Gamma-glutamyltransferase as novel biomarker in patients with uterine leiomyosarcoma

Sci Rep. 2016 Sep 20:6:33757. doi: 10.1038/srep33757.

Abstract

Gamma-glutamyltransferase (GGT) is an established marker for proliferative/apoptotic balance and has been associated with cancer risk and prognosis. The aim of this study was to evaluate the value of pre-treatment GGT serum levels as prognostic biomarker in patients with primary uterine leiomyosarcoma (ULMS). Data of women with ULMS were extracted from a multi-center database. Pre-treatment GGT serum levels were measured and patients assigned to predefined GGT risk groups. GGT values were correlated with clinico-pathological parameters and univariate and multivariable survival analyses were performed. A total of 44 patients with ULMS were analyzed. Mean (SD) pre-therapeutic GGT serum level was 33.8 (39.8) U/L. In Figo Stage I versus II-IV mean (SD) GGT values were 28.8 (34.0) U/l and 43.5 (49.2) U/l, respectively (p = 0.25). Five-year overall survival (OS) rates in ULMS patients with normal low versus higher GGT levels were 70% and 37%, respectively (p = 0.043). Univariate and multivariable analyses revealed that higher GGT serum levels (p = 0.043, p = 0.005) and high histological grade (p = 0.029, p = 0.012) were independently associated with impaired OS, respectively. Higher pre-treatment GGT serum levels were independently associated with unfavorable prognosis in women with ULMS. Thus, GGT seems to be a useful novel biomarker in ULMS.

Publication types

  • Clinical Trial
  • Multicenter Study
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Biomarkers, Tumor / blood*
  • Databases, Factual
  • Disease-Free Survival
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Leiomyosarcoma* / blood
  • Leiomyosarcoma* / mortality
  • Middle Aged
  • Neoplasm Proteins / blood*
  • Survival Rate
  • Uterine Neoplasms* / blood
  • Uterine Neoplasms* / mortality
  • gamma-Glutamyltransferase / blood*

Substances

  • Biomarkers, Tumor
  • Neoplasm Proteins
  • gamma-Glutamyltransferase
  • gamma-glutamyltransferase, human