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Yildirim HC, Anik H, Ozdemir DA, Ismayilov R, Akyildiz A, Cayiroz K, Ceyhan F, Kavruk O, Guven DC, Ates O, Usubutun A, Arik Z. Effect of hypoxia-inducible factor-1 alpha expression on survival in patients with metastatic cervical squamous cell carcinoma treated with first-line chemotherapy and bevacizumab. Biomol Biomed 2024. [PMID: 38447002 DOI: 10.17305/bb.2024.10255] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2024] [Accepted: 02/26/2024] [Indexed: 03/08/2024]
Abstract
This study addresses the gap in understanding the prognostic relevance of hypoxia-inducible factor-1 alpha (HIF-1 alpha) expression in metastatic cervical squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) patients undergoing anti-vascular endothelial growth factor-based therapy. A retrospective multicenter study (n = 34) explored HIF-1 alpha expression via immunohistochemistry in patients treated with platinum chemotherapy and bevacizumab. Median progression-free survival (PFS) was significantly lower in the HIF-1 alpha low score group compared to the high score group (4.9 vs 12.9 months, P = 0.014). Similarly, the median overall survival (OS) was significantly reduced in the HIF-1 alpha low score group (8.3 vs 20.4 months, P = 0.006). This study, the first of its kind, highlights the prognostic significance of HIF-1 alpha expression in metastatic cervical SCC patients treated with bevacizumab-based therapy.
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Affiliation(s)
- Hasan Cagri Yildirim
- Department of Medical Oncology, Hacettepe University Cancer Institute, Ankara, Turkey
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Dr. Abdurrahman Yurtaslan Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
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- Department of Pathology, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Hacettepe University Cancer Institute, Ankara, Turkey
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Hacettepe University Cancer Institute, Ankara, Turkey
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Dr. Abdurrahman Yurtaslan Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
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- Department of Pathology, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Hacettepe University Cancer Institute, Ankara, Turkey
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Guven DC, Erul E, Yilmaz F, Yasar S, Yildirim HC, Ercan F, Kaygusuz Y, Cayiroz K, Ucdal MT, Yesil F, Yazici G, Cengiz M, Gullu I, Aksoy S. The association between pan-immune-inflammation value and survival in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma. Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol 2022; 280:2471-2478. [PMID: 36565325 DOI: 10.1007/s00405-022-07804-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2022] [Accepted: 12/16/2022] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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PURPOSE A significant portion of patients with locally advanced head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) relapse despite multimodality treatment denoting the need for biomarkers. The pan-immune-inflammation value (PIV) is a recently developed blood count-based prognostic biomarker. We evaluated the relationship between PIV and survival in locally advanced HNSCC patients treated with chemoradiotherapy (CRT). METHODS A total of 199 patients who underwent CRT at Hacettepe University Oncology Hospital were included. The relationship between clinical and laboratory parameters with overall survival (OS) and disease-free survival (DFS) was analyzed by multivariate analyses. RESULTS The median age was 59 years and 90.5% of the patients were male. 66.8% of the patients had laryngeal primaries, and 78.9% had T3-T4 disease. 84.9% of the patients received CRT with cisplatin. The optimal PIV threshold value was calculated as 404 in ROC analyses. This PIV value had 75.8% sensitivity and 70.4% specificity for OS prediction (AUC 0.781; 95% CI 0.715-0.846; p < 0.001). In multivariate analyses, high PIV levels (≤ 404 vs. > 404, HR 2.862; 95% CI 1.553-5.276; p = 0.001), higher NLR (≤ 2.5 vs. > 2.5, HR 1.827; 95% CI 1.017-3.281; p = 0.044) levels and ECOG performance score of 2 (HR 2.267; 95% CI 1.385-3.711; p = 0.001) were associated with shorter OS. These factors were associated with shorter DFS also (HR for PIV 2.485, 95% CI 1.383-4.467, p = 0.002). CONCLUSIONS We observed shorter OS and DFS in locally advanced HNSCC patients with high PIV levels. If prospective studies support our findings, the PIV score could be a prognostic biomarker in HNSCC.
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- Deniz Can Guven
- Department of Medical Oncology, Hacettepe University Cancer Institute, Ankara, Turkey
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Hacettepe University, 06100, Sihhiye, Ankara, Turkey.
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Hacettepe University Cancer Institute, Ankara, Turkey
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Hacettepe University Cancer Institute, Ankara, Turkey
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Hacettepe University Cancer Institute, Ankara, Turkey
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Hacettepe University, 06100, Sihhiye, Ankara, Turkey
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Hacettepe University, 06100, Sihhiye, Ankara, Turkey
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Hacettepe University, 06100, Sihhiye, Ankara, Turkey
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Hacettepe University, 06100, Sihhiye, Ankara, Turkey
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Hacettepe University, 06100, Sihhiye, Ankara, Turkey
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Hacettepe University Cancer Institute, Ankara, Turkey
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Hacettepe University Cancer Institute, Ankara, Turkey
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Hacettepe University Cancer Institute, Ankara, Turkey
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Hacettepe University Cancer Institute, Ankara, Turkey
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