title: Prognostic value of serum tetranectin in patients with metastatic breast cancer.
abstract: To evaluate serum tetranectin as a prognostic marker before first-line chemotherapy, serum levels were studied in 67 patients with metastatic breast cancer. In the Cox analyses, the relative risk (RR) for death of cancer varied with the cut-off level of serum tetranectin. A maximal RR of 5.0 was found for patients with serum tetranectin < or = 5.4 mg/l. The maximal RR of death for the other prognostic variables were multiple metastases 2.8, and for a poor performance status 2.0. Testing for the outcome, progressive disease, a maximal RR of 3.8 was found for patients with serum tetranectin < or = 5.3 mg/l, a maximal RR of 3.7 for multiple metastases and a maximal RR of 1.8 for a poor performance status. Significantly lower serum tetranectin values were found in patients with a poor treatment response compared to well responding patients. Serum tetranectrin seems to be useful as an additional prognostic factor in metastatic breast cancer.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Statens Seruminstitut Copenhagen, Denmark.
authors.forename: C K
authors.initials: CK
authors.lastname: Høgdall
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Sölétormos
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Nielsen
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Nørgaard-Pedersen
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Dombernowsky
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Clemmensen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000097:blood; D001798:Blood Proteins / Q000032:analysis*; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000097:blood* / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D037181:Lectins, C-Type; D008875:Middle Aged; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D011379:Prognosis; D016019:Survival Analysis
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers; D001798:Blood Proteins; D037181:Lectins, C-Type; C048648:tetranectin