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Objective: Our earlier data showed that quantitative reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction can discriminate patients with node-negative cancer who are at high risk for recurrence. The objective of this study was to determine whether a new, more rapid quantitative reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction assay could provide this information in a time frame suitable for intraoperative decision making. Methods: We studied formalin-fixed, archived lymph nodes from 30 patients with histologically determined node-negative esophageal cancer with rapid quantitative reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction to measure expression of carcinoembryonic antigen messenger RNA. We also performed rapid quantitative reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction on 37 snap-frozen lymph nodes from 23 patients. Eleven of the 23 patients had benign esophageal disorders (negative control group). The other 12 had esophageal cancer, 6 with histologically determined positive lymph nodes and 6 with histologically determined negative lymph nodes. Results: In the retrospective analysis of archival tissue from 30 patients with esophageal cancer with histologically determined negative lymph nodes, rapid quantitative reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction predicted disease recurrence with a sensitivity and a specificity of 90% and 80%, respectively, and was comparable to conventional quantitative reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction. In the frozen-tissue analysis rapid quantitative reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction detected significantly higher levels of carcinoembryonic antigen expression in all 12 of the histologically determined positive lymph nodes than in the benign nodes. For 2 of these 12 nodes the intraoperative frozen-section analysis had negative histologic results, and N1 status was determined only on final pathologic examination. Rapid (intraoperative) quantitative reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction discriminated both nodes as positive. Among the 14 histologically determined negative nodes, 1 of 3 nodes from 1 patient showed increased carcinoembryonic antigen according to rapid quantitative reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction, and this patient had a clinical recurrence. Conclusions: In our study we were able to rapidly discriminate patients with node negative-esophageal cancer who had a high risk of recurrence. In frozen tissues rapid quantitative reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction correlated with final pathologic report for 11 of 12 patients. In the 1 discordant case, the quantitative reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction result was positive and may have detected microscopically occult metastasis, because this patient did have disease recurrence. Rapid quantitative reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction was more sensitive than intraoperative frozen sections for detecting metastatic disease. These data suggest that rapid quantitative reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction may have a prognostic role and could guide intraoperative decisions.J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002;123:475-8

journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery

Rapid, quantitative reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction: Application to intraoperative molecular detection of occult metastases in esophageal cancer