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ArticleDiagnostics (Basel, Switzerland)2024

NUF2 Expression in Cancer Tissues and Lymph Nodes Suggests Post-Surgery Recurrence of Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer.

Chika Shirakami, Koei Ikeda, Hironori Hinokuma, Wataru Nishi, Yusuke Shinchi, Eri Matsubara, Hironobu Osumi, Kosuke Fujino, Makoto Suzuki

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Article in Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland), 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Chika ShirakamiDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto 860-8556, Japan.
Koei IkedaDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto 860-8556, Japan.
Hironori HinokumaDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto 860-8556, Japan.
Wataru NishiDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto 860-8556, Japan.ORCID 0000-0001-9919-8050
Yusuke ShinchiDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto 860-8556, Japan.
Eri MatsubaraDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto 860-8556, Japan.
Hironobu OsumiDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto 860-8556, Japan.
Kosuke FujinoDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto 860-8556, Japan.
Makoto SuzukiDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto 860-8556, Japan.
Kumamoto University · JP

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) cases, detecting potential lymph node metastases is essential to determine the indications for sublobar resection or adjuvant therapy. NUF2 is a tumor-specific antigen that is highly expressed in lung cancer tissues. However, the significance of analyzing NUF2 expression in dissected lymph nodes has not yet been studied. Thus, we investigated the association between NUF2 expression in lung cancer tissues and dissected lymph nodes and early recurrence of NSCLC to determine its usefulness as a marker of lymph node micrometastasis. This retrospective study quantified NUF2 expression in the cancer tissues of 88 patients with NSCLC who underwent complete resection using real-time polymerase chain reaction and investigated its relationship with clinicopathological features and prognosis. We also quantified NUF2 RNA expression in mediastinal lymph nodes from 255 patients with pN0 NSCLC who underwent complete resection with lymph node dissection and analyzed its association with prognosis. NUF2 expression in primary tumors was correlated with lymph node metastasis and unfavorable outcomes in terms of poor recurrence-free and cancer-specific survival. In N0 NSCLC cases, high NUF2 expression in mediastinal lymph nodes indicated poor prognosis, especially in lymph node recurrence. NUF2 emerges as a promising marker for predicting lymph node metastatic recurrence, offering potential utility in guiding post-surgical adjuvant therapy for lung cancer or assisting in intraoperative decisions for sublobar resection.

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intraoperativelung cancerlymph node metastasisnon-small cell lung cancerNUF2sublobar resection

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