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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-1-27
pubmed:abstractText
The aim of this study was to evaluate the prognostic significance of tumor dihydropyrimidine dehydroganase (DPD) in curatively resected colorectal cancer patients who received or did not receive oral 5-FU based-adjuvant chemotherapy. Among 182 patients with stage II-III colorectal cancers, 89 patients (adjuvant chemotherapy group) received oral 5-FU based-adjuvant chemotherapy, and 93 patients (surgery alone group) did not receive 5-FU. DPD expressions in the tumors and in the normal colonic mucosa were measured by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays. The mean DPD expression of the tumors was significantly lower than that of the normal mucosa (54.4 +/- 40.4 versus 72.3 +/- 23.3 Unit/mg protein, P < 0.01). For survival analyses, we designated the cut-off value of tumor DPD as its median value (46.3). In the adjuvant chemotherapy group, high tumor DPD levels were associated with poor survival (HR, 5.24; P = 0.03). In the surgery alone group, high tumor DPD levels were associated with better survival (HR, 0.32; P = 0.02). In conclusion, tumor DPD level is an efficacious marker in oral 5-FU based-adjuvant chemotherapy for colorectal cancer; however, low tumor DPD predicts reduced survival in patients treated with curative surgery alone.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0304-3835
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
10
pubmed:volume
204
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
97-104
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:14744539-Administration, Oral, pubmed-meshheading:14744539-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:14744539-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:14744539-Aged, 80 and over, pubmed-meshheading:14744539-Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic, pubmed-meshheading:14744539-Chemotherapy, Adjuvant, pubmed-meshheading:14744539-Colorectal Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:14744539-Dihydrouracil Dehydrogenase (NADP), pubmed-meshheading:14744539-Female, pubmed-meshheading:14744539-Fluorouracil, pubmed-meshheading:14744539-Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic, pubmed-meshheading:14744539-Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic, pubmed-meshheading:14744539-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:14744539-Male, pubmed-meshheading:14744539-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:14744539-Neoplasm Staging, pubmed-meshheading:14744539-Prognosis, pubmed-meshheading:14744539-Survival Rate, pubmed-meshheading:14744539-Tumor Markers, Biological
pubmed:year
2004
pubmed:articleTitle
Tumor dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase in stage II and III colorectal cancer: low level expression is a beneficial marker in oral-adjuvant chemotherapy, but is also a predictor for poor prognosis in patients treated with curative surgery alone.
pubmed:affiliation
Division of Surgical Oncology, Department of Translational Medical Sciences, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Sakamoto 1-7-1, Nagasaki, 852-8501, Japan. bannv@bolero.plala.or.jp
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study