Introduction: The aim of this study was to investigate whe- ther X-ray repair cross-complementing group 3 (XRCC3) and xeroderma pigmentosum group D (XPD) single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) affects the outcome of platinum- based chemotherapy in advanced non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients.

Material And Methods: From September 2005 to June 2009, 355 advanced-stage NSCLC patients were accrued to compare the SNP variants with the outcome of platinum-based chemotherapy. TaqMan RT-PCR was used to evaluate the SNPs of the XRCC3 codon241 (Thr/Met) and XPD codon751 (Lys/Gln) DNA repair genes.

Results: There was a lack of association between the studied SNPs and the response rate, progression-free survival or overall survival (OS) in the whole population. However, subgroup analysis revealed that XRCC3 241 Thr/Met or Met/Met allele was associated with marginally significantly longer OS than XRCC3 Thr/Thr allele (19.0 m vs. 12.5 m, p=0.081) in the patients treated with gemcitabine/ cisplatin or carboplatin (GP/GC) while it was correlated with a significantly shorter OS in the patients treated with non GP/GC (9.3 m vs. 16 m, p=0.003). XPD751 Lys/Lys had an association with statistical significantly longer OS than XPD751 Lys/Gln or Gln/Gln in the subgroup of elderly patients (14.10 m vs. 10 m, p=0.019) and patients with non-adenocarcinoma (12.6 m vs. 9 m, p=0.042).

Conclusions: XRCC3 Thr241Met played an opposite role in predicting prognosis of chemotherapy in NSCLC patients according to the first-line regimens. XPD 751 Lys/ Lys might be a better prognostic marker of elderly or noncarcinoma NSCLC subgroup treated with platinum-based chemotherapy.

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