Heeran Mel C, Høgdall Claus K, Kjaer Susanne K, Christensen Lise, Jensen Allan, Blaakaer Jan, Christensen Ib Jarle, Høgdall Estrid V S
Department of Pathology, Herlev Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark.
APMIS. 2013 Dec;121(12):1177-86. doi: 10.1111/apm.12071. Epub 2013 Apr 18.
The primary objective of this study was to assess the expression of MIB-1 (Ki-67) in tumour tissues from 808 patients with epithelial ovarian tumours. The second was to evaluate, whether MIB-1 (Ki-67) tissue expression levels correlate with clinicopathological parameters and prognosis of the disease. Using tissue arrays (TA), we analysed the MIB-1 (Ki-67) expression levels in tissues from 202 women with borderline ovarian tumours (BOT) (177 stage I, 5 stage II, 19 stage III, 1 stage IV) and 606 ovarian cancer (OC) patients (177 stage I, 64 stage II, 311 stage III, 54 stage IV). Using a 10% cut-off level for MIB-1 (Ki-67) overexpression, 12% of the BOTs and 51% of the OCs were positive for MIB-1 (Ki-67) expression. The frequency of MIB-1 (Ki-67) expression-positive OC increased with increasing FIGO stage (p = 0.003), increasing histological grade (p ≤ 0.0001), and a significantly different distribution of MIB-1 (Ki-67) positive and negative tumours were found in adenocarcinoma NOS, serous adenocarcinomas, mucinous adenocarcinomas, endometrioid adenocarcinomas, non-epithelial and clear-cell carcinomas (p = 0.016). Univariate Kaplan-Meier survival analysis performed on all OC cases showed a significant shorter disease specific survival in patients with positive MIB-1 (Ki-67) expression in the tumour tissue (p ≤ 0.0001). In a Cox survival analysis including 606 FIGO stages I to IV OC cases, FIGO stage (II vs I: HR = 3.00, 95% CI: 1.81-4.99, III-I: HR = 6.41, 95% CI: 3.90-10.50, IV vs I: HR = 12.69, 95% CI: 7.21-22); age at diagnosis pr.10 years (HR = 1.27, 95% CI: 1.15-1.40), residual tumour after surgery (HR = 1.95, 95% CI: 1.40-2.73) and MIB-1 (Ki-67) expression (HR = 1.31, 95% CI: 1.08-1.60) had a significant independent impact on survival. Histological grade (p = 0.14) and histological tumour type (p = 0.35) had no significant independent impact on survival. In conclusion, our results predict that an increased level of MIB-1 (Ki-67) expression in tumour tissue, points to a less favourable outcome for OC patients.
本研究的主要目的是评估808例上皮性卵巢肿瘤患者肿瘤组织中MIB-1(Ki-67)的表达情况。其次是评估MIB-1(Ki-67)组织表达水平是否与该疾病的临床病理参数及预后相关。我们使用组织芯片(TA)分析了202例卵巢交界性肿瘤(BOT)患者(177例I期、5例II期、19例III期、1例IV期)和606例卵巢癌(OC)患者(177例I期、64例II期、311例III期、54例IV期)组织中的MIB-1(Ki-67)表达水平。以MIB-1(Ki-67)过表达的10%为临界值,12%的BOT和51%的OC患者MIB-1(Ki-67)表达呈阳性。MIB-1(Ki-67)表达阳性的OC患者比例随国际妇产科联盟(FIGO)分期增加(p = 0.003)、组织学分级增加(p≤0.0001)而升高,且在NOS腺癌、浆液性腺癌、黏液性腺癌、子宫内膜样腺癌、非上皮性癌和透明细胞癌中,MIB-1(Ki-67)阳性和阴性肿瘤的分布存在显著差异(p = 0.016)。对所有OC病例进行的单因素Kaplan-Meier生存分析显示,肿瘤组织中MIB-1(Ki-67)表达阳性的患者疾病特异性生存期显著缩短(p≤0.0001)。在一项纳入606例FIGO I至IV期OC病例的Cox生存分析中,FIGO分期(II期对比I期:风险比[HR]=3.00,95%置信区间[CI]:1.81 - 4.99,III期对比I期:HR = 6.41,95% CI:3.90 - 10.50,IV期对比I期:HR = 12.69,95% CI:7.21 - 22)、诊断时年龄每增加10岁(HR = 1.27,95% CI:1.15 - 1.40)、术后残留肿瘤(HR = 1.95,95% CI:1.40 - 2.73)以及MIB-1(Ki-67)表达(HR = 1.31,95% CI:1.08 - 1.60)对生存有显著独立影响。组织学分级(p = 0.14)和组织学肿瘤类型(p = 0.35)对生存无显著独立影响。总之,我们的结果表明,肿瘤组织中MIB-1(Ki-67)表达水平升高预示OC患者预后较差。