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ArticleJournal of cancer research and clinical oncology2017

The long-term prognostic value of survivin expressing circulating tumor cells in patients with high-risk non-muscle invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC).

Chiara Nicolazzo, Gian Maria Busetto, Francesco Del Giudice, Isabella Sperduti, Diana Giannarelli, Angela Gradilone, Paola Gazzaniga, Ettore de Berardinis, Cristina Raimondi

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Chiara NicolazzoDipartimento Medicina Molecolare, Sapienza Università di Roma, Rome, Italy.
Gian Maria BusettoDipartimento Scienze Ginecologico-Ostetriche e Scienze Urologiche, Sapienza Università di Roma, Viale Regina Elena, 324, 00161, Rome, Italy. gianmaria.busetto@uniroma1.it.
Francesco Del GiudiceDipartimento Scienze Ginecologico-Ostetriche e Scienze Urologiche, Sapienza Università di Roma, Viale Regina Elena, 324, 00161, Rome, Italy.
Isabella SperdutiUnità Biostatistica, Istituto Regina Elena, Rome, Italy.
Diana GiannarelliUnità Biostatistica, Istituto Regina Elena, Rome, Italy.
Angela GradiloneDipartimento Medicina Molecolare, Sapienza Università di Roma, Rome, Italy.
Paola GazzanigaDipartimento Medicina Molecolare, Sapienza Università di Roma, Rome, Italy.
Ettore de BerardinisDipartimento Scienze Ginecologico-Ostetriche e Scienze Urologiche, Sapienza Università di Roma, Viale Regina Elena, 324, 00161, Rome, Italy.
Cristina RaimondiDipartimento Medicina Molecolare, Sapienza Università di Roma, Rome, Italy.

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objectivesLong-term follow-up study to evaluate the impact on disease-free survival and cancer-specific survival of survivin expression in tissue and CTCs from T1G3 bladder cancer patients. PATIENTS AND

methodsThe study was conducted using tumor tissue and blood samples from 54 patients with a primary diagnosis of T1G3 NMIBC. Survivin was evaluated by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction in tumor tissues. CTCs were isolated from blood by CELLection™ Dynabeads (Invitrogen, Carlsbad, CA, USA). Cells were lysed and cDNA was synthesized and analysed for the expression of CD45, CK8 and survivin. The endpoints of this long-termanalysis were disease-free survival, DFS and cancer-specific survival, CSS.

resultsHere, we report that, at 9 years of median follow-up, disease-free survival and cancer-specific survival are both significantly influenced by the expression of survivin in tumor tissue (p = 0.006), by the presence of CTCs (p < 0.0001) and by the expression of survivin in CTCs (p < 0.0001).

conclusionThe statistically significant impact of survivin expressing CTCs on cancer-specific survival that we observed might be interpreted as the result of the persistence of a subpopulation of highlander cells in the blood of T1G3 bladder patients over time.

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Disease-Free SurvivalFollow-Up StudiesHumansInhibitor of Apoptosis ProteinsKaplan-Meier EstimateLiquid BiopsyNeoplastic Cells, CirculatingPrognosisReverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain ReactionSurvivinUrinary Bladder NeoplasmsBIRC5 protein, humanInhibitor of Apoptosis ProteinsSurvivinCirculating tumor cellsNon-muscle invasive bladder cancerPrognosisSurvivinT1G3 bladder cancer

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PMCPMC11819121

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