A Pilot Study Evaluating Serum MMP7 as a Preoperative Prognostic Marker for Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma Patients.
Journal Article (Journal Article)
BACKGROUND: Current preoperative risk stratification modalities for pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDA) patients are inadequate. Elevated serum matrix metalloproteinase 7 (MMP7) is associated with metastatic PDA. We evaluated preoperative MMP7 level as a prognostic marker in patients with resectable PDA. METHODS: From a prospectively maintained database, we identified PDA patients who underwent operation with curative intent from 2004 to 2008 and had serum collected preoperatively. MMP7 was measured by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Patients were defined as having advanced disease if they were found to be unresectable at the time of operation or had nodal involvement on final pathology. RESULTS: Preoperative serum samples were available for 134 patients. Using a cutoff of 13.5 ng/mL, MMP7 was highly predictive for advanced disease. For patients who underwent R0 resection, MMP7 > 13.5 ng/mL was strongly associated with N1 status, T3/T4 stage, moderate/poor differentiation, and perineural invasion. The median recurrence-free survival was 5.0 months in patients with MMP7 > 13.5 ng/mL versus 9.9 months for patients with lower values (P = 0.004). CONCLUSIONS: Very elevated serum MMP7 was highly predictive of unresectable disease and nodal involvement despite favorable preoperative cross-sectional imaging. MMP7 should be further evaluated as a biomarker to risk-stratify PDA patients prior to operation.
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Duke Authors
Cited Authors
- Wang, SC; Parekh, JR; Porembka, MR; Nathan, H; D'Angelica, MI; DeMatteo, RP; Fong, Y; Kingham, TP; Jarnagin, WR; Allen, PJ
Published Date
- May 2016
Published In
Volume / Issue
- 20 / 5
Start / End Page
- 899 - 904
PubMed ID
- 26921028
Pubmed Central ID
- PMC4851562
Electronic International Standard Serial Number (EISSN)
- 1873-4626
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
- 10.1007/s11605-015-3057-z
Language
- eng
Conference Location
- United States