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Heat shock protein 70 and tumor-infiltrating NK cells as prognostic indicators for patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck after radiochemotherapy: A multicentre retrospective study of the German Cancer Consortium Radiation Oncology Group (DKTK-ROG).
Int. J. Cancer 142, 1911-1925 (2018)
Tumor cells frequently overexpress heat shock protein 70 (Hsp70) and present it on their cell surface, where it can be recognized by pre-activated NK cells. In our retrospective study the expression of Hsp70 was determined in relation to tumor-infiltrating CD56(+) NK cells in formalin-fixed paraffin embedded (FFPE) tumor specimens of patients with SCCHN (N=145) as potential indicators for survival and disease recurrence. All patients received radical surgery and postoperative cisplatin-based radiochemotherapy (RCT). In general, Hsp70 expression was stronger, but with variable intensities, in tumor compared to normal tissues. Patients with high Hsp70 expressing tumors (scores 3-4) showed significantly decreased overall survival (OS; p = 0.008), local progression-free survival (LPFS; p = 0.034) and distant metastases-free survival (DMFS; p = 0.044), compared to those with low Hsp70 expression (scores 0-2), which remained significant after adjustment for relevant prognostic variables. The adverse prognostic value of a high Hsp70 expression for OS was also observed in patient cohorts with p16- (p = 0.001), p53- (p = 0.0003) and HPV16 DNA-negative (p = 0.001) tumors. The absence or low numbers of tumor-infiltrating CD56(+) NK cells also correlated with significantly decreased OS (p = 0.0001), LPFS (p = 0.0009) and DMFS (p = 0.0001). A high Hsp70 expression and low numbers of tumor-infiltrating NK cells have the highest negative predictive value (p = 0.00004). In summary, a strong Hsp70 expression and low numbers of tumor-infiltrating NK cells correlate with unfavorable outcome following surgery and RCT in patients with SCCHN, and thus serve as negative prognostic markers. What's new? It's difficult to predict how a patient with squamous-cell carcinoma of the head and neck (SCCHN) will respond to treatment, because every tumor is different. In this study, the authors identified two pre-treatment measures that were associated with poor prognosis following surgery and RCT: high levels of staining for a protein called Hsp70 in tumor cells, and low numbers of tumor-infiltrating NK lymphocytes. These measures may thus serve as useful prognostic biomarkers for predicting the response of SCCHN to therapy.
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Hsp70 ; Prognostic Biomarker ; Scchn ; Nk Cells ; Ihc ; Retrospective Trial; Natural-killer-cells; Severe Combined Immunodeficiency; Human-papillomavirus; Postoperative Radiochemotherapy; Molecular Chaperones; Oropharyngeal Cancer; Membrane Expression; Marker Expression; Shock Proteins; United-states
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2018
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2017
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2017
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0020-7136
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1097-0215
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Band: 142,
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Wiley
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Hoboken
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30504 - Mechanisms of Genetic and Environmental Influences on Health and Disease
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Radiation Sciences
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2017-12-31