Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei Cancer Center, Yonsei University College of Medicine, 50-1 Yonsei-ro, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul, 03722, Korea.
Graduate School of Medical Science, Brain Korea 21 Project, Severance Biomedical Science Institute, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Sci Rep. 2021 Oct 12;11(1):20263. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-98941-6.
Recent evidence suggests that Fusobacterium nucleatum (Fn) is associated with the development and progression of colorectal cancer. We aimed to delineate the clinical implications of Fn in metastatic colon cancer. We performed quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) using DNA samples from synchronous metastatic colon cancer patients with either formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded (FFPE) archival primary site tumor samples or fresh colon tissues. Progression-free survival (PFS)1 and PFS2 were defined as PFS of first- and second-line palliative settings. qPCR for Fn was successfully performed using 112 samples (FFPE, n = 61; fresh tissue, n = 51). Forty-one and 68 patients had right-sided and left-sided colon cancer, respectively. Patients with Fn enriched right-sided colon cancers had shorter PFS1 (9.7 vs. 11.2 months) than the other subgroups (HR 3.54, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.05-11.99; P = 0.04). Fn positive right-sided colon was also associated with shorter PFS2 (3.7 vs. 6.7 months; HR 2.34, 95% CI 0.69-7.91; P = 0.04). In the univariate analysis, PFS1 was affected by differentiation and Fn positive right-sided colon cancer. The multivariate analysis showed that differentiation (HR 2.68, 95% CI 1.40-5.14, P = 0.01) and Fn positive right-sided colon (HR 0.40, 95% CI 0.18-0.88, P = 0.02) were associated with PFS1. Fn enrichment in right sided colon was not associated with overall survival (OS). Fn enrichment has significantly worse prognosis in terms of PFS1 and PFS2 in patients with right-sided metastatic colon cancers.
最近的证据表明,具核梭杆菌(Fn)与结直肠癌的发生和发展有关。我们旨在阐明 Fn 在转移性结肠癌中的临床意义。我们使用来自同步转移性结肠癌患者的 DNA 样本进行了定量聚合酶链反应(qPCR),这些患者的样本来自福尔马林固定石蜡包埋(FFPE)存档的原发部位肿瘤样本或新鲜结肠组织。无进展生存期(PFS)1 和 PFS2 定义为一线和二线姑息治疗环境中的 PFS。使用 112 个样本(FFPE,n=61;新鲜组织,n=51)成功进行了 Fn 的 qPCR。41 例和 68 例患者分别患有右侧和左侧结肠癌。Fn 富集的右侧结肠癌患者的 PFS1 较短(9.7 与 11.2 个月),低于其他亚组(HR 3.54,95%置信区间 [CI] 1.05-11.99;P=0.04)。Fn 阳性的右侧结肠癌也与较短的 PFS2 相关(3.7 与 6.7 个月;HR 2.34,95%CI 0.69-7.91;P=0.04)。在单变量分析中,PFS1 受到分化和 Fn 阳性右侧结肠癌的影响。多变量分析显示,分化(HR 2.68,95%CI 1.40-5.14,P=0.01)和 Fn 阳性右侧结肠(HR 0.40,95%CI 0.18-0.88,P=0.02)与 PFS1 相关。Fn 在右侧结肠中的富集与总生存期(OS)无关。Fn 富集与右侧转移性结肠癌患者的 PFS1 和 PFS2 预后显著更差。