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ArticleMolecular and clinical oncology2020

Prognostic impact of cytoplasmatic EGFR upregulation in patients with oral squamous cell carcinoma: A pilot study.

Matthias Kappler, Kevin Dauter, Waldemar Reich, Daniel Bethmann, Michael Schwabe, Swetlana Rot, Claudia Wickenhauser, Bilal Al-Nawas, Alexander W Eckert

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Article in Molecular and clinical oncology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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4citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Matthias KapplerDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Plastic Surgery, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, D-06120 Halle (Saale), Germany.
Kevin DauterDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Plastic Surgery, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, D-06120 Halle (Saale), Germany.
Waldemar ReichDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Plastic Surgery, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, D-06120 Halle (Saale), Germany.
Daniel BethmannInstitute of Pathology, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, D-06110 Halle (Saale), Germany.
Michael SchwabeDRK Kliniken Berlin Westend, D-14050 Berlin, Germany.
Swetlana RotDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Plastic Surgery, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, D-06120 Halle (Saale), Germany.
Claudia WickenhauserInstitute of Pathology, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, D-06110 Halle (Saale), Germany.
Bilal Al-NawasDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Plastic Surgery, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, D-06120 Halle (Saale), Germany.
Alexander W EckertDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Plastic Surgery, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, D-06120 Halle (Saale), Germany.
Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg · DEDRK Kliniken Berlin · DE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In various tumors, epidermal growth factor-receptor (EGFR) serves a role in tumorigenesis and has an impact on survival. Usually the EGF-receptor is located on the surface of the cell membrane and is involved in various signaling pathways. The dimerization of EGFR with other ErbB family proteins, such as HER2, is important for the tumor progression. Nevertheless, a second EGFR-associated signaling pathway appears to be important for tumor cells, which is cytoplasmic/nuclear EGFR. The present study examined the influence of membranous or cytoplasmic localized EGFR on the prognosis of patients with oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC). Slides from 45 OSCC tumor samples were stained against EGFR using immunohistochemistry and analysed by the Remmele score system. The association with histopathological parameters and survival data was analyzed. Cytoplasmatic EGFR localization was identified as an independent predictive biomarker for overall survival in the examined OSCC cohort according to multivariate Cox regression analysis. Positive cytoplasmatic EGFR staining was correlated with a higher risk of early death (RR=3.0; P=0.035), while membranous EGFR localization did not affect patient survival. To the best of our knowledge, the present study is the first study to demonstrate that cytoplasmatic-localized EGFR is an independent prognostic biomarker for the overall survival of patients with OSCC.

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cytoplasmatic EGFRepidermal growth factor-receptorOSCCsurvival

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