Article
CA19-9-Low&Lewis (+) pancreatic cancer: A unique subtype.
Cancer letters - 28 Jan 2017
Luo Guopei, Liu Chen, Guo Meng, Long Jiang, Liu Zuqiang, Xiao Zhiwen, Jin Kaizhou, Cheng He, Lu Yu, Ni Quanxing, Yu Xianjun
Abstract excerpt
The study was performed to identify unique subtype from the long-term survival (>24 months) patients with advanced pancreatic cancer (1039 cases). Long-term survival patients had higher proportion of low secretion of carbohydrate antigen 19-9 (CA19-9) than that of patients with non long-term survival (P < 0.001). Considering the impact of Lewis status on CA19-9 secretion, Lewis genotypes were further determined...
Topics
- Adenocarcinoma
- Antineoplastic Agents
- CA-19-9 Antigen
- Chemoradiotherapy
- Chi-Square Distribution
- Databases, Factual
- Female
- Fucosyltransferases
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Humans
- Kaplan-Meier Estimate
