Prognostic value of tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) in patients with epithelial ovarian cancer undergoing chemotherapy
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Abstract
Objectives: Tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) is a key enzyme for fibrin degradation and the proteolytic defense against formation of the thrombotic endothelial deposits. tPA is involved in carcinogenesis but its exact role in tumor biology is not very well understood and a prognostic value of tPA remains ambiguous in different cancers. The aim of the study was to assess the prognostic value of plasma tPA in patients with epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) in the course of the first line chemotherapy.
Material and methods: the study covered 60 patients with EOC who underwent the 1st line chemotherapy. Plasma tPA was assessed at onset, after 3 and 6 cycles of chemotherapy. The groups were stratified according to tPA level at onset of chemotherapy (low tPA group < 6.5 mg/L, N = 37 and high tPA group > 6.5 mg/L, N = 23). Survival analysis was repeated for the cut-off of tPA level at 6.5 mg/L and 5.1 mg/L after 3 and 6 cycles.
Results: Only subjects with tPA > 6.5 mg/L at onset of chemotherapy had a significantly lower probability of a 5-year survival (34.8% vs. 72.7%, P < 0.006) and lower chance for disease free survival within 5 years (39.3% vs. 72.7%, P < 0.014). tPA < 6.5 mg/L plasma level evaluated at onset of chemotherapy was an independent marker of better overall survival (RR = 0.44, 95%CI = 0.19–0.98) but not disease-free survival.
Conclusions: Plasma tPA may serve as a marker of survival if assessed at onset of the first line chemotherapy in patients with ovarian cancer.
Keywords: tissue plasminogen activatortPAepithelial ovarian cancerchemotherapyoverall survivaldisease free survival
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