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ArticleOncology letters2023

Association between Ki67 expression and therapeutic outcome in colon cancer.

Qi Liu, Dongmei Ran, Liping Wang, Jiajun Feng, Wei Deng, Dongdong Mei, Yifan Peng, Changzheng Du

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Article in Oncology letters, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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11citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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11 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 22 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Qi LiuKey University Laboratory of Metabolism and Health of Guangdong, Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518055, P.R. China.
Dongmei RanDepartment of Pathology, Southern University of Science and Technology Hospital, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518055, P.R. China.
Liping WangDigestive Tumor Center, Southern University of Science and Technology Hospital, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518055, P.R. China.
Jiajun FengDepartment of General Surgery, Southern University of Science and Technology Hospital, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518055, P.R. China.
Wei DengDepartment of Pathology, Southern University of Science and Technology Hospital, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518055, P.R. China.
Dongdong MeiDepartment of Pathology, Southern University of Science and Technology Hospital, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518055, P.R. China.
Yifan PengKey Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research (Ministry of Education), Department of Unit III & Ostomy Service, Gastrointestinal Cancer Center, Peking University Cancer Hospital & Institute, Beijing 100142, P.R. China.
Changzheng DuKey University Laboratory of Metabolism and Health of Guangdong, Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518055, P.R. China.
Southern University of Science and Technology · CNPeking University · CN

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ki67 is a commonly used proliferation marker in pathological diagnosis of tumors; however, its prognostic value in colon cancer is controversial. A total of 312 consecutive patients with stage I-III colon cancer who underwent radical surgery with or without adjuvant chemotherapy were included in the present study. Ki67 expression was assessed using immunohistochemistry and was classified according to 25% intervals. The association between Ki67 expression and clinicopathological features was analyzed. Long-term postoperative survival, including disease-free survival (DFS) and overall survival, was calculated, and its association with Ki67 was analyzed. High Ki67 expression (>50%) was associated with improved DFS in patients treated with adjuvant chemotherapy postoperatively, but not in patients who received surgery alone (P=0.138). Ki67 expression was significantly associated with histological differentiation of the tumor (P=0.01), while it was not associated with other clinicopathological factors. Multivariate analysis demonstrated that pathological T and N stage were independent prognostic factors. In conclusion, high Ki67 expression was associated with a good therapeutic outcome in patients receiving adjuvant chemotherapy in colon cancer.

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chemotherapycolon cancerKi67surgery

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PMID37216165
PMCPMC10193363
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