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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-9-12
pubmed:abstractText
The role of circulating tumor markers in providing prognostic information has not been widely studied. In the current study, serum levels of the carbohydrate antigen 15-3 (CA 15-3) and carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) were determined preoperatively in 364 breast cancer patients with no clinical signs of metastasis. The prognostic relevance of these markers for recurrence (175/364) and death of disease (104/175) was determined by Cox multivariate analysis, including the comparison with classical prognostic factors. High levels of both tumor markers were associated with aneuploid tumors with high S-phase fraction and high ornithine decarboxylase activity. CA 15-3 was highly associated with the number of positive lymph nodes and peritumoral lymphatic or blood vessel invasion. No significant associations were found between CEA or CA 15-3 levels and histologic grade, necrosis and steroid receptor status. In univariate analysis, preoperative values, using optimum cutoff values of CA 15-3 (40 U/ml) and CEA (6 ng/ml), were statistically significant for relapse-free survival and overall survival. In multivariate analysis, only node status, DNA ploidy and ornithine decarboxylase activity were independent predictors for relapse-free survival; the estrogen receptor status was a predictor of overall survival. In node-negative patients, ornithine decarboxylase activity was the only factor selected for relapse-free survival. In node-positive patients, the number of lymph nodes and DNA ploidy were the only variables selected for relapse-free survival or overall survival. Estrogen receptor and ornithine decarboxylase activity were excluded for relapse-free survival, but were significant prognostic factors for overall survival.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
1010-4283
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright 2001 S. Karger AG, Basel
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
22
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
273-81
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:11553856-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:11553856-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:11553856-Aneuploidy, pubmed-meshheading:11553856-Breast Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:11553856-Carcinoembryonic Antigen, pubmed-meshheading:11553856-Cell Cycle, pubmed-meshheading:11553856-DNA, Neoplasm, pubmed-meshheading:11553856-Diploidy, pubmed-meshheading:11553856-Female, pubmed-meshheading:11553856-Flow Cytometry, pubmed-meshheading:11553856-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:11553856-Lymphatic Metastasis, pubmed-meshheading:11553856-Menopause, pubmed-meshheading:11553856-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:11553856-Mucin-1, pubmed-meshheading:11553856-Multivariate Analysis, pubmed-meshheading:11553856-Necrosis, pubmed-meshheading:11553856-Ornithine Decarboxylase, pubmed-meshheading:11553856-Prognosis, pubmed-meshheading:11553856-Receptors, Estrogen, pubmed-meshheading:11553856-Receptors, Progesterone, pubmed-meshheading:11553856-Recurrence, pubmed-meshheading:11553856-Retrospective Studies, pubmed-meshheading:11553856-Survival Rate, pubmed-meshheading:11553856-Tumor Markers, Biological
pubmed:articleTitle
Preoperative values of CA 15-3 and CEA as prognostic factors in breast cancer: a multivariate analysis.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Clinical Chemistry, University Hospital Virgen de la Arrixaca, Murcia, Spain. fcanizares@hvax.insalud.es
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article