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. 2016 Feb;18(2):206-11.
doi: 10.1007/s12094-015-1354-3. Epub 2015 Aug 11.

Epstein-Barr virus-encoded small RNA 1 (EBER-1) could predict good prognosis in nasopharyngeal carcinoma

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Epstein-Barr virus-encoded small RNA 1 (EBER-1) could predict good prognosis in nasopharyngeal carcinoma

Z Zeng et al. Clin Transl Oncol. 2016 Feb.

Abstract

Purpose: EBER-1 (a non-coding RNA transcribed by EBV) expression was detected in most of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)-positive nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) patients. However, the relevance between EBER-1 expression and NPC clinical outcome has not been reported. This study aims to assess the possible correlations of EBER-1 expression and clinical parameters and its potential prognostic predictive ability in NPC patient's outcomes.

Methods: We examined EBER-1 mRNA expression in 301 NPC and 130 non-NPC tissues using in situ hybridization and did statistics.

Results: EBER-1 expression was up-regulated in NPC tissues when compared to non-NPC tissues. A receiver operating characteristic analysis revealed that EBER-1 expression could distinguish non-cancerous patients from NPC patients (p < 0.001, sensitivity: 72.5 %, specificity: 83.5 %, AUC = 0.815). A survival analysis revealed that patients with high levels of EBER-1 expression had a significantly good prognosis (Disease-free survival: p = 0.019, overall survival: p = 0.006).

Conclusion: These results indicated that EBER-1 expression is a potential prognosis factor of NPC and highly negative correlated with the progress of NPC.

Keywords: EBV-encoded small RNA 1 (EBER-1); Epstein–Barr virus (EBV); Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC); Prognosis.

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