摘要
AIM:ToinvestigatewhethertheevaluationoftumorbuddingcancomplementK-RASanalysistoimprovetheindividualizedpredictionofresponsetoanti-epidermalgrowthfactorreceptorbasedtherapiesinmetastaticcolorectalcancer(mCRC)patients.METHODS:Forty-threepatientswithmCRCtreatedwithcetuximaborpanitumumabwereenteredintothisstudy.AccordingtotheResponseEvaluationCriteriainSolidTumorscriteria,30patientshadstableorprogressivedisease(non-responsive),while13patientshadapartialresponse.Tumorbudswereevaluatedfromwholetissuesectionsstainedforpan-cytokeratin,evaluatedinthedensestregionusinga40×objectiveand'high-grade'tumorbuddingwasdefinedas15buds/high-powerfield.RESULTS:TumorbudsandK-RASmutationbothcorrectlyclassified68%ofpatients.AllpatientswithK-RASmutation(n=7)orhigh-gradetumorbudding(n=11)werenon-responsive,ofwhich4patientshadbothfeatures.All13partialresponderswereK-RASwild-typewithlow-gradetumorbudding.Combined,thepredictivevalueofK-RASandtumorbuddingwas80%.Additionally,high-gradetumorbuddingwassignificantlyrelatedtoworseprogression-freesurvival[HR(95%CI):2.8(1.3-6.0,P=0.008)].CONCLUSION:Ifconfirmedinlargercohorts,theadditionoftumorbuddingtoK-RASanalysismayrepresentaneffectiveapproachforindividualizedpatientmanagementinthemetastaticsetting.
出版日期
2010年12月22日(中国Betway体育网页登陆平台首次上网日期,不代表论文的发表时间)