Department of Oncology and Radiotherapy, University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova, 200349 Craiova, Romania.
Department of Surgery, Railways Clinical Hospital, 700506 Iasi, Romania.
Curr Oncol. 2022 Feb 2;29(2):816-833. doi: 10.3390/curroncol29020069.
Even though it is only the 6th most common malignancy at the modal level, head and neck cancers are distinguished by a considerable treatment failure rate, especially by locoregional recurrences, the intrinsic tumor radioresistance being one of the causes of this phenomenon. The efforts of radiobiological research of these cancers are oriented towards the identification of biomarkers associated with radioresistance and radiosensitivity in order to modulate the treatment so that the therapeutic benefit is maximum. Micro-RNAs (miRNAs, miRs), small single-stranded non-coding RNA molecules are currently being extensively evaluated as potential biomarkers in numerous diseases, including cancer. The evaluation of the potential of miRNAs to modulate or predict radiosensitivity or radioresistance, to anticipate the risk of recurrence and metastasis, and to differentiate different tumor subtypes is based on multiple mechanisms by which mRNAs control proliferation and apoptosis and interact with cell cycle phases or act as oncogenes with the potential to influence invasion promotion or tumor suppression. A refinement of radiosensitivity based on miRNAs with clinical and radiobiological application in head and neck cancers can lead to a personalization of radiotherapy. Thus, a miRNA signature can anticipate the risk of toxicity associated with chemoradiation, the possibility of obtaining locoregional control after treatment, and the recurrence and distant metastasis risk. The potential of miRNAs as an intrinsic predictor of sensitivity to chemotherapy may also guide the therapeutic decision toward choosing an escalation or de-escalation of concurrent or sequential systemic treatment. The choice of the irradiated dose, the fractional dose, the fractionation scheme, and the refining of the dose-volume constraints depending on the radiosensitivity of each tissue type estimated on a case-by-case basis by miRNAs profile are possible concepts for the future radiotherapy and radiobiology of head and neck cancers.
尽管头颈部肿瘤在模态水平上仅为第 6 常见的恶性肿瘤,但它们的治疗失败率相当高,尤其是局部区域复发率高,肿瘤内在的放射抵抗性是导致这种现象的原因之一。这些癌症的放射生物学研究工作旨在确定与放射抵抗性和放射敏感性相关的生物标志物,以便调整治疗,使治疗效果最大化。微小 RNA(miRNA,miRs)是一种小的单链非编码 RNA 分子,目前正在广泛评估其作为多种疾病(包括癌症)潜在生物标志物的潜力。评估 miRNA 调节或预测放射敏感性或放射抵抗性、预测复发和转移风险以及区分不同肿瘤亚型的潜力的依据是多种机制,这些机制通过控制增殖和凋亡的 mRNA 以及与细胞周期阶段相互作用或作为具有潜在影响侵袭促进或肿瘤抑制的致癌基因发挥作用。基于 miRNA 对头颈部癌症进行放射敏感性的精细化分类,可实现放射治疗的个体化。因此,miRNA 特征可预测与放化疗相关的毒性风险、治疗后获得局部区域控制的可能性,以及复发和远处转移的风险。miRNA 作为内在化疗敏感性预测因子的潜力也可能指导治疗决策,选择增加或减少同期或序贯全身治疗。根据 miRNA 谱对头颈部癌症每种组织类型的放射敏感性进行个体化评估,选择照射剂量、分次剂量、分割方案以及剂量体积限制的细化等,这些都是未来头颈部癌症放射治疗和放射生物学的可能概念。
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