Gang Chen1, Xiang-Yan Liu, Zhou Wang, Fan-Ying Liu. 1. Department of Thoracic Surgery, Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, 324 Jing Wu Road, Jinan 250021, PR China.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: Mediastinal lymph node metastasis (N2) is a key prognostic factor for lung carcinoma. This study was undertaken to investigate the relationship between vascular endothelial growth factor C (VEGF-C) expression and postoperative early recurrence in patients with N2 non-small-cell lung cancer. METHODS: Cancer tissue samples from 92 patients with pN2 non-small-cell lung cancer and benign lung disease tissues samples from 30 patients were examined by reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) and immunohistochemistry assays to detect VEGF-C expression. The difference of VEGF-C expression was compared by chi(2) test. All patients with N2 disease were evaluated within 1 year after surgery to detect early tumour recurrence. Cox regression analysis was performed to determine the risk factors of postoperative early recurrence of N2 lung cancer. RESULTS: VEGF-C mRNA expression was observed in 64 (70%) pN2 lung cancer tissues, but was not found in benign lung disease tissues. Early recurrence occurred in 43 patients (47%) at 1 year after operation. The main pattern was distant recurrence, and the most frequent sites were the brain and lung. The early recurrence rate in patients with positive VEGF-C expression was significantly higher than that of those with negative VEGF-C expression (P=0.006, log-rank test). Cox regression analysis revealed that positive VEGF-C expression in tumours (hazard ratio (HR)=2.523, P=0.037) was an independent risk factor of postoperative early recurrence of N2 lung cancer. CONCLUSIONS: VEGF-C expression was high in N2 lung cancer, with significant correlation to postoperative early recurrence. About one-half of the patients with N2 non-small-cell lung cancer would develop recurrence disease within 1 year after surgery, frequently with mediastinal nodes, brain or lung metastases. VEGF-C might be a predictor of postoperative early recurrence in patients with N2 non-small-cell lung cancer. Copyright (c) 2009 European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
OBJECTIVE: Mediastinal lymph node metastasis (N2) is a key prognostic factor for lung carcinoma. This study was undertaken to investigate the relationship between vascular endothelial growth factor C (VEGF-C) expression and postoperative early recurrence in patients with N2 non-small-cell lung cancer. METHODS: Cancer tissue samples from 92 patients with pN2 non-small-cell lung cancer and benign lung disease tissues samples from 30 patients were examined by reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) and immunohistochemistry assays to detect VEGF-C expression. The difference of VEGF-C expression was compared by chi(2) test. All patients with N2 disease were evaluated within 1 year after surgery to detect early tumour recurrence. Cox regression analysis was performed to determine the risk factors of postoperative early recurrence of N2 lung cancer. RESULTS:VEGF-C mRNA expression was observed in 64 (70%) pN2 lung cancer tissues, but was not found in benign lung disease tissues. Early recurrence occurred in 43 patients (47%) at 1 year after operation. The main pattern was distant recurrence, and the most frequent sites were the brain and lung. The early recurrence rate in patients with positive VEGF-C expression was significantly higher than that of those with negative VEGF-C expression (P=0.006, log-rank test). Cox regression analysis revealed that positive VEGF-C expression in tumours (hazard ratio (HR)=2.523, P=0.037) was an independent risk factor of postoperative early recurrence of N2 lung cancer. CONCLUSIONS:VEGF-C expression was high in N2 lung cancer, with significant correlation to postoperative early recurrence. About one-half of the patients with N2 non-small-cell lung cancer would develop recurrence disease within 1 year after surgery, frequently with mediastinal nodes, brain or lung metastases. VEGF-C might be a predictor of postoperative early recurrence in patients with N2 non-small-cell lung cancer. Copyright (c) 2009 European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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