PMID- 29519711 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20190401 LR - 20190401 IS - 1938-0674 (Electronic) IS - 1533-0028 (Linking) VI - 17 IP - 2 DP - 2018 Jun TI - Association of CDX2 Expression With Survival in Early Colorectal Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. PG - 97-103 LID - S1533-0028(17)30507-8 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.clcc.2018.02.001 [doi] AB - CDX2 is a homeobox gene encoding transcriptional factors for intestinal organogenesis and represents a specific marker of colorectal adenocarcinoma (CRC) differentiation. We have evaluated if CDX2 expression is associated with better overall and disease-free survival (OS and DFS) in patients with CRC. PubMed, SCOPUS, EMBASE, The Cochrane Library, and Web of Science (from inception to July 2017) were systematically reviewed for relevant studies on adult patients with CRC where OS and DFS were calculated according to CDX2 expression in uni- or multivariate analysis were included. Hazard ratio (HR) for mortality and/or disease progression was calculated. The search produced 16 studies suitable for inclusion (6291 individual patients). The meta-analysis showed a reduced risk of death for patients with CDX2-positive CRC in 14 studies (HR, 0.5; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.38-0.66; P < .001 according to random effect model). In 6 studies where only DFS data was available, CDX2 expression led to a 52% lower risk of relapse or death (HR, 0.48; 95% CI, 0.39-0.59; P < .001 according to random effect model). The results did not change as a function of ethnicity, type of study, CDX2 detection modality, or stage. Interestingly, in stages II to III, CDX2 expression was associated with a 70% lower risk of death (HR, 0.3; 95% CI, 0.12-0.77; P = .01). CDX2 expression confirms to be a strong prognostic factor in stage II and III CRC. In this setting, along with other clinical and pathologic factors, the lack of expression of CDX2 may be considered an important variable when deciding for adjuvant chemotherapy. CI - Copyright (c) 2018 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. FAU - Tomasello, Gianluca AU - Tomasello G AD - Oncology Unit, Oncology Department, ASST Ospedale di Cremona, Cremona, Italy. FAU - Barni, Sandro AU - Barni S AD - Oncology Unit, Oncology Department, ASST Bergamo Ovest, Treviglio, Bergamo, Italy. FAU - Turati, Luca AU - Turati L AD - Surgery Unit, ASST Bergamo Ovest, Treviglio, Bergamo, Italy. FAU - Ghidini, Michele AU - Ghidini M AD - Oncology Unit, Oncology Department, ASST Ospedale di Cremona, Cremona, Italy. FAU - Pezzica, Ezio AU - Pezzica E AD - Pathology Unit, ASST Bergamo Ovest, Treviglio, Bergamo, Italy. FAU - Passalacqua, Rodolfo AU - Passalacqua R AD - Oncology Unit, Oncology Department, ASST Ospedale di Cremona, Cremona, Italy. FAU - Petrelli, Fausto AU - Petrelli F AD - Oncology Unit, Oncology Department, ASST Bergamo Ovest, Treviglio, Bergamo, Italy. Electronic address: faupe@libero.it. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Meta-Analysis PT - Systematic Review DEP - 20180215 PL - United States TA - Clin Colorectal Cancer JT - Clinical colorectal cancer JID - 101120693 RN - 0 (Biomarkers, Tumor) RN - 0 (CDX2 Transcription Factor) RN - 0 (CDX2 protein, human) SB - IM MH - Adenocarcinoma/metabolism/mortality/*pathology MH - Biomarkers, Tumor/*analysis MH - CDX2 Transcription Factor/*biosynthesis MH - Colorectal Neoplasms/metabolism/mortality/*pathology MH - Disease-Free Survival MH - Humans OTO - NOTNLM OT - Adjuvant OT - Biomarker OT - Chemotherapy OT - Prognosis OT - Stage II-III EDAT- 2018/03/10 06:00 MHDA- 2019/04/02 06:00 CRDT- 2018/03/10 06:00 PHST- 2017/12/08 00:00 [received] PHST- 2018/01/29 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2018/02/08 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2018/03/10 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2019/04/02 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2018/03/10 06:00 [entrez] AID - S1533-0028(17)30507-8 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.clcc.2018.02.001 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Clin Colorectal Cancer. 2018 Jun;17(2):97-103. doi: 10.1016/j.clcc.2018.02.001. Epub 2018 Feb 15.