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JOURNAL OF CARDIOTHORACIC SURGERY
卷 18, 期 1, 页码 -出版社
BMC
DOI: 10.1186/s13019-023-02297-z
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Cancer; NSCLC; Micrometastasis; Mediastinal lymph node micrometastasis; Skip metastasis
Lung cancer is a highly metastatic form of cancer, and TNM staging is the gold standard for determining appropriate treatment. Traditional diagnostic methods may fail to detect micrometastasis, which can affect disease recurrence and survival. We found that a combination of gene expressions in lymph nodes can be used to identify micrometastasis and predict patients' recurrence and survival.
BackgroundLung cancer is known as the most common and highly metastatic form of cancer worldwide. Tumour node metastasis (TNM) staging is the gold standard classification system for the decision-making process for appropriate treatment. Particularly N status has the most important prognostic value in the absence of distant metastasis. Traditional diagnostic methods are capable of detecting metastasis; however, they may fail to detect micrometastasis, which plays a role in disease recurrence and patients' long-term survival. Occult micrometastasis can change the tumour's TNM staging and, consequently, the patient's treatment regimen.MethodsThe median number of three lymph node tissues were collected from 30 patients who underwent surgery for non-small cell lung cancer. Lymph node tissues were collected from different lymph node stations according to the location of the patient's tumour. CK19, EpCAM and CEACAM5 gene expressions were analysed in tissues using quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction to detect micrometastasis in distant lymph nodes.ResultsTriple positivity was seen in 26 out of 30 patients which 19 patients were upstaged from N0 to N2. While survival was not significantly affected between upstaged and non-upstaged patients, patients upstaged with multiple-station N2 had a significantly higher recurrence and lower survival compared to single-station N2.ConclusionA combination of CK19, EpCAM and CEACAM5 gene expressions in lymph nodes can be used to identify micrometastasis which postoperatively may be used as a tool to predict patients' recurrence and survival.
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