Expression of PROX1 and FABP6 in endometrial cancer tissue and their correlation with clinical pathological characteristics
Objective To investigate the expression of prospero-related homeobox protein 1(PROX1)and fatty acid binding protein 6(FABP6)in endometrial cancer tissue and their correlation with clinical pathological characteristics.Methods A total of 96 EC patients diagnosed and treated in the First People's Hospital of Yunnan Province from February 2018 to February 2020 were selected as the EC group,and the cancer tissues resected by radical surgery were collected.Dur-ing the same period,96 cases of normal endometrial tissue were collected during the surgery(normal tissue).The expression of PROX1 and FABP6 in cancer tissues and normal endometrial tissues was compared.The correlation between PROX1,FABP6 and clinicopathology and the risk factors affecting the prognosis of EC patients were analyzed.Results Compared with normal tissues,the expression levels of PROX1 and FABP6 in EC cancer tissues were significantly increased(P<0.05).The positive expression rates of PROX1 and FABP6 in cancer tissues of EC patients with depth of muscle invasion ≥ 1/2,tumor diameter ≥2 cm,FIGO stage Ⅲ-Ⅳ,pathological grading G2-G3,and lymph node metastasis were higher than those of EC patients with depth of muscle invasion<1/2,tumor diameter<2 cm,FIGO stage Ⅰ-Ⅱ,pathological grading G1,and non lymph node metastasis(P<0.05).The overall survival rate of patients with positive expression of PROX1 and FABP6 was significantly lower than that of patients with negative expression(P<0.05).FIGO staging(Ⅲ-Ⅳ),lymph node metastasis,positive expression of PROX1,and positive expression of FABP6 were all risk factors affecting the prognosis of EC pa-tients.Conclusion The expression levels of PROX1 and FABP6 in cancer tissues of EC patients were significantly increased,which were closely related to clinicopathological features and prognosis of patients.
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