The relationship between the systemic inflammatory response, tumour proliferative activity, T-lymphocytic infiltration and COX-2 expression and survival in patients with transitional cell carcinoma of the urinary bladder

Hilmy, M., Campbell, R., Bartlett, J.M.S., McNicol, A., Underwood, M.A. and McMillan, D.C. (2006) The relationship between the systemic inflammatory response, tumour proliferative activity, T-lymphocytic infiltration and COX-2 expression and survival in patients with transitional cell carcinoma of the urinary bladder. British Journal of Cancer, 95, pp. 1234-1238. (doi: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6603415)

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Abstract

The relationship between the systemic inflammatory response, tumour proliferative activity, T-lymphocytic infiltration, and COX-2 expression and survival was examined in patients with transitional cell carcinoma of the urinary bladder (n=103). Sixty-one patients had superficial disease and 42 patients had invasive disease. Cancer-specific survival was shorter in those patients with invasive compared with superficial bladder cancer (P<0.001). On univariate analysis, stratified by stage, increased Ki-67 labelling index (P<0.05), increased COX-2 expression (P<0.05), C-reactive protein (P<0.05) and adjuvant therapy (P<0.01) were associated with poorer cancer-specific survival. On multivariate analysis of these significant factors, stratified by stage, only C-reactive protein (HR 2.89, 95% CI 1.42–5.91, P=0.004) and adjuvant therapy (HR 0.29, 95% CI 0.14–0.62, P=0.001) were independently associated with poorer cancer-specific survival. These results would suggest that tumour-based factors such as grade, COX-2 expression or T-lymphocytic infiltration are subordinate to systemic factors such as C-reactive protein in determining survival in patients with transitional cell carcinoma of the urinary bladder.

Item Type:Articles
Status:Published
Refereed:Yes
Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID:McMillan, Professor Donald and Underwood, Mr Mark and McNicol, Dr Anne-Marie
Authors: Hilmy, M., Campbell, R., Bartlett, J.M.S., McNicol, A., Underwood, M.A., and McMillan, D.C.
College/School:College of Medical Veterinary and Life Sciences > School of Medicine, Dentistry & Nursing > Clinical Specialities
Journal Name:British Journal of Cancer
ISSN:0007-0920
Published Online:03 October 2006

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