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ArticleCancer management and research2021

The Prognosis Value of PSPC1 Expression in Nasopharyngeal Cancer.

Huocong He, Lurong Zhang, Keyu Lin, Zhengrong Huang, Yan Zhou, Shaojun Lin, Ying Su, Jianru Pan

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Article in Cancer management and research, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Huocong He *Laboratory of Radiation Biology, Fujian Cancer Hospital & Fujian Medical University Cancer Hospital, Fuzhou, Fujian, 350014, People's Republic of China.ORCID 0000-0001-9043-3085
Lurong Zhang *Laboratory of Radiation Biology, Fujian Cancer Hospital & Fujian Medical University Cancer Hospital, Fuzhou, Fujian, 350014, People's Republic of China.ORCID 0000-0001-8232-8795
Keyu Lin *Laboratory of Radiation Biology, Fujian Cancer Hospital & Fujian Medical University Cancer Hospital, Fuzhou, Fujian, 350014, People's Republic of China.ORCID 0000-0003-4624-6762
Zhengrong HuangDepartment of Integrative Medicine, Fujian Cancer Hospital & Fujian Medical University Cancer Hospital, Fuzhou, Fujian, 350014, People's Republic of China.ORCID 0000-0002-6744-1084
Yan ZhouDepartment of Epidemiology, Fujian Cancer Hospital & Fujian Medical University Cancer Hospital, Fuzhou, Fujian, 350014, People's Republic of China.ORCID 0000-0002-5623-0193
Shaojun LinDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Fujian Cancer Hospital & Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, Fujian, 350014, People's Republic of China.ORCID 0000-0001-7164-9761
Ying SuLaboratory of Radiation Biology, Fujian Cancer Hospital & Fujian Medical University Cancer Hospital, Fuzhou, Fujian, 350014, People's Republic of China.ORCID 0000-0002-5572-5733
Jianru PanCollege of Biological Science and Engineering, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, Fujian, 350002, People's Republic of China.ORCID 0000-0001-9105-2129
Fujian Medical University · CNFuzhou University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundParaspeckle component 1 (PSPC1) is overexpressed in various cancer and correlated with poor survival in the patients. However, little is known about its expression and role in the progression of nasopharyngeal carcinomas (NPC). The purpose of this study is to examine PSPC1 expression in NPC and explore its role in clinical prognosis of radiation therapy.

methodsThe association of PSPC1 expression with clinicopathological features of 109 NPC patients was examined using partial correlation analysis. Cancer tissues were obtained prior to clinical treatment. All cases were diagnosed and pathologically confirmed to be poorly differentiated or undifferentiated NPC without distant metastasis. The patients were then treated with radiation and followed-up. Survival analysis was performed.

resultsPartial correlation analysis revealed that the PSPC1 expression in NPC was correlated with N classification, recurrence, prognosis and radiosensitivity in NPC patients, but not with the gender, age, pathohistological pattern, clinical stage, and T classification. The overexpression of PSPC1 was detected in 64 samples (58.72%). Kaplan-Meier survival analysis revealed that the overall survival (OS) was longer in NPC patients with PSPC1 low expression than that in those with PSPC1 high expression. Moreover, patients with the overexpression of PSPC1 had a low progression-free survival and distant metastasis-free survival rate, compared to those who had a low expression of PSPC1. Although not statistically significant, patients with high expression of PSPC1 had a lower locoregional recurrence-free survival rate than those with low expression, and the curves between the two groups was well separated.

conclusionPSPC1 overexpression was associated with poor prognosis for NPC, which might be a novel useful biomarker to predict the response of NPC to radiation therapy and its clinical outcome.

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clinical prognosisnasopharyngeal carcinomaoverexpressionparaspeckle component 1PSPC1radiation

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