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http://dx.doi.org/10.3857/jkstro.2010.28.2.57

Immunohistochemical Study to Evaluate the Prognostic Significance of Four Biomolecular Markers in Radiotherapy of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma  

Kim, Yeon-Joo (Department of Radiation Oncology, Seoul National University College of Medicine)
Lee, Seung-Hee (Department of Radiation Oncology, Seoul National University College of Medicine)
Wu, Hong-Gyun (Department of Radiation Oncology, Seoul National University College of Medicine)
Go, Heoun-Jeong (Department of Pathology, Seoul National University College of Medicine)
Jeon, Yoon-Kyung (Department of Pathology, Seoul National University College of Medicine)
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Radiation Oncology Journal / v.28, no.2, 2010 , pp. 57-63 More about this Journal
Abstract
Purpose: We performed an immunohistochemical study with pre-treatment biopsy specimens to evaluate the prognostic significance of four biomolecular markers which can be used as a predictive assay for radiotherapy (RT) treatment of nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC). Materials and Methods: From January 1998 through December 2006, 68 patients were histologically diagnosed as non-metastatic NPC and treated by RT. Only 38 patients had the paraffin block for the immunohistochemical study. Thirty-one patients had undifferentiated carcinoma and 7 patients had squamous cell carcinoma. Thirtytwo patients (84%) had advanced stage NPC (2002 AJCC Stage III~IV). Immunohistochemical staining was performed for Met, COX-2, nm23-H1, and epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) expression using routine methods. Results: The median follow-up time was 30 months (range, 11 to 83 months) for all patients, and 39 months (range, 19 to 83 months) for surviving patients. The 5-year overall survival (OS) rate of the patients with high Met extent (${\geq}50%$) was significantly lower than that of the patients with low Met extent (48% vs. 84%, p=0.02). In addition, Met extent was also a significant prognostic factor in multivariate analysis (p=0.01). No correlation was observed between Met extent and T stage, N stage, stage group, gender, age, and the response to chemotherapy or RT. Met extent showed moderate correlation with COX-2 expression (Pearson coefficient 0.496, p<0.01), but COX-2 expression did not affect OS. Neither nm23-H1 or EGFR expression was a prognostic factor for OS in this study. Conclusion: High Met extent (${\geq}50%$) might be an independent prognostic factor that predicts poor OS in NPC treated with RT.
Keywords
Nasopharyngeal carcinoma; Radiotherapy; Prognostic factor; Immunohistochemical staining; Met;
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