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XU Shuai-shuai, LI Shuo, LI Hao, et al. Expression of monocarboxylate transporter 4 in pancreatic cancer and its prognostic value[J]. Chin J Clin Med, 2020, 27(5): 730-734. DOI: 10.12025/j.issn.1008-6358.2020.20201945
Citation: XU Shuai-shuai, LI Shuo, LI Hao, et al. Expression of monocarboxylate transporter 4 in pancreatic cancer and its prognostic value[J]. Chin J Clin Med, 2020, 27(5): 730-734. DOI: 10.12025/j.issn.1008-6358.2020.20201945

Expression of monocarboxylate transporter 4 in pancreatic cancer and its prognostic value

Funds: 

National Natural Science Foundation of China 81872366

National Natural Science Foundation of China 81871941

National Natural Science Foundation of China 81827807

National Natural Science Foundation of China 81802675

National Natural Science Foundation of China 81702341

National Natural Science Foundation for Distinguished Young Scholars of China 81625016

Natural Science Foundation of Shanghai 19ZR1410800

the Hospital Foundation of Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center YJMS201904

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  • Received Date: September 02, 2020
  • Accepted Date: September 16, 2020
  • Objective 

    To determine the expression of monocarboxylate transporter 4 (MCT4) in pancreatic cancer tissue and its prognostic value after radical resection.

    Methods 

    The clinical data of 379 pancreatic cancer patients who underwent radical resection at Pancreatic Surgery of Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center from February 2010 to June 2014 were retrospectively included in the study. The expression of MCT4 was tested with immunohistochemical staining and its relationship with clinicopathological characteristics of patients was investigated. Kaplan-Meier survival curve and multivariate Cox regression analysis were applied to evaluate the prognostic value of MCT4 expression.

    Results 

    Patients with positive expression of MCT4 protein were prone to have larger tumor size (P=0.004), greater lymph node metastasis (P=0.005), and higher TNM stage (P=0.011). The median overall survival (OS, 12.4 months) time and recurrence-free survival (RFS, 7.3 months) time of patients with positive expression of MCT4 were significantly shorter than those of patients with negative expression of MCT4 (21.3 months, P < 0.001; 11.4 months, P < 0.001). Multivariate Cox regression analysis results showed that the positive expression of MCT4 was an independent predictor of shorter OS (hazard ratio=1.814, 95% confidence interval 1.433-2.296, P < 0.001) and RFS (hazard ratio=1.648, 95% confidence interval 1.319-2.059, P < 0.001) in pancreatic cancer patients after radical resection.

    Conclusions 

    The positive expression of MCT4 is an independent prognostic factor for pancreatic cancer patients after radical resection, and might be a potential marker for the selection and treatment of patients with high recurrence risk.

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