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Article: Early-onset colorectal cancer with stable microsatellite DNA and near-diploid chromosomes

TitleEarly-onset colorectal cancer with stable microsatellite DNA and near-diploid chromosomes
Authors
KeywordsChromosomal instability
DNA ploidy
Early-onset colorectal cancer
Microsatellite instability
Issue Date2001
PublisherNature Publishing Group. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.nature.com/onc
Citation
Oncogene, 2001, v. 20 n. 35, p. 4871-4876 How to Cite?
AbstractColorectal cancer has been described in terms of genetic instability selectively affecting either microsatellite sequences (MIN) or chromosome number and structure (CIN). A subgroup with apparently stable, near-diploid chromosomes and stable microsatellites (MACS) also exists. These distinctions are important, partly because of their value in highlighting different pathways of carcinogenesis, and partly because of their direct relevance to prognosis. Study of early-onset cancer has often proved a fruitful resource for the identification of the nature and function of cancer susceptibility genes. In a study of colorectal cancer with stable microsatellite DNA, we describe 22 early-onset tumours (mean age = 33), compared with 16 late-onset tumours (mean age = 68). Both groups contained carcinomas with the MACS phenotype, characterized by near diploid DNA content, as defined by flow cytometry, and minimal chromosome arm deletion or amplification (six or less events per genome), determined by comparative genomic hybridization (CGH). Minimal chromosome imbalance correlated strongly with diploid DNA content (P<0.001). The proportion of MACS cancers was significantly greater in early-onset as compared to late-onset tumours (64 vs 13%, P = 0.005). Of the chromosome arm imbalances commonly observed in late-onset tumours, only 18q - Was observed more than twice amongst the 14 early-onset MACS tumours. Seventy-nine per cent of these MACS tumours were located in the distal colon, and 69% were at advanced clinico-pathological stages (with lymph node or distant metastasis). A positive family history of colorectal or other cancers was elicited in seven patients in the MACS early-onset group, and one additional patient in this group had a metachronous ovarian cancer. The results suggest that MACS cancer may have a genetic basis different from either MIN or CIN, and further studies of these cancers may lead to discovery of new mechanisms of colorectal carcinogenesis and cancer susceptibility.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/88669
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2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 2.334
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dc.contributor.authorChan, TLen_HK
dc.contributor.authorCurtis, LCen_HK
dc.contributor.authorLeung, SYen_HK
dc.contributor.authorFarrington, SMen_HK
dc.contributor.authorHo, JWCen_HK
dc.contributor.authorChan, ASYen_HK
dc.contributor.authorLam, PWYen_HK
dc.contributor.authorTse, CWen_HK
dc.contributor.authorDunlop, MGen_HK
dc.contributor.authorWyllie, AHen_HK
dc.contributor.authorYuen, STen_HK
dc.date.accessioned2010-09-06T09:46:24Z-
dc.date.available2010-09-06T09:46:24Z-
dc.date.issued2001en_HK
dc.identifier.citationOncogene, 2001, v. 20 n. 35, p. 4871-4876en_HK
dc.identifier.issn0950-9232en_HK
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/88669-
dc.description.abstractColorectal cancer has been described in terms of genetic instability selectively affecting either microsatellite sequences (MIN) or chromosome number and structure (CIN). A subgroup with apparently stable, near-diploid chromosomes and stable microsatellites (MACS) also exists. These distinctions are important, partly because of their value in highlighting different pathways of carcinogenesis, and partly because of their direct relevance to prognosis. Study of early-onset cancer has often proved a fruitful resource for the identification of the nature and function of cancer susceptibility genes. In a study of colorectal cancer with stable microsatellite DNA, we describe 22 early-onset tumours (mean age = 33), compared with 16 late-onset tumours (mean age = 68). Both groups contained carcinomas with the MACS phenotype, characterized by near diploid DNA content, as defined by flow cytometry, and minimal chromosome arm deletion or amplification (six or less events per genome), determined by comparative genomic hybridization (CGH). Minimal chromosome imbalance correlated strongly with diploid DNA content (P<0.001). The proportion of MACS cancers was significantly greater in early-onset as compared to late-onset tumours (64 vs 13%, P = 0.005). Of the chromosome arm imbalances commonly observed in late-onset tumours, only 18q - Was observed more than twice amongst the 14 early-onset MACS tumours. Seventy-nine per cent of these MACS tumours were located in the distal colon, and 69% were at advanced clinico-pathological stages (with lymph node or distant metastasis). A positive family history of colorectal or other cancers was elicited in seven patients in the MACS early-onset group, and one additional patient in this group had a metachronous ovarian cancer. The results suggest that MACS cancer may have a genetic basis different from either MIN or CIN, and further studies of these cancers may lead to discovery of new mechanisms of colorectal carcinogenesis and cancer susceptibility.en_HK
dc.languageengen_HK
dc.publisherNature Publishing Group. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.nature.com/oncen_HK
dc.relation.ispartofOncogeneen_HK
dc.subjectChromosomal instability-
dc.subjectDNA ploidy-
dc.subjectEarly-onset colorectal cancer-
dc.subjectMicrosatellite instability-
dc.subject.meshAgeden_HK
dc.subject.meshAged, 80 and overen_HK
dc.subject.meshChromosome Aberrationsen_HK
dc.subject.meshColorectal Neoplasms - geneticsen_HK
dc.subject.meshDiploidyen_HK
dc.subject.meshFemaleen_HK
dc.subject.meshHumansen_HK
dc.subject.meshMaleen_HK
dc.subject.meshMicrosatellite Repeatsen_HK
dc.subject.meshMiddle Ageden_HK
dc.titleEarly-onset colorectal cancer with stable microsatellite DNA and near-diploid chromosomesen_HK
dc.typeArticleen_HK
dc.identifier.openurlhttp://library.hku.hk:4550/resserv?sid=HKU:IR&issn=0950-9232&volume=20&spage=4871&epage=4876&date=2001&atitle=Early-onset+colorectal+cancer+with+stable+microsatellite+DNA+and+near-diploid+chromosomesen_HK
dc.identifier.emailChan, TL:tlchan@hku.hken_HK
dc.identifier.emailLeung, SY:suetyi@hkucc.hku.hken_HK
dc.identifier.authorityChan, TL=rp00418en_HK
dc.identifier.authorityLeung, SY=rp00359en_HK
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dc.identifier.doi10.1038/sj.onc.1204653en_HK
dc.identifier.pmid11521198-
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dc.identifier.volume20en_HK
dc.identifier.issue35en_HK
dc.identifier.spage4871en_HK
dc.identifier.epage4876en_HK
dc.identifier.isiWOS:000170271800011-
dc.publisher.placeUnited Kingdomen_HK
dc.identifier.issnl0950-9232-

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