Chromosomal aberrations and prognosis in patients with concomitant chemoradiotherapy for resected head and neck cancer

Oncology Reports
Sung-Won ParkYeun-Jun Chung

Abstract

Although concomitant chemoradiotherapy (CCRT) has recently become a mainstay of a primary treatment modality in advanced head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC), some of the patients experience CCRT failure. If we can predict the CCRT outcomes, we can reduce unnecessary CCRT avoiding risk of CCRT‑related complication. We aimed to identify genetic alteration markers related to treatment failure in HNSCC patients who underwent radical surgery and CCRT. Genome‑wide copy number alterations (CNAs) were analyzed in 18 HNSCC patients with (n=9) or without (n=9) recurrence using oligoarray‑comparative genomic hybridization and candidate CNAs were validated by quantitative RT‑PCR. A total of 15 recurrently altered regions (RARs) were identified in the 18 HNSCC cases. Among them, two RARs were significantly associated with CCRT‑failure: copy number gained RARs of 7p11.2 harboring EGFR (P=0.029) and 18p11.32 harboring TYMS gene (P=0.029). Three RARs (7p11.2, 9p21.3 and 18p11.32) were significantly associated with poor disease‑specific survival in univariate analysis, and 7p11.2 was consistently significant in the multivariate analysis (HR 40.68, P=0.003). In conclusion, we defined novel genomic alterations associated with CCRT‑failu...Continue Reading

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