Prevalence and characteristics of Epstein-Barr virus-associated gastric carcinomas in Portugal.

Abstract:

BACKGROUND:Gastric cancer (GC) is one of the most common malignant tumors of the digestive tract and is the third leading cause of cancer death worldwide. Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) has been associated with approximately 10% of the total cases of gastric carcinomas. No previous study has analyzed the prevalence of EBV infection in gastric cancer of the Portuguese population. METHODS:In the present study, we have analyzed 82 gastric carcinoma cases and 33 healthy individuals (control group) from Coimbra region for the presence of EBV by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and by in situ hybridization (ISH) for EBV-encoded small RNAs (EBERs). The status of H. pylori infection was assessed by serology and by PCR. RESULTS:EBV was detected by PCR in 90.2% of stomach cancer cases, whereas EBERs were detected in 11%. In our series, EBV-associated gastric carcinoma (EBVaGC) were significantly associated with gender and the majority of them presented lymph node metastasis. These cases were generally graded in more advanced pTNM stages and, non-surprisingly, showed worse survival. H. pylori infection was detected in 62.2% of the gastric cancers and 64.7% of these patients were CagA+. On the other hand, the H. pylori prevalence was higher in the EBV-negative gastric carcinomas (64.4%) than in those carcinoma cases with EBV+ (44.4%). CONCLUSIONS:The present study shows that prevalence of EBVaGC among Portuguese population is in accordance with the worldwide prevalence. EBV infection seems to be associated to poorer prognostic and no relation to H. pylori infection has been found. Conversely, the presence of H. pylori seems to have a favourable impact on patient's survival. Our results emphasize that geographic variation can contribute with new epidemiological data on the association of EBV with gastric cancer.

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Infect Agent Cancer

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Nogueira C,Mota M,Gradiz R,Cipriano MA,Caramelo F,Cruz H,Alarcão A,E Sousa FC,Oliveira F,Martinho F,Pereira JM,Figueiredo P,Leitão M

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10.1186/s13027-017-0151-8

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Has Abstract

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2017-07-19 00:00:00

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41

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1750-9378

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151

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12

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