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Association of Allelic Loss on 1q, 4p, 7q, 9p, 9q, and 16q with Postoperative Death in Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma¹

Department of Molecular Biology, Institute of Gerontology, Nippon Medical School, Kawasaki 211-8533 [Y. K., M. E.]; Department of Surgery II, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo 113-8602 [Y. K., K. S., S. T.]; and Ito Hospital, Tokyo 150-8308 [K. I.], Japan

Papillary thyroid carcinomas, most of which are characterized by slow growth and good prognosis, account for the majority of thyroid carcinomas. To provide appropriate postoperative management, it is important to classify them by prediction of their prognosis. To find genetic markers associated with poor prognosis, allelic loss at all 39 nonacrocentric chromosome arms was compared in 24 deceased cases and 45 age-, sex-, stage-, and type-matched survived cases. Allelic loss was examined in primary tumors from both groups using highly polymorphic microsatellite markers on 39 nonacrocentric autosomal arms. Age at diagnosis, sex, stage, and types of tumors were matched between the two groups. No recurrent tumor was used for DNA analysis. Mean fractional allelic loss in the deceased and survived cases was 0.10 ± 0.08 and 0.03 ± 0.05 (P < 0.001). The survived cases showed marginal frequencies of allelic loss throughout all chromosome arms except 22q. The deceased cases showed frequent allelic losses on chromosomes 1q (37%), 4p (21%), 7q (20%), 9p (36%), 9q (31%), and 16q (29%), with significant difference (P < 0.05). These chromosome regions may include tumor suppressor genes whose inactivation is associated with aggressive phenotypes of papillary thyroid carcinoma.

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