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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-1-26
pubmed:abstractText
Resistance to chemotherapy represents one of the most important causes of treatment failure in patients with ovarian cancer. Common polymorphisms in the glutathione-S-transferase (GSTM1, GSTP1 and GSTT1) family have been implicated in chemoresistence and ovarian cancer survival. In this study, we have analysed Australian women diagnosed with primary invasive epithelial ovarian cancer between 1985 and 1997, using DNA extracted from peripheral blood and archival uninvolved (normal) tissues. GSTP1 genotypes were determined using ABI Prism 7700 Sequence Detection System methodology (n=448) and GSTT1 and GSTM1 genotypes using PCR-agarose methodology (n=239). We observed a significant survival advantage among carriers of GSTP1 Ile105Val GG/GA genotype (HR 0.77, 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.61-0.99,p=0.04) and a non-significant survival advantage among women who were homozygous for the GSTM1 and GSTT1 deletion variants. There was also evidence of an additive effect, with a stronger survival benefit in women carrying three low function GST genotypes (GSTM1 null, GSTT1 null and GSTP1 GA/GG) (HR 0.47, 95% CI 0.22-1.02). The results of this study, the largest to date, are consistent with a number of previous smaller studies which have also observed that reduced GST function was associated with better survival outcomes in patients with ovarian cancer.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0959-8049
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
43
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
283-90
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
The role of glutathione-S-transferase polymorphisms in ovarian cancer survival.
pubmed:affiliation
Cancer and Population Studies Division, Queensland Institute of Medical Research, PO Royal Brisbane Hospital, Qld 4029, Australia.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't