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Prognostic importance of the soluble plasminogen activator receptor, suPAR, in plasma from rectal cancer patients

Fernebro, Eva LU ; Madsen, R R ; Fernö, Mårten LU ; Brunner, N ; Bendahl, Pär-Ola LU ; Christensen, I J ; Johnson, A and Nilbert, Mef LU (2001) In European Journal of Cancer 37(4). p.486-491
Abstract
Colorectal cancer is one of the most common tumour types with approximately one third of the tumours located within the rectum. Rectal cancer differs somewhat from colon cancer, e.g. regarding the method of operation and the use of preoperative radiotherapy due to a tendency for local tumour recurrence. Proteolytic enzymes have been identified as key molecules in tumour invasion and metastasis, and factors within the urokinase-plasminogen activation (uPA) system have been associated with prognosis in several tumour types, including colorectal cancer. Recently, methods have been developed to analyse the soluble fraction of the plasminogen activator receptor (suPAR) in blood samples. An association between elevated suPAR levels and poor... (More)
Colorectal cancer is one of the most common tumour types with approximately one third of the tumours located within the rectum. Rectal cancer differs somewhat from colon cancer, e.g. regarding the method of operation and the use of preoperative radiotherapy due to a tendency for local tumour recurrence. Proteolytic enzymes have been identified as key molecules in tumour invasion and metastasis, and factors within the urokinase-plasminogen activation (uPA) system have been associated with prognosis in several tumour types, including colorectal cancer. Recently, methods have been developed to analyse the soluble fraction of the plasminogen activator receptor (suPAR) in blood samples. An association between elevated suPAR levels and poor prognosis has recently been demonstrated in colorectal cancer. We have measured suPAR levels in pretreatment plasma samples from 173 rectal cancer patients in order to confirm its prognostic strength in this clinical entity. suPAR levels were determined in ethylenediamine tetraacetic acid (EDTA) plasma by a kinetic enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) and analysed with respect to sex, age, Dukes' stage, tumour differentiation grade and survival. In a univariate analysis, continuous suPAR plasma levels were associated with survival (P<0.001) with shorter survival among patients with high suPAR values. Patients with suPAR values within the upper quartile had significantly shorter survival (hazard ratio (HR) 2.2, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.3-43.7, P=0.002). In a multivariate Cox analysis, increasing suPAR values predicted shorter survival independent from Dukes' stage and tumour differentiation grade with an adjusted HR of 2.2 per ng/ml suPAR (95% CI 1.2-4.0, P=0.01). This study thus confirms that measurement of suPAR in preoperative plasma samples gives independent prognostic information in rectal cancer patients, higher values being associated with shorter survival. (Less)
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Soluble plasminogen activator receptor (suPAR), Rectal cancer, Prognostic marker
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European Journal of Cancer
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37
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4
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486 - 491
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Elsevier
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1879-0852
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10.1016/S0959-8049(00)00422-6
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English
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  abstract     = {{Colorectal cancer is one of the most common tumour types with approximately one third of the tumours located within the rectum. Rectal cancer differs somewhat from colon cancer, e.g. regarding the method of operation and the use of preoperative radiotherapy due to a tendency for local tumour recurrence. Proteolytic enzymes have been identified as key molecules in tumour invasion and metastasis, and factors within the urokinase-plasminogen activation (uPA) system have been associated with prognosis in several tumour types, including colorectal cancer. Recently, methods have been developed to analyse the soluble fraction of the plasminogen activator receptor (suPAR) in blood samples. An association between elevated suPAR levels and poor prognosis has recently been demonstrated in colorectal cancer. We have measured suPAR levels in pretreatment plasma samples from 173 rectal cancer patients in order to confirm its prognostic strength in this clinical entity. suPAR levels were determined in ethylenediamine tetraacetic acid (EDTA) plasma by a kinetic enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) and analysed with respect to sex, age, Dukes' stage, tumour differentiation grade and survival. In a univariate analysis, continuous suPAR plasma levels were associated with survival (P&lt;0.001) with shorter survival among patients with high suPAR values. Patients with suPAR values within the upper quartile had significantly shorter survival (hazard ratio (HR) 2.2, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.3-43.7, P=0.002). In a multivariate Cox analysis, increasing suPAR values predicted shorter survival independent from Dukes' stage and tumour differentiation grade with an adjusted HR of 2.2 per ng/ml suPAR (95% CI 1.2-4.0, P=0.01). This study thus confirms that measurement of suPAR in preoperative plasma samples gives independent prognostic information in rectal cancer patients, higher values being associated with shorter survival.}},
  author       = {{Fernebro, Eva and Madsen, R R and Fernö, Mårten and Brunner, N and Bendahl, Pär-Ola and Christensen, I J and Johnson, A and Nilbert, Mef}},
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  keywords     = {{Soluble plasminogen activator receptor (suPAR); Rectal cancer; Prognostic marker}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{4}},
  pages        = {{486--491}},
  publisher    = {{Elsevier}},
  series       = {{European Journal of Cancer}},
  title        = {{Prognostic importance of the soluble plasminogen activator receptor, suPAR, in plasma from rectal cancer patients}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0959-8049(00)00422-6}},
  doi          = {{10.1016/S0959-8049(00)00422-6}},
  volume       = {{37}},
  year         = {{2001}},
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