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ArticleClinical epigenetics2025

HOXA9 methylation is not associated with survival in Brazilian patients with lung adenocarcinoma.

Anna Luiza Silva Almeida Vicente, Fabiana Aparecida de Souza Santos, Welinton Yoshio Hirai, Delphine Lissa, Rodrigo de Oliveira Cavagna, Aline Larissa Virginio da Silva, Mariana Bisarro Dos Reis, Eduardo Caetano Albino da Silva, Flávio Augusto Ferreira da Silva, Josiane Dias Mourão and 4 more

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Article in Clinical epigenetics, 2025. 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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14 authors.

Anna Luiza Silva Almeida Vicente *Molecular Oncology Research Center, Barretos Cancer Hospital, Barretos, Brazil.
Fabiana Aparecida de Souza Santos *Molecular Oncology Research Center, Barretos Cancer Hospital, Barretos, Brazil.
Welinton Yoshio HiraiDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Barretos Cancer Hospital, Barretos, Brazil.
Delphine LissaLaboratory of Human Carcinogenesis, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA.
Rodrigo de Oliveira CavagnaMolecular Oncology Research Center, Barretos Cancer Hospital, Barretos, Brazil.
Aline Larissa Virginio da SilvaMolecular Oncology Research Center, Barretos Cancer Hospital, Barretos, Brazil.
Mariana Bisarro Dos ReisMolecular Oncology Research Center, Barretos Cancer Hospital, Barretos, Brazil.
Eduardo Caetano Albino da SilvaDeparment of Pathology, Barretos Cancer Hospital, Barretos, São Paulo, Brazil.
Flávio Augusto Ferreira da SilvaDepartment of Medical Oncology, Barretos Cancer Hospital, São Paulo, Brazil.
Josiane Dias MourãoDepartment of Medical Oncology, Barretos Cancer Hospital, São Paulo, Brazil.
Pedro De MarchiMolecular Oncology Research Center, Barretos Cancer Hospital, Barretos, Brazil.
Ana Carolina de CarvalhoMolecular Oncology Research Center, Barretos Cancer Hospital, Barretos, Brazil.
Letícia Ferro Leal *Molecular Oncology Research Center, Barretos Cancer Hospital, Barretos, Brazil. leticiaferroleal@gmail.com.
Rui Manuel Reis *Molecular Oncology Research Center, Barretos Cancer Hospital, Barretos, Brazil.

Funding

PRONON NUP: 25000.015000/2019-53World Health Organization 001
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Homeobox A9 promoter methylation (HOXA9) has been reported as a biomarker for early lung adenocarcinoma patients' prognosis. We aim to evaluate its prognostic value, regardless of disease stage. Using droplet digital PCR, we measured HOXA9 methylation in a cohort comprising 161 Brazilian patients. Low HOXA9 methylation was associated with higher cancer-specific survival but showed no significance after adjustment for clinical covariates. While low HOXA9 methylation was associated with earlier stages, no survival association was observed in this subset of patients. Overall, HOXA9 promoter methylation is not an independent prognostic biomarker of cancer-specific survival in Brazilian lung adenocarcinomas patients.

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Adenocarcinoma of LungBiomarkers, TumorDNA MethylationHomeodomain ProteinsLung NeoplasmsAgedAge DistributionBrazilFemaleGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticHumansKaplan-Meier EstimateMaleMiddle AgedNeoplasm StagingPredictive Value of TestsBiomarkers, Tumorhomeobox protein HOXA9Homeodomain ProteinsHOXA9Latin AmericaMethylationNon-small cell lung cancerPrognostic biomarker

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PMID39962529
PMCPMC11834317

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