title: Excision repair cross complementation group 1 polymorphisms predict overall survival after platinum-based chemotherapy for completely resected non-small-cell lung cancer.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  It has been reported that the expression of excision repair cross-complementation group 1 (ERCC1) protein predicts the effect of platinum-based chemotherapy and overall survival in the several cancers. And there are some reports suggesting that the polymorphism of the ERCC1 may predict the effect of platinum-based chemotherapy and survival of the patients. We have already reported that the expression of ERCC1 protein predicts survival after platinum-based chemotherapy for 90 completely resected non-small-cell lung cancers (NSCLC).
  
  
  METHODS
  We investigated the ERCC1 polymorphisms (C8092A and C118T) whether these factors influence for the prognosis of these 90 NSCLC patients treated with platinum-based chemotherapy.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Two of the ERCC1 polymorphisms, C8092A and C118T, affected the prognosis of the NSCLC patients who received adjuvant and/or neoadjuvant platinum-based chemotherapy. The wild type, C/C of the codon 8092, was associated with better prognosis than C/A or A/A types (P=0.0154) and the wild type C/C of the codon 118 was associated with better prognosis than C/T or T/T types (P=0.0307). This effect was not seen in an independent group of 55 completely resected NSCLC patients who were treated with surgery alone. The combination of low expression of ERCC1 protein together with the C/C type codon 8092 and C/C type codon 118 polymorphism of the ERCC1 gene was associated with the best prognosis.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Our data seem to suggest that the ERCC1 protein expression and polymorphism of ERCC1 may predict the survival of patients who are treated with platinum-based chemotherapy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oncology, Immunology, and Surgery, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Science, Nagoya, Japan.
authors.forename: Katsuhiro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Okuda
authors.forename: Hidefumi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sasaki
authors.forename: Yu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hikosaka
authors.forename: Osamu
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Kawano
authors.forename: Haruhiro
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yukiue
authors.forename: Motoki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yano
authors.forename: Yoshitaka
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Fujii
mesh_terms: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002289:Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung / Q000235:genetics* / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D004720:Endonucleases / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics* / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017671:Platinum Compounds / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D020641:Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D017671:Platinum Compounds; C071447:ERCC1 protein, human; D004720:Endonucleases