at assessing the correlation of these immunohistochemical biomarkers with outcome in patients with radically resected gastric cancer. We analyzed osteopontin, E-cadherin, β-catenin, and cyclooxygenase 2 expression by immunohistochemistry in 346 primary gastric tumor tissue samples from patients enrolled in the ITACA-S trial. This phase III study randomized patients with radically resected gastric cancer to receive adjuvant chemotherapy with either 5-fluorouracil and leucovorin or a sequential regimen of infusional 5-fluorouracil and leucovorin plus irinotecan followed by cisplatin and docetaxel. High expression of osteopontin was correlated with high histological grade, diffuse histotype, and peritoneal relapse, but not with TNM stage. Moreover, osteopontin overexpression was associated with higher risk of tumor recurrence and metastases, and was an independent prognostic factor for both relapse-free and overall survival of gastric cancer patients following adjuvant chemotherapy. Abnormal E-cadherin expression and abnormal β-catenin expression were correlated with more advanced disease stage, and as a consequence, with poor outcome. Our results suggest that osteopontin overexpression is a valuable independent predictor of tumor recurrence and survival in patients with radically resected gastric cancer.

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AgedAntigens, CDbeta CateninBiomarkers, TumorCadherinsCyclooxygenase 2FemaleHumansKaplan-Meier EstimateMaleMiddle AgedOsteopontinPrognosisStomach NeoplasmsAntigens, CDbeta CateninBiomarkers, TumorCadherinsCDH1 protein, humanCTNNB1 protein, humanCyclooxygenase 2OsteopontinPTGS2 protein, humanSPP1 protein, humanAdjuvant chemotherapyBiomarkerGastric cancerOsteopontinPrognosis

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