title: Prognostic significance of the expression of c-fos, c-jun and c-erbB-1 oncogene products in human squamous cell lung carcinomas.
abstract: The expression of the oncogenes c-fos, c-jun, c-myc, c-erbB-1 and c-erbB-2 at the protein level was analyzed in squamous cell lung carcinomas of 121 patients by means of immunohistochemistry. Patients with overexpression of proteins encoded by the oncogenes c-fos, c-jun and c-erbB-1 had significantly shorter survival times than these without overexpression of these oncogene products (c-fos: p = 0.009; c-jun: p = 0.029; c-erbB-1: p = 0.018). No significant correlations were found between the expression of c-myc and c-erbB-2 products and the survival of the patients. In addition to the univariate analyses (Kaplan-Meier-estimates) multivariate analyses (Cox-regression-model) revealed that protein expression of the oncogenes c-fos, c-jun and c-erbB-1 are significant prognostic factors in addition to staging.
authors.affiliation: German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Volm
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Drings
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Wodrich
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000235:genetics* / Q000401:mortality; D066246:ErbB Receptors; D005260:Female; D015870:Gene Expression / Q000235:genetics*; D016762:Genes, fos / Q000235:genetics; D016758:Genes, jun / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics* / Q000401:mortality; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D011379:Prognosis; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins / Q000032:analysis* / Q000235:genetics; D016760:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-fos / Q000032:analysis* / Q000235:genetics; D016755:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-jun / Q000032:analysis* / Q000235:genetics; D011519:Proto-Oncogenes / Q000235:genetics*; D018719:Erb-b2 Receptor Tyrosine Kinases
chemical_list: D066246:ErbB Receptors; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; D016760:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-fos; D016755:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-jun; D018719:Erb-b2 Receptor Tyrosine Kinases