Abstract:
Objective To investigate the value of genetic polymorphisms of excision repair cross-complementation group 1 (ERCC1) and thymidylate synthase enhancer region (TSER) in predicting the prognosis of advanced gastric cancer patients treated with oxaliplatin/ Xeloda chemotherapy.
Methods Atotal of 122 patients with advanced gastric cancer were enrolled in this study, of which 110 were eligible for analysis. All patients repeated received oxaliplatin / Xeloda chemotherapy every two cycles. PCR - RFLP method was used for analyzing the ERCC1 and TSER polymorphism. Then the relationships among the genetic polymorphisms and response rate (RR), progression free survival (PFS) time were analyzed.
Results No significant correlation in PFS and RR was observed between patients with the C / C or C / T genotype in ERCC1 118C / T and those with the T/T genotype (P= 0.221, P= 0.186). Meanwhile, a higher response rate and longer PFS was observed in patients with the 2R2R or 2R3R genotype in TSER compared to those with the 3R3R genotype (P= 0.037, P= 0.033).
Conclusion The genetic polymorphism of ERCC1 118C / T is not significantly correlated with PFS and RR in predicting the prognosis ofadvanced gastric cancer patients who underwent oxaliplatin /Xeloda chemotherapy. Conversely, the genetic polymorphism of TSER has a certain correlation with this therapy in high-altitude localities.