High glucocorticoid receptor expression predicts short progression-free survival in ovarian cancer.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To investigate the association of tumor glucocorticoid receptor (GR) expression and patient outcome in ovarian cancer.

Methods

GR expression was evaluated by immunohistochemistry using tissue microarrays of specimens from 481 patients with ovarian cancer and 4 patients with benign conditions. Low GR expression was defined as an intensity of 0 or 1+ and high GR as 2+ or 3+ in >1% of tumor cells. Analyses were performed to evaluate the relationship of GR expression with clinical characteristics, progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS).

Results

GR protein was highly expressed in 133 of 341 (39.0%) tumors from patients who underwent upfront cytoreduction surgery followed by adjuvant chemotherapy. High GR expression was more common in serous tum

SUBMITTER: Veneris JT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5955699 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature