Quantification of circulating plasma DNA fragments as tumor markers in patients with esophageal cancer.

Abstract:

UNLABELLED:The quantity and quality of circulating DNA fragments was analyzed by quantitative real-time polymerase chain reactions (qPCR) in plasma from patients with esophageal carcinomas, in order to assess their diagnostic value. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Plasma was collected preoperatively from 24 patients with esophageal cancer and 21 healthy controls. qPCR was performed using two primer sets for the beta-actin gene, amplifying short and long segments. RESULTS:The DNA concentrations in both the short and long assays of esophageal cancer patients were significantly higher than the controls (p<0.001). The area under the receiver-operating characteristic curve was 0.83 (short) and 0.91 (long) for esophageal cancer patients versus the controls. There was also a significant difference in DNA integrity (short/long) between esophageal cancer patients and the control group (p= 0.001). CONCLUSION:qPCR assays for plasma DNA concentrations and their integrity can serve as new diagnostic markers for screening and monitoring patients with esophageal cancer.

journal_name

Anticancer Res

journal_title

Anticancer research

authors

Tomita H,Ichikawa D,Ikoma D,Sai S,Tani N,Ikoma H,Fujiwara H,Kikuchi S,Okamoto K,Ochiai T,Otsuji E

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Has Abstract

pub_date

2007-07-01 00:00:00

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2737-41

issue

4C

eissn

0250-7005

issn

1791-7530

journal_volume

27

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