Overall survival in women with breast cancer: the influence of pepsinogen C gene polymorphism

DNA Cell Biol. 2008 Jun;27(6):333-6. doi: 10.1089/dna.2007.0713.

Abstract

We aimed to study the role of an insertion/deletion polymorphism in the Pepsinogen C (PGC) gene in the clinical outcome of 172 breast cancer patients. The six polymorphic alleles were amplified using PCR. Our results indicate that patients carrying the allele 6 present a higher 5-year survival mean (83.4% of 6 allele carriers were alive at 5 years vs. only 68.6% of noncarriers, p=0.001), suggesting a role for this polymorphism in the outcome of breast cancer patients. We hypothesize that PGC polymorphism can be a predictive biomarker in breast cancer, contributing to an individual profile of great interest in clinical oncology.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Alleles
  • Base Sequence
  • Biomarkers, Tumor / genetics*
  • Breast Neoplasms / enzymology*
  • Breast Neoplasms / genetics*
  • Breast Neoplasms / mortality
  • DNA Primers / genetics
  • DNA, Neoplasm / genetics
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Kaplan-Meier Estimate
  • Mutagenesis, Insertional
  • Pepsinogen C / genetics*
  • Pilot Projects
  • Polymorphism, Genetic*
  • Prognosis
  • Sequence Deletion

Substances

  • Biomarkers, Tumor
  • DNA Primers
  • DNA, Neoplasm
  • Pepsinogen C