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Trial reportScientific reports2016

Gamma-glutamyltransferase as novel biomarker in patients with uterine leiomyosarcoma.

Richard Schwameis, Christoph Grimm, Thomas Brodowicz, Edgar Petru, Katrin Hefler-Frischmuth, Christine Staudigl, Alexander Reinthaller, Georg Heinze, Stephan Polterauer, Mariella Polterauer

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Trial report in Scientific reports, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Richard SchwameisDepartment of General Gynaecology and Gynaecological Oncology, Gynecologic Cancer Unit - Comprehensive Cancer Center, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna,1090, Austria.
Christoph GrimmDepartment of General Gynaecology and Gynaecological Oncology, Gynecologic Cancer Unit - Comprehensive Cancer Center, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna,1090, Austria.
Thomas BrodowiczClinical Division of Oncology, Department of Medicine 1, Comprehensive Cancer Center - Medical University Vienna, Vienna, 1090, Austria.
Edgar PetruDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynaecology of the Medical University of Graz, Graz, 8036, Austria.
Katrin Hefler-FrischmuthDepartment of Internal Medicine I, Barmherzige Schwestern Hospital Linz, Linz, 4020, Austria.
Christine StaudiglDepartment of Gynaecology, Barmherzige Schwestern Hospital Linz, Linz, 4020, Austria.
Alexander ReinthallerDepartment of General Gynaecology and Gynaecological Oncology, Gynecologic Cancer Unit - Comprehensive Cancer Center, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna,1090, Austria.
Georg HeinzeCenter for Medical Statistics, Informatics and Intelligent Systems, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, 1090, Austria.
Stephan PolterauerDepartment of General Gynaecology and Gynaecological Oncology, Gynecologic Cancer Unit - Comprehensive Cancer Center, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna,1090, Austria.
Mariella PolterauerDepartment of General Gynaecology and Gynaecological Oncology, Gynecologic Cancer Unit - Comprehensive Cancer Center, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna,1090, Austria.
Medical University of Vienna · ATAGO Austria · ATComprehensive Cancer Center Vienna · ATKarl Landsteiner Society · ATMedical University of Graz · AT

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Gamma-glutamyltransferase (GGT) is an established marker for proliferative/apoptotic balance and has been associated with cancer risk and prognosis. The aim of this study was to evaluate the value of pre-treatment GGT serum levels as prognostic biomarker in patients with primary uterine leiomyosarcoma (ULMS). Data of women with ULMS were extracted from a multi-center database. Pre-treatment GGT serum levels were measured and patients assigned to predefined GGT risk groups. GGT values were correlated with clinico-pathological parameters and univariate and multivariable survival analyses were performed. A total of 44 patients with ULMS were analyzed. Mean (SD) pre-therapeutic GGT serum level was 33.8 (39.8) U/L. In Figo Stage I versus II-IV mean (SD) GGT values were 28.8 (34.0) U/l and 43.5 (49.2) U/l, respectively (p = 0.25). Five-year overall survival (OS) rates in ULMS patients with normal low versus higher GGT levels were 70% and 37%, respectively (p = 0.043). Univariate and multivariable analyses revealed that higher GGT serum levels (p = 0.043, p = 0.005) and high histological grade (p = 0.029, p = 0.012) were independently associated with impaired OS, respectively. Higher pre-treatment GGT serum levels were independently associated with unfavorable prognosis in women with ULMS. Thus, GGT seems to be a useful novel biomarker in ULMS.

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LeiomyosarcomaUterine NeoplasmsAdultAgedBiomarkers, TumorDatabases, FactualDisease-Free SurvivalFemalegamma-GlutamyltransferaseHumansMiddle AgedNeoplasm ProteinsSurvival RateBiomarkers, Tumorgamma-Glutamyltransferasegamma-glutamyltransferase, humanNeoplasm Proteins

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