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.
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Authors | T Nakagoe, T Sawai, T Tsuji, M Jibiki, M Ohbatake, A Nanashima, H Yamaguchi, T Yasutake, H Ayabe, Y Tagawa |
Journal | Journal 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 |
PMID | 11003566
(Publication Type: Comparative Study, Journal Article)
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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
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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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