title: Detection of preoperative serum anti-p53 antibodies in gastric cancer.
abstract: The presence of circulating anti-p53 antibodies (p53Ab) was investigated in 81 gastric cancer patients by ELISA. Preoperatively, anti-p53Ab were revealed in 13 cases (16%), including 3 early gastric cancers. No significant correlation of p53Ab with patient age, sex, pathological parameters and tumor markers, such as CEA and CA19-9 was observed, although p53Ab positivity tended to be associated with a higher rate of lymph node metastases (p = 0.073). We have found no significant correlation between p53Ab and poor survival rate (p = 0.325). In conclusion, we have observed that p53Ab are detectable in gastric cancer patients, even at early stages of disease, however, p53Ab have not served as a predictor of poor prognosis in gastric cancer in this series.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Chiba University, School of Medicine, Chiba, Japan. kaz@med.m.chiba-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nakajima
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Shimada
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hayashi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Takeda
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ochiai
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000097:blood* / Q000276:immunology / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000912:Antibodies, Neoplasm / Q000097:blood*; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor / Q000097:blood*; D018395:CA-19-9 Antigen / Q000097:blood; D002272:Carcinoembryonic Antigen / Q000097:blood; D018450:Disease Progression; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005260:Female; D005743:Gastrectomy; D006801:Humans; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins / Q000276:immunology*; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D011300:Preoperative Care; D011379:Prognosis; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000097:blood* / Q000276:immunology / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery; D015996:Survival Rate; D016159:Tumor Suppressor Protein p53 / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D000912:Antibodies, Neoplasm; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor; D018395:CA-19-9 Antigen; D002272:Carcinoembryonic Antigen; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; D016159:Tumor Suppressor Protein p53