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ArticleEuropean archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery2015

Relaxin-2 expression in temporal bone carcinoma.

Gino Marioni, Elisabetta Zanoletti, Andrea Lovato, Sebastiano Franchella, Luciano Giacomelli, Andrea Gianatti, Antonio Mazzoni, Stella Blandamura, Alessandro Martini

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Article in European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Role of Relaxin Signaling in Cancer: A Review.Biochemical pharmacology · 2024
    Review
  3. Management of Temporal Bone Malignancy in Ireland.Journal of neurological surgery. Part B, Skull base · 2020
    Article
  4. Squamous cell carcinoma of the temporal bone: A current review.Laryngoscope investigative otolaryngology · 2019
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  6. Temporal bone carcinoma: a first glance beyond the conventional clinical and pathological prognostic factors.European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2016
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Gino MarioniDepartment of Neurosciences, Otolaryngology Section, University of Padova, Via Giustiniani 2, 35128, Padova, Italy. gino.marioni@unipd.it.
Elisabetta ZanolettiDepartment of Neurosciences, Otolaryngology Section, University of Padova, Via Giustiniani 2, 35128, Padova, Italy.
Andrea LovatoDepartment of Neurosciences, Otolaryngology Section, University of Padova, Via Giustiniani 2, 35128, Padova, Italy.
Sebastiano FranchellaDepartment of Neurosciences, Otolaryngology Section, University of Padova, Via Giustiniani 2, 35128, Padova, Italy.
Luciano GiacomelliDIMED, University of Padova, Padova, Italy.
Andrea GianattiAnatomic Pathology Unit, Ospedali Riuniti Bergamo, Bergamo, Italy.
Antonio MazzoniDepartment of Neurosciences, Otolaryngology Section, University of Padova, Via Giustiniani 2, 35128, Padova, Italy.
Stella BlandamuraDIMED, University of Padova, Padova, Italy.
Alessandro MartiniDepartment of Neurosciences, Otolaryngology Section, University of Padova, Via Giustiniani 2, 35128, Padova, Italy.
University of Padua · ITAzienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Ospedali Riuniti · IT

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Temporal bone squamous cell carcinoma (TBSCC) is an uncommon, aggressive malignancy with a significant local recurrence rate even in patients with postoperative pathology reports of free surgical margins. This raises the question of how "free" negative margins should be to be oncologically safe, especially in bone tissue. A potential role for relaxin-2 hormone in tumor-driven osteolysis has recently been reported. The aim of this study was to assess the prognostic role of relaxin-2 expression in TBSCC tissue specimens and pathologically negative bone margins. Relaxin-2 immunohistochemical expression was assessed in 25 consecutively operated TBSCC patients. Several pathological variables correlated with recurrence rate (pT stage, dura mater involvement), disease-free survival (DFS) (pT stage, pN status, grade, and dura mater involvement), and disease-specific survival (DSS) (pT stage, pN status, grade, and dura mater involvement). The recurrence rate, DFS, and DSS did not correlate with relaxin-2 expression in TBSCC specimens or pathologically negative bone margins. Although local recurrence in TBSCC could relate to neoplastic bone invasion not apparent on conventional pathological investigations, the present preliminary findings seem to rule out any role of relaxin-2 in mediating this local aggressiveness. Molecular mechanisms of TBSCC recurrence after curative treatment should be further investigated.

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AdultBone NeoplasmsCarcinoma, Squamous CellDisease-Free SurvivalFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedNeoplasm Recurrence, LocalRelaxinRetrospective StudiesTemporal BoneRelaxinRLN2 protein, humanBone invasionPrognosisRelaxin-2Temporal bone squamous cell carcinoma

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