Article: Serum macrophage migration-inhibitory factor as a diagnostic and prognostic biomarker for gastric cancer
| Title | Serum macrophage migration-inhibitory factor as a diagnostic and prognostic biomarker for gastric cancer |
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| Authors | Xia, HHX2 3 Yang, Y1 2 Chu, KM2 Gu, Q2 Zhang, YY4 He, H2 Wong, WM2 Leung, SY2 Yuen, ST2 Yuen, MF2 Chan, AOO2 Wong, BCY2 |
| Keywords | Carcinoembryonic antigen Diagnosis Gastric cancer Macrophage migration-inhibitory factor Prognosis |
| Issue Date | 2009 |
| Publisher | John Wiley & Sons, Inc. The Journal's web site is located at http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/jhome/28741 |
| Citation | Cancer, 2009, v. 115 n. 23, p. 5441-5449 [How to Cite?] DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cncr.24609 |
| Abstract | BACKGROUND: This study aimed to determine the potential diagnostic value of migration-inhibitory factor (MIF) for gastric cancer in patients presenting with dyspepsia and its prognostic value for gastric cancer. METHODS: A cohort of 97 patients with histologically confirmed gastric adenocarcinoma and 222 patients with dyspepsia were recruited. Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay was used to measure serum MIF and carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA). RESULTS: The serum MIF concentrations were 6554.0 ± 204.1 pg/mL and 1453.7 ± 79.9 pg/mL, respectively, in gastric cancer patients and dyspeptic patients (P < .001). Serum MIF levels increased with the advancing gastric pathologies (P < .001). With the cutoff value of 3230 pg/mL, serum MIF had sensitivity, specificity, and accuracy of 83.5%, 92.3%, and 89.7%, respectively, in diagnosing gastric cancer, whereas the rates were 60.8%, 83.3%, and 76.5%, respectively, for serum CEA. Gastric cancer patients with serum MIF levels above 6600 pg/mL had a lower 5-year survival rate than those with serum MIF level below that level (P = .012). Higher serum CEA levels were also associated with poor survival. The prediction for 5-year survival was even better (P = .0001), using a combination of serum MIF and CEA. CONCLUSIONS: Serum MIF level, which correlates with gastric MIF expression, is a better molecular marker than CEA in diagnosing gastric cancer in patients presenting with dyspepsia. A combination of serum MIF and CEA predicts 5-year survival better than the individual test. © 2009 American Cancer Society. |
| ISSN | 0008-543X 2011 Impact Factor: 4.771 2011 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.578 |
| DOI | http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cncr.24609 |
| ISI Accession Number ID | WOS:000271918600013 |
| References | References in Scopus |
| dc.contributor.author | Xia, HHX |
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| dc.contributor.author | Yang, Y |
| dc.contributor.author | Chu, KM |
| dc.contributor.author | Gu, Q |
| dc.contributor.author | Zhang, YY |
| dc.contributor.author | He, H |
| dc.contributor.author | Wong, WM |
| dc.contributor.author | Leung, SY |
| dc.contributor.author | Yuen, ST |
| dc.contributor.author | Yuen, MF |
| dc.contributor.author | Chan, AOO |
| dc.contributor.author | Wong, BCY |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2010-09-06T07:19:35Z |
| dc.date.available | 2010-09-06T07:19:35Z |
| dc.date.issued | 2009 |
| dc.description.abstract | BACKGROUND: This study aimed to determine the potential diagnostic value of migration-inhibitory factor (MIF) for gastric cancer in patients presenting with dyspepsia and its prognostic value for gastric cancer. METHODS: A cohort of 97 patients with histologically confirmed gastric adenocarcinoma and 222 patients with dyspepsia were recruited. Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay was used to measure serum MIF and carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA). RESULTS: The serum MIF concentrations were 6554.0 ± 204.1 pg/mL and 1453.7 ± 79.9 pg/mL, respectively, in gastric cancer patients and dyspeptic patients (P < .001). Serum MIF levels increased with the advancing gastric pathologies (P < .001). With the cutoff value of 3230 pg/mL, serum MIF had sensitivity, specificity, and accuracy of 83.5%, 92.3%, and 89.7%, respectively, in diagnosing gastric cancer, whereas the rates were 60.8%, 83.3%, and 76.5%, respectively, for serum CEA. Gastric cancer patients with serum MIF levels above 6600 pg/mL had a lower 5-year survival rate than those with serum MIF level below that level (P = .012). Higher serum CEA levels were also associated with poor survival. The prediction for 5-year survival was even better (P = .0001), using a combination of serum MIF and CEA. CONCLUSIONS: Serum MIF level, which correlates with gastric MIF expression, is a better molecular marker than CEA in diagnosing gastric cancer in patients presenting with dyspepsia. A combination of serum MIF and CEA predicts 5-year survival better than the individual test. © 2009 American Cancer Society. |
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| dc.identifier.citation | Cancer, 2009, v. 115 n. 23, p. 5441-5449 [How to Cite?] DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cncr.24609 |
| dc.identifier.doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cncr.24609 |
| dc.identifier.epage | 5449 |
| dc.identifier.hkuros | 168260 |
| dc.identifier.isi | WOS:000271918600013 |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0008-543X 2011 Impact Factor: 4.771 2011 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.578 |
| dc.identifier.issue | 23 |
| dc.identifier.openurl | ![]() |
| dc.identifier.pmid | 19685530 |
| dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-72249100819 |
| dc.identifier.spage | 5441 |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/76283 |
| dc.identifier.volume | 115 |
| dc.language | eng |
| dc.publisher | John Wiley & Sons, Inc. The Journal's web site is located at http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/jhome/28741 |
| dc.publisher.place | United States |
| dc.relation.ispartof | Cancer |
| dc.relation.references | References in Scopus |
| dc.rights | Cancer. Copyright © John Wiley & Sons, Inc. |
| dc.subject.mesh | Aged |
| dc.subject.mesh | Dyspepsia - pathology |
| dc.subject.mesh | Female |
| dc.subject.mesh | Humans |
| dc.subject.mesh | Macrophage Migration-Inhibitory Factors - blood |
| dc.subject.mesh | Male |
| dc.subject.mesh | Middle Aged |
| dc.subject.mesh | Prognosis |
| dc.subject.mesh | Stomach Neoplasms - blood - diagnosis - mortality |
| dc.subject.mesh | Tumor Markers, Biological - blood |
| dc.subject | Carcinoembryonic antigen |
| dc.subject | Diagnosis |
| dc.subject | Gastric cancer |
| dc.subject | Macrophage migration-inhibitory factor |
| dc.subject | Prognosis |
| dc.title | Serum macrophage migration-inhibitory factor as a diagnostic and prognostic biomarker for gastric cancer |
| dc.type | Article |
Author Affiliations
- Johns Hopkins University
- The University of Hong Kong
- Novartis Pharma
- Fudan University


