PMID: 11316541Apr 24, 2001Paper

Apoptosis and bcl-2 expression as predictors of survival in radiation-treated non-small-cell lung cancer

International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics
J H HwangW K Chung

Abstract

We assessed the role of apoptosis and the expression of bcl-2, p53, and c-myc oncoproteins in pretreatment histologic specimens as a predictor of response to radiation therapy and survival in non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients. Pretreatment biopsy specimens of 68 patients with NSCLC (62 squamous cell carcinoma, 6 adenocarcinoma) were stained with hematoxylin and eosin. From 5 high-powered fields, the apoptotic index (AI) was calculated as the ratio of apoptotic tumor cells to the total number of tumor cells. Bcl-2, p53, and c-myc oncoprotein expression was detected by immunohistochemical staining. Twenty-nine cases showed partial or complete remission, whereas 39 showed no response. AI ranged from 0.2 to 12.0% (mean +/- SD; 4.3 +/- 2.6%, median 4.0%). There was no difference in AI between responders (4.0 +/- 2.3) and nonresponders (4.5 +/- 2.8, p > 0.05). However, in the responders, AI was correlated with the degree of change in tumor volume (r = 0.41, p < 0.05). In an analysis of 53 subjects who survived more than 1 month after the completion of radiation therapy, the patients with a higher AI (n = 27, MST = 22.8 m) survived longer than those with a lower AI (n = 26, MST = 9.2, log-rank, p = 0.03). Patients expressing...Continue Reading

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