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. 2004 Jun 22;91(2):344–354. doi: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6601975

Table 4. Association between polymorphisms in the genes of TS, ERCC1, XPD, XPA, XRCC1, GSTP1, GSTT1, and GSTM1 and survival and progression after 5-FU/oxaliplatin chemotherapy.

    Survival
Progressiona
Factors No. of patients Relative risk of dyingb and 95% CI P-valuec Relative risk of progressiona and 95% CI P-valuec
XPD-751     0.049   0.76
 Lys/Lys 40 1   1  
 Lys/Gln 53 1.87 (1.06, 3.31)   1.13 (0.72, 1.78)  
 Gln/Gln 13 2.44 (1.09, 5.44)   1.25 (0.59, 2.67)  
XPD-156     0.88   0.64
 A/A 14 1   1  
 C/A 59 1.22 (0.55, 2.75)   0.81 (0.44, 1.49)  
 C/C 30 1.18 (0.49, 2.82)   0.73 (0.36, 1.48)  
 Unknown 3        
XPA-5′     0.76   0.61
 G/G 24 1   1  
 A/G 53 0.88 (0.47, 1.62)   1.24 (0.70, 2.18)  
 A/A 16 1.13 (0.49, 2.45)   1.37 (0.66, 2.84)  
 Unknown 13        
ERCC1-118     0.021   0.51
 C/C 30 1   1  
 C/T 45 2.29 (1.19, 4.41)   1.24 (0.73, 2.11)  
 T/T 31 1.86 (0.91, 3.83)   1.36 (0.76, 2.41)  
XRCC1-399     0.50   0.97
 Arg/Arg 44 1   1  
 Gln/Arg 51 1.07 (0.63, 1.80)   0.95 (0.60, 1.51)  
 Gln/Gln 10 1.58 (0.71, 3.55)   0.99 (0.47, 2.09)  
 Unknown 1        
TS-3′UTR     0.72   0.22
 +6BP/+6BP 37 1   1  
 +6BP/−6BP 52 1.23 (0.70, 2.15)   1.49 (0.92, 2.40)  
 -6BP/−6BP 13 1.18 (0.52, 2.66)   1.39 (0.70, 2.75)  
 Unknown 4        
TS-5′UTR     0.42   0.44
 3R/3R 43 1   1  
 2R/3R 46 0.82 (0.49, 1.39)   0.78 (0.48, 1.26)  
 2R/2R 16 1.32 (0.64, 2.75)   1.06 (0.55, 2.02)  
 2/4 1        
GSTP1-105     0.019   0.011
 Val/Val 10 1   1  
 Ile/Val 47 1.82 (0.71, 4.66)   1.22 (0.56, 2.67)  
 Ile/Ile 49 2.96 (1.15, 7.61)   2.13 (0.95, 4.76)  
GSTT1     0.29   0.93
 Positive 75 1   1  
 Negative 27 1.33 (0.78, 2.28)   0.98 (0.60, 1.60)  
 Unknown 4        
GSTM1     0.59   0.58
 Positive 54 1   1  
 Negative 48 1.14 (0.69, 1.88)   1.13 (0.72, 1.76)  
 Unknown 4        

5-FU=5-fluorouracil; CI=confidence interval; GSTP=glutathione S-transferase; TS=thymidylate synthase; UTR=untranslated region.

a

Time to progression was calculated from the time that patient started treatment until the patient was taken off study. If the relative risk is greater than 1, the relative risk can be thought as the average increased risk of progression at any point in time compared to the reference group. The group with the ratio equal to 1 is the reference group.

b

If the relative risk is greater than 1, the relative risk can be thought as the average increased risk of dying at any point in time compared to the reference group. The group with the ratio equal to 1 is the reference group.

c

P-value based on log-rank test.