Background: Colorectal cancer (CRC) represents one of the most common malignancies worldwide. Research has indicated that functional gene changes such as single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) influence carcinogenesis and metastasis and might have an influence on disease relapse. The aim of our study was to evaluate the role of SNPs in selected genes as prognostic markers in resectable CRC.
Patients And Methods: In total, 163 consecutive patients treated surgically for CRC of stages I, II and III at the University Medical Centre in Maribor in 2007 and 2008 were investigated. DNA was isolated from formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded CRC tissue from the Department of Pathology and SNPs in genes and were genotyped using polymerase chain reaction followed by high resolution melting curve analysis or restriction fragment length polymorphism.
Results: We found worse disease-free survival (DFS) for patients with TT genotype of SNP rs1990172 in gene (p = 0.029). Next, we found worse DFS for patients with GG genotype for SNP rs373572 in gene (p = 0.020). Higher frequency of genotype GG of SNP rs11568818 was found in patients with T3/T4 stage (p = 0.014), N1/N2 stage (p = 0.041) and with lymphovascular invasion (p = 0.018). For rs1990172 SNP we found higher frequency of genotype TT in patients with T3/T4 staging (p = 0.024). Higher frequency of genotype GG of rs373572 was also found in patients with T1/T2 stage with disease relapse (p = 0.041).
Conclusions: Our results indicate the role of SNPs as prognostic factors in resectable CRC.
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