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Evaluation of Ficolin-3 as a Potential Prognostic Serum Biomarker in Chinese Patients with Esophageal Cancer.
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Genetic Testing & Molecular Biomarkers . Aug2019, Vol. 23 Issue 8, p565-572. 8p. - Publication Year :
- 2019
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Abstract
- Aims: Ficolin-3 is a circulating pattern recognition molecule of the lectin pathway, which participates in the host immune responses to cancer. Our study aimed to evaluate the prognostic efficacy of ficolin-3 in patients with esophageal cancer (EC). Methods: A total of 233 patients with EC were recruited for this study during a period from March 2013 to March 2016. Clinical information and pretherapeutic tumor specimens from all of the patients were analyzed. Serum ficolin-3 levels were determined by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Patients were then assigned into quartiles according to their serum ficolin-3 levels. The Cox proportional hazards model was utilized to explore the correlation between ficolin-3 levels with overall survival (OS) and disease-specific survival (DSS). Results: The serum ficolin-3 level in the esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) group was significantly higher than in the esophageal adenocarcinoma (EAC) group (19.59 ± 4.35 ng/mL vs. 18.39 ± 5.42 ng/mL, p < 0.01). There were great differences in prevalence of ESCC, tumor length, involvement of adventitia, and lymph node status among patients in different ficolin-3 groups (all p < 0.01). Both univariate analyses and further multivariate analyses revealed the close association between ficolin-3 levels and EAC (For OS and DSS, all p < 0.05). Out of 233 patients, survival information was available for 220, including 100 (45.45%) females and 120 (54.54%) males. When dividing the ficolin-3 levels into quartiles, patients with higher serum ficolin-3 levels showed a trend toward longer OS and DSS no matter whether they were diagnosed as ESCC or EAC (HR 0.21–0.55, all p < 0.05). Conclusions: Serum ficolin-3 levels were identified as an independent prognostic biomarker for DSS and OS in Chinese patients with EC, especially EAC. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 19450265
- Volume :
- 23
- Issue :
- 8
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Genetic Testing & Molecular Biomarkers
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 137873110
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1089/gtmb.2019.0045