A gene signature predicting for survival in suboptimally debulked patients with ovarian cancer Journal Article


Authors: Bonome, T.; Levine, D. A.; Shih, J.; Randonovich, M.; Pise-Masison, C. A.; Bogomolniy, F.; Ozbun, L.; Brady, J.; Barrett, J. C.; Boyd, J.; Birrer, M. J.
Article Title: A gene signature predicting for survival in suboptimally debulked patients with ovarian cancer
Abstract: Despite the existence of morphologically indistinguishable disease, patients with advanced ovarian tumors display a broad range of survival end points. We hypothesize that gene expression profiling can identify a prognostic signature accounting for these distinct clinical outcomes. To resolve survival-associated loci, gene expression profiling was completed for an extensive set of 185 (90 optimal/95 suboptimal) primary ovarian tumors using the Affymetrix human U133A microarray. Cox regression analysis identified probe sets associated with survival in optimally and suboptimally debulked tumor sets at a P value of <0.01. Leave-one-out cross-validation was applied to each tumor cohort and confirmed by a permutation test. External validation was conducted by applying the gene signature to a publicly available array database of expression profiles of advanced stage suboptimally debulked tumors. The prognostic signature successfully classified the tumors according to survival for suboptimally (P = 0.0179) but not optimally debulked (P = 0.144) patients. The suboptimal gene signature was validated using the independent set of tumors (odds ratio, 8.75; P = 0.0146). To elucidate signaling events amenable to therapeutic intervention in suboptimally debulked patients, pathway analysis was completed for the top 57 survival-associated probe sets. For suboptimally debulked patients, confirmation of the predictive gene signature supports the existence of a clinically relevant predictor, as well as the possibility of novel therapeutic opportunities. Ultimately, the prognostic classifier defined for suboptimally debulked tumors may aid in the classification and enhancement of patient outcome for this high-risk population. ©2008 American Association for Cancer Research.
Keywords: survival; cancer survival; controlled study; human tissue; survival analysis; treatment failure; gene mutation; genetics; mortality; ovarian neoplasms; ovary cancer; cluster analysis; gene expression; biological model; gene expression profiling; models, biological; carcinoma, papillary; tumor markers, biological; gene locus; validation study; mutational analysis; tumor marker; gene expression regulation; gene expression regulation, neoplastic; minimal residual disease; neoplasm, residual; microarray analysis; oligonucleotide array sequence analysis; ovary tumor; predictive validity; dna microarray; cancer classification; papillary carcinoma
Journal Title: Cancer Research
Volume: 68
Issue: 13
ISSN: 0008-5472
Publisher: American Association for Cancer Research  
Date Published: 2008-07-01
Start Page: 5478
End Page: 5486
Language: English
DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-07-6595
PUBMED: 18593951
PROVIDER: scopus
PMCID: PMC7039050
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