LIU Yang, ZHANG Guo-tong, WU Meng-chao
Eastern Hepatobiliary Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai 200438, China.
Zhonghua Wai Ke Za Zhi. 2008 Oct 15;46(20):1583-5.
To study the relationship between peripheral blood hepatocellular carcinoma cells-associated AFP mRNA and tumor relapse and metastasis.
To detect several blood samples from the HCC patients by nested RT-PCR to find out AFP mRNA after 24 h, 72 h and one week and 4 weeks after surgery, and followed up the HCC patients for 1, 2, 3 years.
There were 7 patients occurred relapse or distant metastasis in 12 patients with AFP mRNA positive (7/12, 58.3%), there were 5 patients occurred relapse in 19 patients with AFP mRNA negative (5/19, 26.3%) within 1 year, there was 4 patients occurred relapse in second year (9/19, 47.3%); 5 patients occurred relapse in third year (10/19, 52.6%). Obvious connection between patients AFP mRNA positive and AFP mRNA negative was observed (P < 0.01).
HCC with AFP mRNA positive has more change to be recurrent compared with HCC patients with AFP mRNA negative.
研究外周血中与肝细胞癌相关的甲胎蛋白信使核糖核酸(AFP mRNA)与肿瘤复发及转移的关系。
通过巢式逆转录聚合酶链反应(nested RT-PCR)检测肝癌患者术后24小时、72小时、1周及4周的多份血样,以找出AFP mRNA,并对肝癌患者进行1年、2年、3年的随访。
AFP mRNA阳性的12例患者中有7例出现复发或远处转移(7/12,58.3%);AFP mRNA阴性的19例患者中,1年内有5例复发(5/19,26.3%),第2年有4例复发(9/19,47.3%),第3年有5例复发(10/19,52.6%)。观察到AFP mRNA阳性患者与AFP mRNA阴性患者之间存在明显关联(P<0.01)。
与AFP mRNA阴性的肝癌患者相比,AFP mRNA阳性的肝癌患者复发的可能性更大。