Abstract:Objective To explore the relationships of low expression of miR-1469 with progression and unfavorable post-surgical clinical outcomes in patients with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma. Methods The expression of miR-1469 was detected by qRT-PCR in the patients who successfully underwent esophagectomy for esophageal squamous cell carcinoma. Then χ2 test, Kaplan-Meier method, and Log-rank test were performed. Results There were statistical differences in cancer invasion depth, lymph node metastasis and pathologic stage between the miR-1469 low-expression and high-expression groups (P < 0.05). The patients with miR-1469 low expression had significantly lower disease-free survival rate (17.9% vs. 42.8%, P = 0.004) and post-operative 5-year overall survival rate (29.31% vs. 47.1%, P = 0.027). miR-1469 low expression significantly predicted unfavorable 5-year disease-free survival rate among the patients with N1-3 (7.3% vs 31.5%, P = 0.043). Conclusions The expression of miR-1469 could predict disease progression and post-surgical clinical outcomes for patients with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma.