FLNA is a predictor of chemoresistance and poor survival in cervical cancer.

Authors :: Jin YZ
Pei CZ
Wen LY
Source :: Biomarkers in medicine [Biomark Med] 2016 Jul; Vol. 10 (7), pp. 711-9. Date of Electronic Publication: 2016 Jun 27.
Publication Year :: 2016
Abstract: Aim: To investigate the expression of FLNA and its potential prognostic significance in cervical cancer.<br />Patients & Methods: Real-time PCR was performed to evaluate the expression levels of FLNA in 44 pairs of cervical cancer and matched normal adjacent tissues. Kaplan-Meier analysis and Cox proportional hazards model were used to examine the correlation between FLNA expression levels and overall survival in cervical cancer patients.<br />Results & Conclusion: FLNA was significantly upregulated in cervical cancer tissues. FLNA expression level was associated with lymph node metastasis, parametrial invasion and response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy and predicted poor survival in cervical cancer patients. FLNA may serve as a predictor of chemosensitivity and a prognostic biomarker of survival in cervical cancer.