title: Loss-of-heterozygosity on chromosome 19q in early-stage serous ovarian cancer is associated with recurrent disease.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Ovarian cancer is a heterogeneous disease and prognosis for apparently similar cases of ovarian cancer varies. Recurrence of the disease in early stage (FIGO-stages I-II) serous ovarian cancer results in survival that is comparable to those with recurrent advanced-stage disease. The aim of this study was to investigate if there are specific genomic aberrations that may explain recurrence and clinical outcome.
  
  
  METHODS
  Fifty-one women with early stage serous ovarian cancer were included in the study. DNA was extracted from formalin fixed samples containing tumor cells from ovarian tumors. Tumor samples from thirty-seven patients were analysed for allele-specific copy numbers using OncoScan single nucleotide polymorphism arrays from Affymetrix and the bioinformatic tool Tumor Aberration Prediction Suite. Genomic gains, losses, and loss-of-heterozygosity that associated with recurrent disease were identified.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The most significant differences (p < 0.01) in Loss-of-heterozygosity (LOH) were identified in two relatively small regions of chromosome 19; 8.0-8,8 Mbp (19 genes) and 51.5-53.0 Mbp (37 genes). Thus, 56 genes on chromosome 19 were potential candidate genes associated with clinical outcome. LOH at 19q (51-56 Mbp) was associated with shorter disease-free survival and was an independent prognostic factor for survival in a multivariate Cox regression analysis. In particular LOH on chromosome 19q (51-56 Mbp) was significantly (p < 0.01) associated with loss of TP53 function.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The results of our study indicate that presence of two aberrations in TP53 on 17p and LOH on 19q in early stage serous ovarian cancer is associated with recurrent disease. Further studies related to the findings of chromosomes 17 and 19 are needed to elucidate the molecular mechanism behind the recurring genomic aberrations and the poor clinical outcome.
authors.affiliation: Department of Women’s and Children’s Health, Uppsala University, SE-75185 Uppsala, Sweden.
authors.forename: Ingiridur
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Skirnisdottir
authors.forename: Markus
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mayrhofer
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rydåker
authors.forename: Helena
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Akerud
authors.forename: Anders
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Isaksson
mesh_terms: D000483:Alleles; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D002869:Chromosome Aberrations; D002888:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 19; D018284:Cystadenocarcinoma, Serous / Q000235:genetics*; D005260:Female; D018628:Gene Dosage; D023281:Genomics; D006801:Humans; D019656:Loss of Heterozygosity; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000235:genetics*; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics*; D016019:Survival Analysis; D016159:Tumor Suppressor Protein p53 / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: C495901:TP53 protein, human; D016159:Tumor Suppressor Protein p53