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ArticleThoracic cancer2016

Topoisomerase I expression is associated with prognosis in postoperative non-small cell lung cancer patients.

Baohua Lu, Hongmei Zhang, Tongmei Zhang, Yiran Cai, Ying Hu, Hua Zheng, Baolan Li

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Article in Thoracic cancer, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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Baohua LuDivision of Medical Oncology Beijing Chest Hospital, Capital Medical University Beijing China.
Hongmei ZhangDivision of Medical Oncology Beijing Chest Hospital, Capital Medical University Beijing China.
Tongmei ZhangDivision of Medical Oncology Beijing Chest Hospital, Capital Medical University Beijing China.
Yiran CaiDivision of Pathology Beijing Chest Hospital, Capital Medical University Beijing China.
Ying HuDivision of Medical Oncology Beijing Chest Hospital, Capital Medical University Beijing China.
Hua ZhengDivision of Medical Oncology Beijing Chest Hospital, Capital Medical University Beijing China.
Baolan LiDivision of Medical Oncology Beijing Chest Hospital, Capital Medical University Beijing China.

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backgroundBiomarkers may help to improve non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) prognosis. However, the prognostic effect of topoisomerase I (Topo I) on NSCLC is unknown. We evaluated the clinicopathologic and prognostic significance of tumor Topo I and thymidylate synthase (TS) protein expression in postoperative NSCLC patients.

methodsOne hundred and fifteen patients with postoperative NSCLC were enrolled. Topo I and TS protein were detected in removed tumors by immunohistochemistry. The correlations between Topo I/TS protein expression and clinicopathologic characters and outcomes of patients were analyzed.

resultsIncreased expression of Topo I was found in 57 (49.6%) tumors. The largest diameter of the tumor was significantly different between patients with high and low Topo I expression (P = 0.035). TS staining showed that 35 (30.4%) carcinomas were TS positive. The level of TS expression was correlated with tumor differentiation (P = 0.037). Patients with low Topo I expression had significantly longer overall survival (OS) than those with high expression (P = 0.004). The correlation between Topo I expression and OS was demonstrated among patients with squamous cell carcinoma (P = 0.030) and patients in pathological tumor node metastasis stage I (P = 0.027). Topo I expression was positively correlated with TS expression in tumor tissue (R = 0.251, P = 0.007).

conclusionsLow Topo I expression is an independent favorable prognostic factor for longer OS in postoperative NSCLC patients, especially in squamous cell carcinoma. There is a correlation between the expression of TS and Topo I in removed tumor tissue.

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