Predictive value of thymidylate synthase expression in advanced colorectal cancer patients receiving fluoropyrimidine‐based chemotherapy: Evidence from 24 studies
- 12 September 2008
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in International Journal of Cancer
- Vol. 123 (10), 2384-2389
- https://doi.org/10.1002/ijc.23822
Abstract
The published data about thymidylate synthase (TS) expression and its predictive value in advanced colorectal cancer (CRC) patients receiving fluoropyrimidine‐based chemotherapy seemed inconclusive. To derive a more precise estimation of the relationship, a metaanalysis was performed. Studies have been identified by searching PubMed and Embase. Inclusion criteria were advanced CRC patients, received fluoropyrimidine‐based chemotherapy and evaluation of TS expression and overall response rate (ORR). The relative ratio (RR) for ORR in patients with low‐TS expression over those with high‐TS expression with 95% confidence interval (CI) was calculated for each study as an estimation of the predictive effect of TS. A total of 24 studies including 1,112 patients were involved in this metaanalysis. The overall RR was 2.20 (95% CI, 1.82–2.66; p = 0.000). For studies evaluating TS expression in metastatic lesions, the pooled RR was 3.23 (95% CI, 2.27–4.59; p = 0.000); for studies testing TS expression in primary lesions, a pooled RR of 1.89 (95% CI, 1.45–2.48; p = 0.000) was estimated. Focusing the analysis on immunohistochemistry (IHC)‐based or RTPCR‐based assessments, the pooled RR was 1.83 (95% CI, 1.44–2.34; p = 0.000) and 2.96 (95% CI, 2.07–4.22; p = 0.000), respectively. The results indicated that low‐TS expression tumors in advanced CRC patients were more sensitive to fluoropyrimidine‐based chemotherapy. Subgroup analyses indicated that the predictive value of TS expression evaluated in metastases was more prominent than that of primary lesions, and that TS expression tested by RTPCR was also of greater predictive value than by IHC.This publication has 23 references indexed in Scilit:
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