title: Quantitative detection of survivin in malignant pleural effusion for the diagnosis and prognosis of lung cancer.
abstract: In the present study, pleural effusions are the first time to be used as the specimens for detection of survivin expression in lung cancer patients. We demonstrated that by quantifying survivin expression with enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) in the 80 effusion samples exhibited a diagnostic power of 85% and 75% in sensitivity and specificity, respectively. A multivariate analysis with the Cox regression model revealed that both high survivin expression and cancer cells of stage IV were the indicators for poor prognosis of lung cancer. In conclusion, quantitative assay of survivin in pleural effusion could be useful both in diagnosis and prognosis for lung cancer.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Yao-Kuang
authors.initials: YK
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Kuei-Tien
authors.initials: KT
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Yung-Bin
authors.initials: YB
authors.lastname: Kuo
authors.forename: Ya-Shu
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Err-Cheng
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Chan
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D051034:Inhibitor of Apoptosis Proteins; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008869:Microtubule-Associated Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D016066:Pleural Effusion, Malignant / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000378:metabolism*; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D011379:Prognosis; D016016:Proportional Hazards Models; D012372:ROC Curve; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000737:chemistry; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D000077022:Survivin
chemical_list: C107489:BIRC5 protein, human; D051034:Inhibitor of Apoptosis Proteins; D008869:Microtubule-Associated Proteins; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D000077022:Survivin