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Trial reportJournal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract2015

Immunoprofiling for prognostic assessment of colon cancer: a novel complement to ultrastaging.

Simon Lavotshkin, John R Jalas, Hitoe Torisu-Itakura, Junko Ozao-Choy, Ji Hey Lee, Myung Shin Sim, Alexander Stojadinovic, Zev Wainberg, Carlo B Bifulco, Bernard A Fox and 1 more

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Trial report in Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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11 authors.

Simon LavotshkinDepartment of Surgical Oncology, The John Wayne Cancer Institute at Providence Saint John's Health Center, 2200 Santa Monica Blvd., Santa Monica, CA, 90404, USA.
John R Jalas
Hitoe Torisu-Itakura
Junko Ozao-Choy
Ji Hey Lee
Myung Shin Sim
Alexander Stojadinovic
Zev Wainberg
Carlo B Bifulco
Bernard A Fox
Anton J Bilchik

Funding

Vaccine FacilityP30CA016087 · NCI · NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · PI ADRIANA HEGUY · 1985 to 2026
$83.1M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA016087NCI NIH HHS P30CA016087NIH HHS S10OD01058
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundAlthough AJCC/TNM staging remains the gold standard for prognostic assessment of colon cancer, stage-specific outcomes vary. We therefore prospectively evaluated the prognostic role of immunoprofiling.

methodsOur cohort included 35 patients from an ongoing prospective trial of ultrastaging for colon cancer. Specimens were analyzed for T cell markers (CD3, CD4, CD8, and FoxP3). The number of tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes was analyzed at the tumor's margin and center and correlated with AJCC/TNM stage, clinicopathologic variables, and disease-free survival.

resultsThere was a significant inverse association between number of CD3(+) cells in the tumor center and tumor stage (P = 0.05). The tumor center/margin ratio of CD3(+) cells also showed an inverse but non-significant relationship with nodal involvement (P = 0.07). Body mass index was inversely associated with numbers of CD3(+)(P = 0.04) and CD8(+)(P = 0.02) cells. Longer disease-free survival was correlated with higher CD8+ counts (P = 0.07), lower CD4(+)/CD8(+) ratios (P = 0.008), and higher CD8(+)/FoxP3(+) ratios (P = 0.02).

conclusionsThis is the first prospective validation of immunoprofiling in patients whose colon cancer is staged with strict surgical and pathology quality measures. The apparent correlation between immunophenotypic response and clinical outcome warrants evaluation in a larger prospective trial.

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Immunity, CellularNeoplasm StagingAgedColonic NeoplasmsDisease-Free SurvivalFemaleHumansLymphocytes, Tumor-InfiltratingMalePrognosisProspective Studies

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PMID25808375
PMCPMC4720974

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