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Development and validation of a gene signature for patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinomas treated by postoperative radio(chemo)therapy.
Clin. Cancer Res. 24, 1364-1374 (2018)
Purpose: The aim of this study was to identify and independently validate a novel gene signature predicting locoregional tumor control (LRC) for treatment individualization of patients with locally advanced HPV-negative head and neck squamous cell carcinomas (HNSCC) who are treated with postoperative radio (chemo)therapy (PORT-C). Experimental Design: Gene expression analyses were performed using NanoString technology on a multicenter training cohort of 130 patients and an independent validation cohort of 121 patients. The analyzed gene set was composed of genes with a previously reported association with radio(chemo)sensitivity or resistance to radio(chemo)therapy. Gene selection and model building were performed comparing several machine-learning algorithms. Results: We identified a 7-gene signature consisting of the three individual genes HILPDA, CD24, TCF3, and one metagene combining the highly correlated genes SERPINE1, INHBA, P4HA2, and ACTN1. The 7-gene signature was used, in combination with clinical parameters, to fit a multivariable Cox model to the training data (concordance index, ci ¼ 0.82), which was successfully validated (ci ¼ 0.71). The signature showed improved performance compared with clinical parameters alone (ci ¼ 0.66) and with a previously published model including hypoxia-associated genes and cancer stem cell markers (ci ¼ 0.65). It was used to stratify patients into groups with low and high risk of recurrence, leading to significant differences in LRC in training and validation (P < 0.001). Conclusions: We have identified and validated the first hypothesis-based gene signature for HPV-negative HNSCC treated by PORT-C including genes related to several radiobiological aspects. A prospective validation is planned in an ongoing prospective clinical trial before potential application in clinical trials for patient stratification.
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Squamous-cell Carcinoma; Group Dktk-rog; Cancer Stem-cells; Good Prognosis Subgroups; Radiation Oncology; Fractionated-irradiation; Marker Expression; Hpv Status; Hypoxia; Multicenter
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englisch
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2018
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2018
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1078-0432
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1557-3265
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Band: 24,
Heft: 6,
Seiten: 1364-1374
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American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)
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Philadelphia
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Peer reviewed
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30504 - Mechanisms of Genetic and Environmental Influences on Health and Disease
30203 - Molecular Targets and Therapies
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Radiation Sciences
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G-521800-001
G-501300-001
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2018-04-13