Department of Pathology, University of Helsinki, FI-00014, Helsinki, Haartmaninkatu, P.O. Box 21, Finland.
Institute of Biomedicine, Pathology, University of Turku, Turku, Finland.
BMC Cancer. 2024 Feb 15;24(1):213. doi: 10.1186/s12885-024-11954-y.
The clinical significance of single cell invasion and large nuclear diameter is not well documented in early-stage oral tongue squamous cell carcinoma (OTSCC).
We used hematoxylin and eosin-stained sections to evaluate the presence of single cell invasion and large nuclei in a multicenter cohort of 311 cases treated for early-stage OTSCC.
Single cell invasion was associated in multivariable analysis with poor disease-specific survival (DSS) with a hazard ratio (HR) of 2.089 (95% CI 1.224-3.566, P = 0.007), as well as with disease-free survival (DFS) with a HR of 1.666 (95% CI 1.080-2.571, P = 0.021). Furthermore, large nuclei were associated with worse DSS (HR 2.070, 95% CI 1.216-3.523, P = 0.007) and with DFS in multivariable analysis (HR 1.645, 95% CI 1.067-2.538, P = 0.024).
Single cell invasion and large nuclei can be utilized for classifying early OTSCC into risk groups.
在早期口腔舌鳞状细胞癌(OTSCC)中,单细胞浸润和细胞核直径较大的临床意义尚未得到充分证实。
我们使用苏木精-伊红染色切片,在一个多中心队列的 311 例早期 OTSCC 治疗病例中,评估单细胞浸润和大细胞核的存在情况。
多变量分析显示,单细胞浸润与疾病特异性生存(DSS)不良相关,风险比(HR)为 2.089(95%CI 1.224-3.566,P=0.007),与无病生存(DFS)相关,HR 为 1.666(95%CI 1.080-2.571,P=0.021)。此外,大细胞核与较差的 DSS(HR 2.070,95%CI 1.216-3.523,P=0.007)和多变量分析中的 DFS 相关(HR 1.645,95%CI 1.067-2.538,P=0.024)。
单细胞浸润和大细胞核可用于将早期 OTSCC 分为风险组。