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The relationship between circulating sialyl Tn antigen and polypoid or nonpolypoid growth characteristics in colorectal cancer.

Abstract
Recent studies delineated two different patterns of tumor growth in colorectal carcinoma characterized as polypoid and nonpolypoid (PG-type and NPG-type, respectively). We quantified serum sialyl Lewis (Le)a (CA19-9), sialyl Lex (SLX), sialyl Tn (STN), and carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) in 269 colorectal cancer patients to establish whether their levels correlated with any biological or clinical differences between PG-type and NPG-type cancer. Patients were divided into high and low antigen groups (higher or lower than a selected diagnostic-based cut-off value) and compared. Statistical testing was by univariate and multivariate (logistic regression) analyses. Forty-seven (17.5%) patients with PG-type and 222 (82.5%) with NPG-type cancer were studied. In contrast to NPG-type, the characteristics of the PG-type cancers included a low rate of lymph node metastasis and a high serum STN level. In contrast to a low STN level, a high STN level was independently related to the presence of distant metastasis in patients with PG-type cancer, and also to the presence of distant metastasis and large-sized tumor in patients with NPG-type cancer. These data suggest that differences in STN levels in the serum of patients with PG-type or NPG-type colorectal carcinomas may be at least partly responsible for different tumor progression behavior.
AuthorsT Nakagoe, T Sawai, T Tsuji, M Jibiki, M Ohbatake, A Nanashima, H Yamaguchi, T Yasutake, H Ayabe, Y Tagawa
JournalJournal of cancer research and clinical oncology (J Cancer Res Clin Oncol) Vol. 126 Issue 9 Pg. 542-8 (Sep 2000) ISSN: 0171-5216 [Print] Germany
PMID11003566 (Publication Type: Comparative Study, Journal Article)
Chemical References
  • Antigens, Tumor-Associated, Carbohydrate
  • Biomarkers, Tumor
  • CA-19-9 Antigen
  • Carcinoembryonic Antigen
  • Gangliosides
  • Oligosaccharides
  • Sialyl Lewis X Antigen
  • sialosyl-Tn antigen
  • sialyl Le(a) ganglioside
Topics
  • Antigens, Tumor-Associated, Carbohydrate (blood)
  • Biomarkers, Tumor (blood)
  • CA-19-9 Antigen (blood)
  • Carcinoembryonic Antigen (blood)
  • Cell Division (physiology)
  • Colorectal Neoplasms (immunology, pathology)
  • Female
  • Gangliosides (blood)
  • Humans
  • Logistic Models
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Multivariate Analysis
  • Neoplasm Staging
  • Oligosaccharides (blood)
  • Predictive Value of Tests
  • Sialyl Lewis X Antigen

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