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The study aims to explore the association between polymorphisms in the promoter region of microRNA-34b/c (miR-34b/c) and the chemoradiotherapy efficacy for locally advanced esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) in Chinese Han population. A total of 175 locally advanced ESCC cases and 186 healthy individuals were enrolled as the case and control groups. Denaturing high performance liquid chromatography (DHPLC) was applied to determine the genotypes of subjects. Subjects in the case group were classified into complete response (CR), partial response (PR), stable disease (SD) and progressive disease (PD). CR + PR were defined as the sensitive group, and SD + PD were defined as the resistance group. All patients were followed up for 3 ~ 36 months. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve was used to evaluate the predictive value of rs4938723 in the promoter region of miR-34b/c in the chemoradiotherapy efficacy for patients with locally advanced ESCC. The distribution of genotype and allele of rs4938723 in the promoter region of miR-34b/c was significantly different between the case and control group (both P < 0.05), and CC genotype and C allele could decrease the risk of ESCC (CC genotype: OR = 0.57, 95%CI = 0.32 ~ 0.99, P = 0.045; C allele: OR = 0.72, 95%CI = 0.54 ~ 0.97, P = 0.032). MiR-34b/c rs4938723 was associated with ESCC TNM staging, differentiation degree, and lymph node metastasis (LNM) for ES CC patients (all P < 0.05). The chemoradiotherapy efficacy of patients with CC genotype was better than that of patients with (TT + TC) genotypes (P < 0.05). ROC curve results showed that the area under curve (AUC), sensitivity and specificity were 0.777, 85.1% and 71.3%, respectively. The average median progression free survival (PFS) of patients with (TT + TC) genotypes was significantly shorter than those patients with CC genotype (P < 0.05). Our study provides evidence that miR-34b/c rs4938723 is closely related with the chemoradiotherapy efficacy for locally advanced ESCC.
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Bulibu, J., Wang, W., Tang, Y. et al. Association Between Polymorphisms in the Promoter Region of microRNA-34b/c and the Chemoradiotherapy Efficacy for Locally Advanced Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma in Chinese Han Population. Pathol. Oncol. Res. 25, 421–427 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12253-017-0366-4
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