PMID: 11903369Mar 21, 2002Paper

Circulating angiogenic cytokines as tumour markers and prognostic factors in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma

Clinical Otolaryngology and Allied Sciences
J J HomerN D Stafford

Abstract

This pilot study investigated the potential use of three circulating angiogenesis-related cytokines, basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF), angiogenin (ANG) and endostatin, as tumour markers and prognostic factors in patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC). A total of 30 patients with HNSCC treated with curative intent and 15 healthy controls were studied. Serum (bFGF and ANG) and plasma (endostatin) was assayed by enzyme-linked immunoabsorbance assay (ELISA). None of the cytokines was raised in HNSCC patients when compared with controls. Serum bFGF was not associated with any clinico-pathological or outcome parameters, although there was a trend towards higher levels in more advanced and aggressive tumours. Lower serum angiogenin (sANG) levels were associated with loco-regional disease recurrence (P = 0.036). Using a cut-off level of 400 pg/mL, a low level of sANG predicted tumour recurrence with a relative risk of 4.0 (95% CI: 0.7-24.0). Plasma endostatin was associated with higher histological grade (P = 0.01) and with both disease recurrence (P = 0.045) and death from disease (P = 0.021). Plasma endostatin above a cut-off point of 70 ng/mL could predict tumour recurrence with a relative risk of 4.7 (95% ...Continue Reading

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