PURPOSE: The purpose is to study the prognostic significance of tissue expression of trypsinogen-1, trypsinogen-2, and tumor-associated trypsin inhibitor (TATI) and serum concentration of trypsinogen-2, trypsin-2-API (complex of trypsin-2 with alpha-1-proteinase inhibitor), and TATI in epithelial ovarian cancer. EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN: Expression of trypsinogen-1, trypsinogen-2, and TATI was determined by immunohistochemistry with monoclonal antibodies in tissue sections of tumors from 119 patients with untreated primary epithelial ovarian cancer. Preoperative serum concentrations of trypsinogen-2, trypsin-2-API and TATI were analyzed using specific immunoassays. RESULTS: Fifty-four percent of the tumors expressed trypsinogen-1, 45% expressed trypsinogen-2, and 30% expressed TATI. In patients with stage III and IV disease, TATI tissue expression (P = 0.002) and elevated TATI concentration in serum (P = 0.048) were associated with adverse cancer-specific and progression-free survival in univariate analysis. In multivariate analysis, TATI tissue expression (P = 0.005), tumor grade (P = 0.0001), histological type (P = 0.02), and stage (P = 0.0005) were independent prognostic factors for adverse cancer-specific survival and TATI tissue expression (P = 0.006) and grade (P = 0.0003) for progression-free survival. In multivariate analysis of all patients and those with advanced disease, serum trypsin-2-API concentration was an adverse prognostic factor for cancer-specific and progression-free survival, and it was independent of stage and histological type of the tumor (P <or= 0.01). CONCLUSIONS: Tissue expression of TATI and an elevated preoperative serum concentration of trypsin-2-API are strong independent prognostic factors in advanced epithelial ovarian cancer. These results suggest that trypsin expression plays a role in the progression of ovarian cancer. TATI and trypsin-2-API are of potential use as an aid for stratification of randomized studies and for selecting treatment strategies.
PURPOSE: The purpose is to study the prognostic significance of tissue expression of trypsinogen-1, trypsinogen-2, and tumor-associated trypsin inhibitor (TATI) and serum concentration of trypsinogen-2, trypsin-2-API (complex of trypsin-2 with alpha-1-proteinase inhibitor), and TATI in epithelial ovarian cancer. EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN: Expression of trypsinogen-1, trypsinogen-2, and TATI was determined by immunohistochemistry with monoclonal antibodies in tissue sections of tumors from 119 patients with untreated primary epithelial ovarian cancer. Preoperative serum concentrations of trypsinogen-2, trypsin-2-API and TATI were analyzed using specific immunoassays. RESULTS: Fifty-four percent of the tumors expressed trypsinogen-1, 45% expressed trypsinogen-2, and 30% expressed TATI. In patients with stage III and IV disease, TATI tissue expression (P = 0.002) and elevated TATI concentration in serum (P = 0.048) were associated with adverse cancer-specific and progression-free survival in univariate analysis. In multivariate analysis, TATI tissue expression (P = 0.005), tumor grade (P = 0.0001), histological type (P = 0.02), and stage (P = 0.0005) were independent prognostic factors for adverse cancer-specific survival and TATI tissue expression (P = 0.006) and grade (P = 0.0003) for progression-free survival. In multivariate analysis of all patients and those with advanced disease, serum trypsin-2-API concentration was an adverse prognostic factor for cancer-specific and progression-free survival, and it was independent of stage and histological type of the tumor (P <or= 0.01). CONCLUSIONS: Tissue expression of TATI and an elevated preoperative serum concentration of trypsin-2-API are strong independent prognostic factors in advanced epithelial ovarian cancer. These results suggest that trypsin expression plays a role in the progression of ovarian cancer. TATI and trypsin-2-API are of potential use as an aid for stratification of randomized studies and for selecting treatment strategies.
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