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    المصدر: Cancer Medicine, Vol 13, Iss 1, Pp n/a-n/a (2024)

    الوصف: Abstract Background Near‐infrared photoimmunotherapy (NIR‐PIT) for head and neck cancer is a recently developed therapy. However, there is limited data on patients receiving NIR‐PIT in real clinical settings. Methods Seven NIR‐PIT sessions were administered to five patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC). Serum damage‐associated molecular patterns (DAMPs) (HMGB1 and Hsp70 levels), and cytokine and chemokine production, were compared before and after NIR‐PIT. Results The serum concentration of HMGB1 increased after NIR‐PIT (p = 0.031, Wilcoxon test) in all patients except one who did not achieve a clinical response. Chemokines MIP‐1α (CCL3) and MIP‐1β (CCL4) increased significantly 1–3 days after treatment (CCL3, p = 0.0036; CCL4, p = 0.0016, Wilcoxon test). A low pre‐treatment neutrophil‐to‐lymphocyte ratio (NLR) was associated with a better response to therapy and survival. Conclusions The release of DAMPs, and cytokine/chemokine production, were detected in the patients' peripheral blood. The baseline NLR may predict patient outcomes in response to NIR‐PIT.

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    المصدر: Scientific Reports, Vol 13, Iss 1, Pp 1-5 (2023)

    مصطلحات موضوعية: Medicine, Science

    الوصف: Abstract This sentinel node (SN) biopsy trial aimed to assess its effectiveness in identifying predictive factors of micrometastases and to determine whether elective neck dissection is necessary in oral squamous cell carcinoma. This retrospective study included 55 patients from three previous trials, with positive SNs. The relationship between the sizes of the metastatic focus and metastasis in non-sentinel node (NSN) was investigated. Four of the 55 largest metastatic focus were isolated tumor cells, and the remaining 51 were ranged from 0.2 to 15 mm, with a median of 2.6 mm. The difference of prevalence between 46 negative- and 9 positive-NSN was statistically significant with regard to age, long diameter of primary site and number of cases with regional recurrence. In comparing the size of largest metastatic focus dividing the number of positive SN, with metastaic focus range of

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    المصدر: BMC Cancer, Vol 21, Iss 1, Pp 1-9 (2021)

    الوصف: Abstract Background We investigate whether pathological continuous variables of lymph nodes were related with survival results of carcinomas of minor salivary gland carcinoma in head and neck. Methods Forty-four cases with minor salivary gland carcinoma who underwent both primary resection and neck dissection were retrospectively enrolled. The pathological continuous variables were evaluated by the number of positive lymph nodes, lymph node ratio, and log odds of positive lymph nodes. Receiver operating curve analysis was used for the cut-off values of the carcinoma-specific death. Log-rank test and Cox’s proportional hazards model were used for uni−/multi-variate survival analyses adjusting for pathological stage, respectively. Results Lymph node ratio = 0.05 as well as log odds of positive lymph nodes = − 2.73 predicted the carcinoma-specific death. Both lymph node ratio and log odds of positive lymph nodes were significantly related with survival outcomes by the univariate analysis. Lymph node ratio ≥ 0.05 was associated with shorter disease-specific (hazard ratio = 7.90, 95% confidence interval = 1.54–57.1), disease-free (hazard ratio = 4.15, 95% confidence interval = 1.48–11.2) and overall (hazard ratio = 4.84, 95% confidence interval = 1.05–24.8) survival in the multivariate analysis. Conclusion A higher lymph node ratio of minor salivary gland carcinoma is a predictor of shorter survival results.

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    المصدر: Cancer Medicine, Vol 10, Iss 4, Pp 1335-1346 (2021)

    الوصف: Abstract Background Various biomarkers are being developed for the early diagnosis of cancer and for predicting its prognosis. The aim of this study is to evaluate the diagnostic significance of serum CD109 in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC). Methods The serum CD109 levels in a total of 112 serum samples collected before and after surgery from 56 HNSCC patients were analyzed with an enzyme‐linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). The clinical factor that showed a statistically significant association with both the preoperative serum CD109 level, and the CD109 index: which was defined as the ratio of the preoperative serum CD109 level to the postoperative serum CD109 level, were assessed. The correlations between the serum CD109 levels and lymph node density (LND), pathological features such as lymphatic invasion, and serum SCC antigen levels were also assessed. Results The ELISA measurement revealed that preoperative serum CD109 levels were elevated in patients with node metastasis‐positive and stage IV disease, in comparison to those with node metastasis‐negative and Stage I+II+III disease, respectively. A multiple regression analysis indicated that serum CD109 level was significantly associated with the node metastasis status. A Spearman's rank correlation analysis also revealed a positive correlation between the preoperative serum CD109 level and LND. Furthermore, the probabilities of the overall and relapse‐free survival were significantly lower in patients with a preoperative serum CD109 level of ≥38.0 ng/ml and a CD109 index of ≥1.6, respectively, than in others. There was no significant correlation between the serum CD109 and SCC antigen levels. Conclusions The serum CD109 levels were elevated in patients with advanced stage disease, reflecting the node metastasis status. CD109 in sera could be a novel prognostic marker for HNSCC involving lymph node metastasis.

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    المصدر: Biomedicines, Vol 10, Iss 11, p 2923 (2022)

    الوصف: This study aimed to investigate the relationship between the lymph node ratio (LNR) and survival results of patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) reconstructed by a submental artery flap (SMAF) to limit tumor size. This study retrospectively recruited 49 patients with HNSCC who underwent both primary resection and neck dissection with SMAF reconstruction. The LNR was the ratio of the number of metastatic lymph nodes to the sum number of examined lymph nodes. A LNR of 0.04 was the best cut-off value for HNSCC-specific death on receiver operating curve analysis. Patients with LNRs > 0.04 were univariately related to cancer-specific, disease-free, distant metastasis-free, and locoregional recurrence-free survival than those with LNRs ≤ 0.04 by log-rank test. In a Cox’s proportional hazards model with hazard ratio (HR) and 95% confidence interval (CI) adjusting for pathological stage, extranodal extension and or surgical margins, the LNR (>0.04/≤0.04) predicted multivariate shorter cancer-specific (HR = 9.24, 95% CI = 1.49–176), disease-free (HR = 3.44, 95% CI = 1.23–10.3), and distant metastasis-free (HR = 9.76, 95% CI = 1.57–187) survival. In conclusion, LNR for patients of HNSCC with SMAF reconstruction for limited tumor size was a prognostic factor for survival outcomes.

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