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Clinical Significance of Serum NEDD9 Levels in Patients with Pancreatic Cancer.


ABSTRACT: INTRODUCTION:Pancreatic cancer (PC) is a lethal malignancy. Various diagnostic, predictive, and prognostic biomarkers have been evaluated. This study was conducted to investigate the serum levels of neural precursor cell expressed developmentally downregulated protein 9 (NEDD9) in patients with PC and the relationship between tumor progression and known prognostic parameters. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Serum samples were obtained on first admission before any treatment. Serum NEDD9 levels were determined using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). Age- and sex-matched healthy controls were included in the analysis. RESULTS:In a three year period, 32 patients with a pathologically-confirmed diagnosis of PC were enrolled in this study. The median age at diagnosis was 61 years, range 38 to 84 years; the majority of the patients in the group were men (n = 20, 62.5%). The tumor was located in the head of pancreas in 21 (65.6%) patients. Forty-one percent of 17 metastatic patients who received palliative CTx (chemotherapy) were CTx-responsive. The baseline serum NEDD9 levels were significantly higher in patients with PA than in the control group (p = 0.03). Median OS of the whole group were 27 ± 7.3 weeks. Alcohol intake, performance status, and LDH levels were found to be significant prognostic factors (p = 0.006, p < 0.001, and p < 0.001, respectively). However, serum NEDD9 levels had no significantly effect on progression free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) (p = 0.71 and p = 0.58, respectively). CONCLUSIONS:NEDD9 is identified as a secretory biomarker for PC but it has no prognostic role.

SUBMITTER: Afsar CU 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6316687 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Clinical Significance of Serum NEDD9 Levels in Patients with Pancreatic Cancer.

Afsar Cigdem Usul CU   Karabulut Mehmet M   Karabulut Senem S   Ozal Safiye Tokgoz ST   Cikot Murat M   Serilmez Murat M   Tas Faruk F  

Biomolecules 20181210 4


<h4>Introduction</h4>Pancreatic cancer (PC) is a lethal malignancy. Various diagnostic, predictive, and prognostic biomarkers have been evaluated. This study was conducted to investigate the serum levels of neural precursor cell expressed developmentally downregulated protein 9 (NEDD9) in patients with PC and the relationship between tumor progression and known prognostic parameters.<h4>Materials and methods</h4>Serum samples were obtained on first admission before any treatment. Serum NEDD9 lev  ...[more]

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