title: Plasma tetranectin and colorectal cancer.
abstract: The prognostic significance of plasma tetranectin (PL-TN) in colorectal cancer was retrospectively examined in 504 patients (80 Dukes' A, 174 Dukes' B, 98 Dukes' C and 152 Dukes' D). Follow-up time was 7-12 years. No significant prognostic variable was found for Dukes' A patients by Cox multivariate analysis. In stage B, PL-TN was the second strongest prognostic variable [relative hazard (RH) = 3.3 for patients with PL-TN < or = 7.5 mg/l]. The other prognostic variables were perineural invasion (RH = 3.7), tumour distance < or = 10 cm from the anal verge (RH = 3.0), postoperative radiotherapy (RH = 2.9) and a high carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) score (RH = 1.8). In Dukes' C, only CEA score and gender were of prognostic significance. For Dukes' D, PL-TN was the only prognostic variable (RH = 1.7). Testing all patients in one multivariate analysis, Dukes' staging was the strongest and PL-TN the second strongest prognostic variable. The shortened survival for patients with low PL-TN levels is illustrated with lifetables.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Clinical Biochemistry, Statens Seruminstitut, Copenhagen, Denmark.
authors.forename: C K
authors.initials: CK
authors.lastname: Høgdall
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Christiansen
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Nørgaard-Pedersen
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Bentzen
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Kronborg
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Clemmensen
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor / Q000097:blood*; D001798:Blood Proteins; D015179:Colorectal Neoplasms / Q000097:blood / Q000401:mortality*; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D037181:Lectins, C-Type; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D011379:Prognosis; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016019:Survival Analysis
chemical_list: D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor; D001798:Blood Proteins; D037181:Lectins, C-Type; C048648:tetranectin