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Growth Arrest-Specific 6 in Chromophobe Renal Cell Carcinoma
Marie Mikuteit1,2, Stefanie Zschäbitz3, Maximilian Erlmeier4
1Department for Rheumatology and Immunology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany.
Background:
Overexpression of tumor-associated growth arrest-specific protein 6 (Gas6) is found in many tumor entities. The prognostic value of Gas6 in renal cell carcinoma (RCC), especially in non-clear cell RCC, is still unclear.
Aim:
The aim of the study was to evaluate the prognostic impact of Gas6 expression in a large cohort of patients with chromophobe RCC (chRCC).
Material And Methods:
Patients who underwent renal surgery due to chRCC were retrospectively evaluated. Tumor specimens were analyzed for Gas6 expression by immunohistochemistry.
Results:
Eighty-one chRCC patients were eligible for analysis; of these, 24 (29.6%) patients were positive for Gas6. No significant associations were found for Gas6 expression and clinical attributes in patients with chRCC. The Kaplan-Meier analysis revealed no differences in 5-year overall survival for Gas6- compared to Gas6+ (89.6% vs. 100.0%; p = 0.288) tumors.
Conclusion:
In chRCC, Gas6 expression is not associated with survival and other parameters of aggressiveness. Due to the rare incidence of chRCC, further studies with larger cohorts are warranted.
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