The clinical significance of CK-19 mRNA expression in the axillary drainage fluid of rectal cancer patients with real-time RT-PCR detection / 中国综合临床

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Objective To detect CK-19 mRNA expression by quantitative real-time RT-PCR in axillary drainage fluid of rectal cancer and investigate its clinical significance.Methods Axillary drainage fluids were collected from 59 patients with rectal cancer and 15 patients with benign abdominal lesion from Sep.2010 to Dec.2010.Level of CK-19 mRNA in axillary drainage fluid was detected using specific primers by real-time RTPCR.The data were statistically analyzed to investigate the relationships between CK-19 mRNA level and tumor invasion,lymph node status,tumor stage and tumor differentiation level.Results The positive rate of CK-19 mRNA expression in patients with rectal cancer was 67.8％,which was significantly higher than that in patients with benign abdominal lesion.The expression of CK-19 mRNA was significantly correlated with the depth of tumor invasion,lymphnode status,tumor stage and histopathological differentiation( P ＜ 0.05 or P ＜ 0.01 ).Ck129 mRNA expression was associated with the pathological level,the higher of the lymph node translation level,the higher expression in the axillary drainage fluid after rectal cancer surgery (r =0.674,P =0.021 ).The lower of the lymph node differentiation level,the higher expression in the axillary drainage fluid after rectal cancer surgery (r =-0.741,P =0.014).Conclusion Quantitative detection of CK-19 mRNA in axillary drainage fluid of rectal cancer by RT-PCR could enhance the diagnostic sensibility of colorectal cancer micrometastases.RT-PCR assay is suitable for predicting peritoneal micrometastasis of rectal cancer,which is a reference for postoperative treatment and prognosis prediction.