title: Immunohistochemically detected thymidylate synthase in colorectal cancer: an independent prognostic factor of survival.
abstract: Intratumoral thymidylate synthase (TS) expression and M(r) 53,000 phosphoprotein (p53) overexpression were studied immunohistochemically in sections from stored paraffin-embedded primary colorectal cancers in 70 patients who had undergone surgery during the years 1987-1990. These cancers were classified according to Dukes' stage A-D, using monoclonal antibodies TS 106 and DO-7. In patients with Dukes' stage A-C tumors, univariate analyses showed that there was a significant correlation (P = 0.048) between disease-free survival and TS expression and between TS expression and time to death with colorectal cancer (P = 0.038). In patients with Dukes' stage A-D tumors, overall survival was correlated to TS expression (P = 0.015), Dukes' stage (P < 0.001), and level of tumor differentiation (P = 0.044) but not to p53 overexpression. Patients with low intratumoral TS expression survived significantly longer than patients with high expression. Cox multivariate analysis showed that Dukes' stage (P < 0.001) and TS expression (P = 0.043) could independently serve as prognostic factors for time to death with colorectal cancer in patients with Dukes' stage A-D tumors.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, South Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Edler
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Kressner
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ragnhammar
authors.forename: P G
authors.initials: PG
authors.lastname: Johnston
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Magnusson
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Glimelius
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Påhlman
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lindmark
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Blomgren
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor / Q000032:analysis*; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000201:enzymology / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D015179:Colorectal Neoplasms / Q000201:enzymology / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D011379:Prognosis; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000201:enzymology / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D015996:Survival Rate; D013940:Thymidylate Synthase / Q000032:analysis*; D013997:Time Factors; D016159:Tumor Suppressor Protein p53 / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor; D016159:Tumor Suppressor Protein p53; D013940:Thymidylate Synthase