Department of Gastrointestinal Medical Oncology, Harbin Medical University Cancer Hospital, Harbin, China.
Translational Medicine Research and Cooperation Center of Northern China, Heilongjiang Academy of Medical Sciences, Harbin, China.
Int J Cancer. 2023 Dec 1;153(11):1904-1915. doi: 10.1002/ijc.34539. Epub 2023 Apr 21.
Novel biomarkers are essential to improve the treatment efficacy and overall survival of stage II and III colorectal cancer (CRC), allowing for personalized treatment decisions. Here, the densities of CD8 and FOXP3 T cells in the tumor and invasive margin were processed by immunohistochemistry and digital pathology to form a scoring system named regulatory-Immunoscore (RIS). Cox proportional hazards regression models were used to determine the risk factors associated with time to recurrence. Harrell's concordance index and the time-dependent area under the curve were used to assess model performance. A total of 1213 stage I-III DNA mismatch repair-proficient colorectal cancer (pMMR CRC) patients were randomly assigned to a training set (n = 642) and a validation set (n = 571). From the Cox multivariable analysis, the association of RIS with survival was independent of patient age, sex and anatomy-based tumor risk parameters (P < .0001). For stage II patients, chemotherapy was significantly associated with better recurrence time in patients with low (95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.11-0.54, P = .001) and intermediate (95% CI = 0.25-0.57, P < .001) RIS values. In stage III patients treated with adjuvant chemotherapy, a treatment duration of 6 or more months was significantly associated with better recurrence time in patients with intermediate RIS values (95% CI = 0.38-0.90, P = .016) when compared with duration under 6 months. Therefore, these findings suggest that RIS is reliable for predicting recurrence risk and treatment responsiveness for patients with stage I-III pMMR CRC.
新型生物标志物对于提高 II 期和 III 期结直肠癌(CRC)的治疗效果和整体生存率至关重要,可实现个体化治疗决策。在此,通过免疫组织化学和数字病理学处理肿瘤和浸润边缘的 CD8 和 FOXP3 T 细胞密度,形成了一个名为调节免疫评分(RIS)的评分系统。使用 Cox 比例风险回归模型确定与复发时间相关的风险因素。使用 Harrell 一致性指数和时间依赖性曲线下面积评估模型性能。共 1213 例 I-III 期错配修复功能正常的结直肠癌(pMMR CRC)患者被随机分配到训练集(n=642)和验证集(n=571)。从 Cox 多变量分析来看,RIS 与生存的相关性独立于患者年龄、性别和基于解剖的肿瘤风险参数(P<.0001)。对于 II 期患者,化疗与 RIS 低值(95%置信区间[CI]:0.11-0.54,P=.001)和中值(95% CI:0.25-0.57,P<.001)患者的更好复发时间显著相关。在接受辅助化疗的 III 期患者中,与 6 个月以下的治疗时间相比,RIS 中值患者的治疗时间为 6 个月或更长时间与更好的复发时间显著相关(95% CI:0.38-0.90,P=.016)。因此,这些发现表明 RIS 可可靠地预测 I-III 期 pMMR CRC 患者的复发风险和治疗反应性。