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Abstract
Objective: We sought to study the expression of FGFR2 and c-Met and evaluate the correlation between the two proteins in a series of endometrial cancer patients as well as the prognostic significance of the two markers in endometrium carcinoma.
Methods: Patients who were diagnosed with endometrial cancer and had undergone surgical treatment in Beijing Chao-Yang Hospital, Capital Medical University from November 2004 to June 2011 were included in this study. Tissue microarray construction, immunohistochemical staining and scoring were employed to study the expression of FGFR2 and c-Met. SPSS version 22.0 was used to evaluate the correlation between FGFR2 and c-Met expression and the prognosis prediction value of the two markers.
Results: In total, 109 patients were included in this study. The median age was 56 years (ranges, 30-79). The most common histologic tumor subtype was adenocarcinoma (86.2%). The five-year survival rate was 87.2%. Significantly different FGFR2 expression was observed among patients with different disease stages (p < 0.001), depths of myometrial invasion (p = 0.001) and lymph node status (p < 0.001). C-Met expression was also increased in tissues from patients with advanced stage disease, deep myometrial invasion and lymph node metastasis (p < 0.001, p = 0.031 and p < 0.001, respectively). The expression of FGFR2 and c-Met was increased in the group with poorer prognosis (overall survival < 5 years) (p = 0.002 and p = 0.023, respectively). Moreover, a strong positive correlation was observed between FGFR2 and c-Met expression (p < 0.01, r = 0.656). FGFR2 was a significant factor that influence the FIGO stage.
Conclusion: Higher expression of FGFR2 and c-Met is associated with more advanced stage, deeper myometrial invasion and lymph node metastasis in endometrial cancer and poorer prognosis. In addition, high expression of FGFR2 is correlated with high c-Met expression.
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International Journal of Women''s Health is an international, peer-reviewed, open access, online journal. Publishing original research, reports, editorials, reviews and commentaries on all aspects of women''s healthcare including gynecology, obstetrics, and breast cancer. Subject areas include: Chronic conditions including cancers of various organs specific and not specific to women Migraine, headaches, arthritis, osteoporosis Endocrine and autoimmune syndromes - asthma, multiple sclerosis, lupus, diabetes Sexual and reproductive health including fertility patterns and emerging technologies to address infertility Infectious disease with chronic sequelae including HIV/AIDS, HPV, PID, and other STDs Psychological and psychosocial conditions - depression across the life span, substance abuse, domestic violence Health maintenance among aging females - factors affecting the quality of life including physical, social and mental issues Avenues for health promotion and disease prevention across the life span Male vs female incidence comparisons for conditions that affect both genders.
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