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Low Ki-67 Proliferation Index Is an Indicator of Poor Prognosis in Gastric Cancer
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- Issue Date
- 2010-09-01
- Publisher
- WILEY-LISS
- Citation
- JOURNAL OF SURGICAL ONCOLOGY; Vol.102 3; 201-206
- Abstract
- Background and Objectives: We designed this study to assess the biologic significance of Ki-67 proliferation index (PI) in gastric cancer. Methods: Gastric cancer tissue from 245 patients were immunostained for Ki-67. Ki-67 PI was defined as the percentage of tumor cells positive for Ki-67. In addition, we have previously evaluated the expressions of nine epithelial mesenchymal transition (EMT)-related proteins. The relationship between Ki-67 PI and clinicopathologic parameters, patient survival, and EMT data were sought. Results: Low Ki-67 PI was correlated with poorly differentiated histology (P = 0.034), an advanced T stage (P < 0.001), and lymph node metastasis (P = 0.011). Also, the low PI group was found to have a significantly worse prognosis than the high PI group (P = 0.003, log-rank test). Multivariate analysis revealed that Ki-67 PI remained as an independent prognostic factor (hazard ratio (95% CI) = 0.670 (0.450-0.999)). Furthermore, greater expressional changes of EMT-related proteins were found to be significantly associated with low Ki-67 PI (P = 0.025). Conclusions: These findings suggest that Ki-67 PI is an effective tool for predicting survival in gastric cancer. In addition, we found that an invasive property presented as EMT-related protein expressional changes was inversely correlated with a proliferative activity in gastric cancer. J. Surg. Oncol. 2010;102:201-206. (C) 2010 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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- 0022-4790
- Language
- English
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