Abstract：
:The purpose of this study was to address the prognostic significance of circulating melanoma cells by reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction in the peripheral blood of stage IIB and III melanoma patients on high-dose adjuvant interferon at multiple sequential time points from initiation of treatment. Tyrosinase mRNA in peripheral blood from these patients was assayed by reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction prior to initiation of adjuvant interferon, at completion of 1 month of intravenous interferon and at 3 monthly intervals until progression. Four hundred and eighteen blood samples from 60 melanoma patients were analysed. The median follow-up time calculated from the time of inclusion in the study was 23 months (range 2-38 months). Tyrosinase mRNA in blood was detected in 42 (70%) of 60 patients: 16 (76%) of 21 stage IIB patients and 26 (66% ) of 39 stage III patients. The presence of tyrosinase mRNA in blood was correlated with a shorter disease-free survival (P : 0.03) and in multivariante analysis was an independent prognostic factor for relapse. Patients who seroconverted to a negative reverse-transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction after induction treatment had a significantly lower probability of recurrence. The presence of circulating melanoma cells is a marker of a high relapse risk and shorter disease-free survival whether detected postoperatively or during follow-up. Tyrosinase mRNA amplification by reverse-transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction may be a useful tool for monitoring the efficacy of adjuvant treatment in stage IIB and III melanoma patients.
journal_name
Br J Cancerjournal_title
British journal of cancerauthors
Gogas H,Kefala G,Bafaloukos D,Frangia K,Polyzos A,Pectasides D,Tsoutsos D,Panagiotou P,Ioannovich J,Loukopoulos Ddoi
10.1038/sj.bjc.6600419subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2002-07-15 00:00:00pages
181-6issue
2eissn
0007-0920issn
1532-1827pii
6600419journal_volume
87pub_type
杂志文章abstract：BACKGROUND:The Dutch guidelines advise to start radiation therapy (RT) within 5 weeks following breast-conserving surgery (BCS). However, much controversy exists regarding timing of RT. This study investigated its effect on 10-year disease-free survival (DFS) in a Dutch population-based cohort. METHODS:All women diagn...
journal_title：British journal of cancer
pub_type： 杂志文章
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pub_type： 杂志文章
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pub_type： 杂志文章
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pub_type： 杂志文章,meta分析
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pub_type： 杂志文章
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更新日期：1973-11-01 00:00:00
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pub_type： 临床试验,杂志文章,多中心研究
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更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00
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pub_type： 杂志文章
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更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00
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pub_type： 杂志文章
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更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：British journal of cancer
pub_type： 杂志文章
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更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00
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pub_type： 杂志文章
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更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00
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pub_type： 杂志文章
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更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00
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pub_type： 临床试验,杂志文章,随机对照试验
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pub_type： 临床试验,杂志文章,随机对照试验
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更新日期：2002-10-21 00:00:00
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pub_type： 杂志文章
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pub_type： 杂志文章
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更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00
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pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1038/sj.bjc.6600014
更新日期：2002-01-07 00:00:00
