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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4-5
pubmed:dateCreated
2006-12-28
pubmed:abstractText
Although decreased or lack of expression of Bcl-2 has been correlated with advanced tumor stage and shortened patient survival in colorectal cancer (CRC), its value in predicting the recurrence has not been well explored. Therefore, we assessed the usefulness of phenotypic expression of Bcl-2 in non-Hispanic Caucasian patients with CRCs in identifying risk of recurrence. Archival tissues of 92 Stage II and 66 Stage III primary CRCs were evaluated for immunohistochemical expression of Bcl-2. None of these patients received either pre- or post-surgical adjuvant therapies. Kaplan-Meier and Cox proportional hazards methods were used to estimate the rates of recurrence and survival according to Bcl-2 expression. Decreased expression of Bcl-2 was associated with an increased rate of recurrence in patients with Stage II CRCs (5-year log-rank test P=0.0015; Hazard Ratio (HR)=3.90, 95%C.I.:1.55-9.77) but not with Stage III CRCs (5-year log-rank test P=0.6058; HR=1.07, 95%C.I.:0.47-2.45) after adjusting for other demographic and clinicopathological features. Furthermore, decreased expression of Bcl-2 was an indicator of short survival in patients with Stage II CRCs but not with Stage III CRCs. Thus, decreased or lack of Bcl-2 expression in primary CRCs may serve as a molecular biomarker of high risk of recurrence for Caucasian patients with Stage II CRCs. These findings might be useful in identifying biologically aggressive phenotypes of Stage II CRCs, and may aid the oncologist in designing maximally appropriate therapeutic regimens.
pubmed:grant
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
1574-0153
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
1
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
241-50
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-9-26
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:17192048-Adenocarcinoma, pubmed-meshheading:17192048-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:17192048-Colorectal Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:17192048-Female, pubmed-meshheading:17192048-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:17192048-Kaplan-Meier Estimate, pubmed-meshheading:17192048-Male, pubmed-meshheading:17192048-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:17192048-Molecular Diagnostic Techniques, pubmed-meshheading:17192048-Multivariate Analysis, pubmed-meshheading:17192048-Neoplasm Recurrence, Local, pubmed-meshheading:17192048-Neoplasm Staging, pubmed-meshheading:17192048-Phenotype, pubmed-meshheading:17192048-Predictive Value of Tests, pubmed-meshheading:17192048-Prognosis, pubmed-meshheading:17192048-Proportional Hazards Models, pubmed-meshheading:17192048-Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2, pubmed-meshheading:17192048-Survival Analysis, pubmed-meshheading:17192048-Tumor Markers, Biological
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
Recurrence and survival predictive value of phenotypic expression of Bcl-2 varies with tumor stage of colorectal adenocarcinoma.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Pathology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Evaluation Studies, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural