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HUMAN PATHOLOGY
卷 44, 期 6, 页码 966-974出版社
W B SAUNDERS CO-ELSEVIER INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.humpath.2012.10.003
关键词
Rectal cancer; Radiotherapy; ALDH1; Cancer stem cells; Survival
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资金
- Special Government Funding
- Cancer Society of South-Western Finland
The cancer stem cell marker aldehyde dehydrogenase 1 (ALDH1) associates with treatment resistance and adverse outcome in several human cancers. We studied ALDH1 expression in rectal cancer, with special emphasis on its association with treatment response and disease outcome Immunohistochemical staining for ALDH1 was conducted for 64 biopsies and 209 operative samples from rectal cancer patients treated with short- (n = 89) or long:course (n = 46) (chemo)radiotherapy plus surgery, or with surgery only (n = 74). The staining results were compared to clinicopathological variables, tumor regression grade (TRG) and disease outcome. Nuclear beta-catenin expression pattern was analyzed from 197 operative samples. Positive ALDH1 expression was present in 149 operative samples (71%), correlating with deficient nuclear beta-catenin regulation (P = .018). In a pairwise comparison of respective biopsy and operative samples, ALDH1 expression remained stable or increased after preoperative (chemo)radiotherapy in most of the cases, while it decreased in few cases only (P = .02 for positive/negative category; P < .001 for intensity). ALDH1 expression did not, however, relate to tumor regression grade. In node-negative rectal cancer, ALDH1 expression was an independent predictor of short disease-free and disease-specific survival (P = .044; P = .049), specifically among patients treated with adjuvant chemotherapy. We conclude that ALDH1 associates with deregulated beta-catenin signaling, supporting the role of ALDH1 in rectal cancer sternness. ALDH1 expression relates to poor outcome in early stage rectal cancer, a group where new prognostic tools are particularly needed, and may indicate chemo- and radioresistance. (C) 2013 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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