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Association between preoperative plasma levels of tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases 1 and rectal cancer patient survival: a validation study

Holten-Andersen, M ; Christensen, IJ ; Nilbert, Mef LU ; Bendahl, Pär-Ola LU ; Nielsen, HJ ; Brunner, N and Fernebro, E (2004) In European Journal of Cancer 40(1). p.64-72
Abstract
The level of the tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases 1 (TIMP-1) has previously been demonstrated to predict the survival of early stage colorectal cancer patients. The present study was undertaken to further validate plasma TIMP-1 as a prognostic marker in rectal cancer. Preoperative plasma from 352 rectal cancer patients were analysed using an immunoassay for TIMP-1. The TIMP-1 immunoassay demonstrated robustness and good reproducibility with low interassay coefficients of variation (CV). The rectal cancer patients had a mean plasma TIMP-1 level of 184 mug/l (standard deviation (SD): 70 mug/l). There were no significant differences in TIMP-1 levels between patients with Dukes' stage A, B or C disease, whereas Dukes' stage D patients... (More)
The level of the tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases 1 (TIMP-1) has previously been demonstrated to predict the survival of early stage colorectal cancer patients. The present study was undertaken to further validate plasma TIMP-1 as a prognostic marker in rectal cancer. Preoperative plasma from 352 rectal cancer patients were analysed using an immunoassay for TIMP-1. The TIMP-1 immunoassay demonstrated robustness and good reproducibility with low interassay coefficients of variation (CV). The rectal cancer patients had a mean plasma TIMP-1 level of 184 mug/l (standard deviation (SD): 70 mug/l). There were no significant differences in TIMP-1 levels between patients with Dukes' stage A, B or C disease, whereas Dukes' stage D patients had significantly increased TIMP-1 levels (P < 0.000 1); however, high levels of TIMP-1 were not restricted to those with advanced disease. Univariate analysis demonstrated an increasing risk of mortality with increasing TIMP-1 levels Hazard Ratio (HR)=2.9; 95% Confidence Interval (CI): 1.7-5.0; P<0.0001). Including additional covariates, multivariate analysis identified plasma T1MP-1 as an independent prognostic marker (HR=2.2; 95% CI: 1.2-4.1 (P 0.01). This study showed a highly significant and independent association between preoperative plasma TIMP-I levels and survival in rectal cancer patients, thus confirming our previous findings. Furthermore, the TIMP-1 immunoassay proved to be stable and reproducible in this confirmatory study. © 2003 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. (Less)
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plasma, rectum, adenocarcinoma, TIMP-1, prognosis
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European Journal of Cancer
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64 - 72
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Elsevier
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1879-0852
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10.1016/j.ejca.2003.09.019
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English
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  abstract     = {{The level of the tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases 1 (TIMP-1) has previously been demonstrated to predict the survival of early stage colorectal cancer patients. The present study was undertaken to further validate plasma TIMP-1 as a prognostic marker in rectal cancer. Preoperative plasma from 352 rectal cancer patients were analysed using an immunoassay for TIMP-1. The TIMP-1 immunoassay demonstrated robustness and good reproducibility with low interassay coefficients of variation (CV). The rectal cancer patients had a mean plasma TIMP-1 level of 184 mug/l (standard deviation (SD): 70 mug/l). There were no significant differences in TIMP-1 levels between patients with Dukes' stage A, B or C disease, whereas Dukes' stage D patients had significantly increased TIMP-1 levels (P &lt; 0.000 1); however, high levels of TIMP-1 were not restricted to those with advanced disease. Univariate analysis demonstrated an increasing risk of mortality with increasing TIMP-1 levels Hazard Ratio (HR)=2.9; 95% Confidence Interval (CI): 1.7-5.0; P&lt;0.0001). Including additional covariates, multivariate analysis identified plasma T1MP-1 as an independent prognostic marker (HR=2.2; 95% CI: 1.2-4.1 (P 0.01). This study showed a highly significant and independent association between preoperative plasma TIMP-I levels and survival in rectal cancer patients, thus confirming our previous findings. Furthermore, the TIMP-1 immunoassay proved to be stable and reproducible in this confirmatory study. © 2003 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.}},
  author       = {{Holten-Andersen, M and Christensen, IJ and Nilbert, Mef and Bendahl, Pär-Ola and Nielsen, HJ and Brunner, N and Fernebro, E}},
  issn         = {{1879-0852}},
  keywords     = {{plasma; rectum; adenocarcinoma; TIMP-1; prognosis}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{1}},
  pages        = {{64--72}},
  publisher    = {{Elsevier}},
  series       = {{European Journal of Cancer}},
  title        = {{Association between preoperative plasma levels of tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases 1 and rectal cancer patient survival: a validation study}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejca.2003.09.019}},
  doi          = {{10.1016/j.ejca.2003.09.019}},
  volume       = {{40}},
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