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ArticleOncology letters2015

Expression of TYMS in lymph node metastasis from low-grade glioma.

Bingqian Ding, Ming Gao, Zhenjiang Li, Chenyang Xu, Shaokang Fan, Weiya He

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Article in Oncology letters, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Bingqian DingDepartment of Neurosurgery, Huaihe Hospital of Henan University, Kaifeng, Henan 475000, P.R. China.
Ming GaoDepartment of Neurosurgery, Huaihe Hospital of Henan University, Kaifeng, Henan 475000, P.R. China.
Zhenjiang LiDepartment of Neurosurgery, Huaihe Hospital of Henan University, Kaifeng, Henan 475000, P.R. China.
Chenyang XuDepartment of Neurosurgery, Huaihe Hospital of Henan University, Kaifeng, Henan 475000, P.R. China.
Shaokang FanDepartment of Neurosurgery, Huaihe Hospital of Henan University, Kaifeng, Henan 475000, P.R. China.
Weiya HeDepartment of Neurology, Huaihe Hospital of Henan University, Kaifeng, Henan 475000, P.R. China.
Henan University Huaihe Hospital and Huaihe Clinical Institute · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The aim of the present study was to investigate the expression of thymidylate synthase (TYMS) in the primary foci and metastatic lymph nodes of low-grade glioma, and to analyze the function of TYMS in the lymph node metastases from low-grade glioma. The study included 93 cases of surgically resected and pathologically confirmed low-grade glioma, form patients treated at Huaihe Hospital of Henan University (Kaifeng, China). The following clinical data was obtained from each patient: Gender, age, subjective symptoms (dizziness, headache, a feeling of pressure in the head, etc.), site of disease, tumor type, pathological stage, degree of differentiation and lymph node involvement. The surgically resected gliomas and dissected cervical lymph nodes were immunohistochemically stained, and DNA was extracted from the tumor and lymph node tissues samples for polymerase chain reaction sequencing and amplification. The expression of TYMS in the primary foci and metastatic lymph nodes of low-grade glioma was examined. Additionally, the association between pathological features and the postoperative survival rate of the patients was analyzed. The primary lesions of all 93 cases exhibited positive TYMS expression and 43/157 (27.39%) lymph nodes exhibited positive TYMS expression. Factors that significantly influenced the postoperative survival rate of the patients, included the metastasis of the cervical lymph nodes (P<0.01), the number of dissected cervical lymph nodes (P<0.01) and the degree of differentiation (P<0.05). The metastasis of the cervical lymph nodes was the only independent risk factor affecting postoperative disease-free survival. The risk of recurrence in patients with metastasis of the cervical lymph nodes was 6.3-fold higher than in those without metastasis (P<0.01). Thus, the results of the present study provide a theoretical basis for accurately predicting the prognosis of patients with low-grade malignant brain glioma, reducing the conjecture involved in selecting postoperative treatment strategies and improving therapeutic efficacy.

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brain gliomalymphatic metastasissurvival ratethymidylate synthase

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PMCPMC4533609
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