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BRITISH JOURNAL OF CANCER
卷 101, 期 8, 页码 1282-1289出版社
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6605333
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colorectal cancer; adjuvant chemotherapy; prediction of outcome; EZH2; ki-76; immunehistochemistry
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BACKGROUND: Enhancer of zeste homologue 2 (EZH2) is a member of the Polycomb group of genes that is involved in epigenetic silencing and cell cycle regulation. METHODS: We studied EZH2 expression in 409 patients with colorectal cancer stages II and III. The patients were included in a randomised study, and treated with surgery alone or surgery followed by adjuvant chemotherapy. RESULTS: EZH2 expression was significantly related to increased tumour cell proliferation, as assessed by Ki-67 expression. In colon cancer, strong EZH2 expression (P = 0.041) and high proliferation (>= 40%; P = 0.001) were both associated with better relapse-free survival (RFS). In contrast, no such associations were found among rectal cancers. High Ki-67 staining was associated with improved RFS in colon cancer patients who received adjuvant chemotherapy (P 0.001), but not among those who were treated by surgery alone (P = 0.087). In colon cancers stage III, a significant association between RFS and randomisation group was found in patients with high proliferation (P = 0.046), but not in patients with low proliferation (P = 0.26). Multivariate analyses of colon cancers showed that stage III (hazard ratio (HR) 4.00) and high histological grade (HR 1.80) were independent predictors of reduced RFS, whereas high proliferation indicated improved RFS (HR 0.55). CONCLUSION: Strong EZH2 expression and high proliferation are associated features and both indicate improved RFS in colon cancer, but not so in rectal cancer. British Journal of Cancer ( 2009) 101, 1282-1289. doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6605333 www.bjcancer.com Published online 22 September 2009 (C) 2009 Cancer Research UK
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