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Erschienen in: Cancer Chemotherapy and Pharmacology 1/2017

18.05.2017 | Original Article

Prognostic value of chemotherapy-resistant CK19mRNA-positive circulating tumor cells in patients with advanced/metastatic non-small cell lung cancer

verfasst von: G. Milaki, I. Messaritakis, F. Koinis, A. Kotsakis, S. Apostolaki, E. K. Dermitzaki, M. Perraki, D. Hatzidaki, V. Georgoulias

Erschienen in: Cancer Chemotherapy and Pharmacology | Ausgabe 1/2017

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Abstract

Background

The detection of circulating tumor cells (CTCs) is of prognostic significance in several tumor types. The present study evaluated the detection and the clinical relevance of CK19mRNA(+) CTCs in patients with advanced/metastatic non-small cell lung cancer before and after front-line chemotherapy.

Patients and methods

Peripheral blood was obtained from 642 patients with treatment-naïve unresectable stage IIIB and IV non-small cell lung cancer and from 455 patients after the completion of 1st line chemotherapy. RNA was extracted from peripheral blood mononuclear cells and the detection of CK19mRNA-positive cells was performed using a quantitative PCR assay.

Results

Based on the detection limit of the assay, 167 (26.0%) patients had detectable CK19mRNA(+) CTCs at baseline. The detection of CK19mRNA(+) CTCs before treatment was not associated with the clinical outcome, but their detection at the end of chemotherapy was associated with significantly decreased PFS and OS [PFS: 2.6 vs 3.8 months (p = 0.008); OS: 5.7 vs 10.0 months (p = 0.006) for CK19mRNA(+) vs CK19mRNA(−) patients, respectively]. Multivariate analysis revealed that the detection of CK19mRNA(+) CTCs both before and after chemotherapy emerged as an independent factor associated with reduced PFS (HR: 1.778; p < 0.001) and OS (HR: 1.608; p = 0.001).

Conclusion

The detection of peripheral blood CK19mRNA(+) CTCs before and after the completion of front-line chemotherapy is an adverse prognostic factor associated with poor clinical outcome in patients with stage IIIB/IV non-small cell lung cancer.
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Metadaten
Titel
Prognostic value of chemotherapy-resistant CK19mRNA-positive circulating tumor cells in patients with advanced/metastatic non-small cell lung cancer
verfasst von
G. Milaki
I. Messaritakis
F. Koinis
A. Kotsakis
S. Apostolaki
E. K. Dermitzaki
M. Perraki
D. Hatzidaki
V. Georgoulias
Publikationsdatum
18.05.2017
Verlag
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Erschienen in
Cancer Chemotherapy and Pharmacology / Ausgabe 1/2017
Print ISSN: 0344-5704
Elektronische ISSN: 1432-0843
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00280-017-3339-0

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