title: CHRM3 is a novel prognostic factor of poor prognosis in patients with endometrial carcinoma.
abstract: Endometrial carcinoma is the most common gynecologic malignancy. Searching for a new molecule to more accurately predict survival of patients and act as therapy target is urgent. CHRM3 is a major player in many kinds of cancer. The expression level and prognostic value of CHRM3 in endometrial carcinoma remain unclear. In this study, we assayed the expression of CHRM3 in 257 endometrial carcinoma patients by immunohistochemistry. The results showed that CHRM3 expression level was closely correlated with the FIGO stage, vascular invasion and lymphatic metastasis. Although CHRM3 was highly expressed in advanced endometrial carcinoma, multivariate Cox proportional hazards regression analysis showed that CHRM3 expression was not an independent prognostic factor for endometrial carcinoma. Furthermore, to evaluate the prognostic efficiency of CHRM3 in endometrial carcinoma, we compared the sensitivity and specificity of CHRM3 in endometrial carcinoma prognosis by logistic regression. The result showed that CHRM3 combining with other clinicopathological risk factors was a stronger prognostic model than clinicopathological risk factor alone or combination of risk factors. Thus, CHRM3 potentially offers a clinical value in target therapy for endometrial carcinoma patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Shanghai Eighth People Hospital, Jiangsu University Shanghai, P.R. China ; State Key Laboratory of Oncogenes and Related Genes, Shanghai Cancer Institute, Ren Ji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai, P.R. China.
authors.forename: Yahui
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Oncogenes and Related Genes, Shanghai Cancer Institute, Ren Ji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai, P.R. China.
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Shanghai Songjiang District Central Hospital Shanghai, P.R. China.
authors.forename: Shanyun
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wen
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Oncogenes and Related Genes, Shanghai Cancer Institute, Ren Ji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai, P.R. China.
authors.forename: Xiaomei
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Oncogenes and Related Genes, Shanghai Cancer Institute, Ren Ji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai, P.R. China.
authors.forename: Yanli
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Shanghai Eighth People Hospital, Jiangsu University Shanghai, P.R. China.
authors.forename: Zhijie
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Oncogenes and Related Genes, Shanghai Cancer Institute, Ren Ji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai, P.R. China.
authors.forename: Zhigang
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Zhang
keywords: CHRM3; endometrial carcinoma; immunohistochemistry; prognosis