Plasminogen Activator Inhibitor Type 1 in Blood at Onset of Chemotherapy Unfavorably Affects Survival in Primary Ovarian Cancer.
Adv Exp Med Biol
; 1153: 47-54, 2019.
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ABSTRACT
Plasminogen activator inhibitor type 1 (PAI-1) belongs to the family of the plasminogen activator system. PAI-1 stimulates fibrinolysis and also promotes tumor progression. The aim of this study was to evaluate the prognostic value of blood plasma PAI-1 content in patients with epithelial ovarian cancer who start the first-line chemotherapy. PAI-1 content was measured in the blood of 61 patients with epithelial ovarian cancer at onset of first-line chemotherapy. The patients were further stratified into the low PAI-1 group (≤20 ng/mL; 33 patients) and the high PAI-1 group (>20 ng/mL; 28 patients). We found that the greater plasma PAI-1 content was associated with a significantly lower probability of a 5-year-long survival compared to that when PAI-I content was lower (45.5% vs. 69.5%, respectively; p = 0.04). However, the risk of cancer recurrence within 5 years failed to differ appreciably. A multivariate analysis revealed that the lower PAI-1 plasma content was an independent factor of longer overall survival (death risk ratio of 0.36, 95%CI = 0.16-0.79; p < 0.01). We conclude that PAI-1 is yet another biomarker of survival in patients with ovarian cancer.
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Neoplasias Ovarianas
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Inibidor 1 de Ativador de Plasminogênio
Tipo de estudo:
Prognostic_studies
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Female
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Humans
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En
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2019
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