Abstract:
:The aim of this study was to evaluate the expression of CC chemokine receptor 7 (CCR7) in squamous cell cancer of the tonsil with respect to patterns of spread, relapse-free, overall and disease-specific survival. Eighty-four patients with squamous cell cancer of the tonsil were identified. There was a male predominance of 3 : 1 and the median age at diagnosis was 53 (range 35-86) years. The median duration of follow-up was 33 (range 2-124) months. There was a significant association between CCR7 immunopositivity and synchronous cervical nodal metastasis in patients with tonsillar cancer (Spearman's correlation coefficient 0.564; P<0.001). Relapse-free (P=0.0175), overall (P=0.0136) and disease-specific (P=0.0062) survival rates were significantly lower in patients whose tumours expressed high levels of CCR7. On multivariate analysis, high-level CCR7 staining predicted relapse-free (hazard ratio 3.0, 95% confidence intervals 1.1-8.0, P=0.026) and disease-specific (hazard ratio 10.2, 95% confidence intervals 2.1-48.6, P=0.004) survival. Fifteen percent of patients with the highest level of tumour CCR7 immunopositivity relapsed with systemic metastases. These data demonstrated that CCR7 expression was associated with cervical nodal and systemic metastases from tonsillar cancers. High levels of CCR7 expression predicted a poor prognosis.
journal_name
Br J Cancerjournal_title
British journal of cancerauthors
Pitkin L,Luangdilok S,Corbishley C,Wilson PO,Dalton P,Bray D,Mady S,Williamson P,Odutoye T,Rhys Evans P,Syrigos KN,Nutting CM,Barbachano Y,Eccles S,Harrington KJdoi
10.1038/sj.bjc.6603907subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2007-09-03 00:00:00pages
670-7issue
5eissn
0007-0920issn
1532-1827pii
6603907journal_volume
97pub_type
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