Prognostic value of serum Cytokeratin19-2G2 in primary breast cancer patients.
e11091 Background: Cytokeratin19-2G2, one of cytokeratin19 fragments, has been considered as one of the most sensitive tumor markers. However, no previous studies reported of CK19-2G2 in breast cancer. The purpose of our study is to evaluate the prognostic value of CK19-2G2 in primary breast cancer patients. Methods: This study included 249 primary breast cancer patients with stage 0-III, 81 healthy controls and 21 breast benign disease patients. Serum samples were conserved before surgery. CK19-2G2, CEA and CA153 were measured by chemiluminescent assay and ER, PR, CerbB2 were assessed by Immunohistochemistry assay. Results: Serum CK19-2G2 levels in breast cancer patients were significantly higher than that in healthy and benign controls (P < 0.001). High serum CK19-2G2 levels (≥2 ng/mL) were associated with stage III (P < 0.001), tumor size (≥2cm) (P < 0.001), lymph node involvement (P < 0.001), negative estrogen receptor (P = 0.005) and progesterone receptor status (P = 0.001). Multivariate analysis revealed that high serum CK19-2G2 level was an independent factor for relapse (P = 0.029) and death (P = 0.040) in primary breast cancer patients. Conclusions: High serum CK19-2G2 levels maybe considered as an independent indicator for prognosis in primary breast cancer.