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Davor Hrabar1, Gorana Aralica, Marija Gomercic
1Department of Internal Medicine, Sestre Milosrdnice University Hospital, Vinogradska 29, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia.
Unlabelled:
The aim of the study was to determine the expression and prognostic role of syndecan-2 in patients with pancreatic adenocarcinoma.
Patients And Methods:
Syndecan-2 expression and its relationship with established prognostic features were assessed in a series of 53 patients with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma.
Results:
Epithelial expression was observed in 23 (43.4%) and stromal in 30 (56.6%) pancreatic carcinomas, respectively. In normal pancreatic tissue, the epithelial expression was moderate or strong in single or small clusters of acinar cells and negative in ductal cells. Normal pancreatic stroma did not express syndecan-2. Statistical analysis showed that stromal expression had no influence on survival but epithelial expression was positively correlated with survival time, and patients with higher epithelial syndecan-2 expression had a distinctly longer survival (p=0.029).
Conclusion:
Our results support a potential role for syndecan-2 in pancreatic carcinogenesis and cancer progression. Moreover, expression of syndecan-2 might serve as a prognostic marker.
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