| HPV Status of Oropharyngeal Cancer by Combination HPV DNA/p16 Testing: Biological Relevance of Discordant Results. | |
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PMID: 23208131 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Human papillomavirus (HPV) causes up to 70 % of oropharyngeal cancers (OSCC). HPV positive OSCC has a more favorable outcome, thus HPV status is being used to guide treatment and predict outcome. Combination HPV DNA/p16(ink4) (p16) testing is commonly used for HPV status, but there are no standardized methods, scoring or interpretative criteria. The significance of discordant (HPV DNA positive/p16 negative and HPV DNA negative/p16 positive) cancers is controversial. In this study, 647 OSCCs from 10 Australian centers were tested for HPV DNA/p16 expression. Our aims are to determine p16 distribution by HPV DNA status to inform decisions on p16 scoring and to assess clinical significance of discordant cancers. METHODS: HPV DNA was identified using a multiplex tandem HPV E6 polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay and p16 expression by semiquantitative immunohistochemistry. RESULTS: p16 distribution was essentially bimodal (42 % of cancers had ≥70 % positive staining, 52 % <5 % positive, 6 % between 5 and 70 %). Cancers with 5 to <50 % staining had similar characteristics to the p16 negative group, and cancers with 50 to <70 % staining were consistent with the ≥70 % group. Using a p16 cut-point of 50 %, there were 25 % HPV DNA positive/p16 negative cancers and 1 % HPV DNA negative/p16 positive cancers. HPV DNA positive/p16 negative cancers had outcomes similar to HPV DNA negative/p16 negative cancers. CONCLUSIONS: 50 % is a reasonable cut-point for p16; HPV DNA positive/p16 negative OSCCs may be treated as HPV negative for clinical purposes; HPV DNA/p16 testing may add no prognostic information over p16 alone. |
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Angela Hong; Deanna Jones; Mark Chatfield; C Soon Lee; Mei Zhang; Jonathan Clark; Michael Elliott; Gerald Harnett; Christopher Milross; Barbara Rose |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2012-12-4 |
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Title: Annals of surgical oncology Volume: - ISSN: 1534-4681 ISO Abbreviation: Ann. Surg. Oncol. Publication Date: 2012 Dec |
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Created Date: 2012-12-4 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 9420840 Medline TA: Ann Surg Oncol Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: - Citation Subset: - |
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Department of Radiation Oncology, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia, ahong@email.cs.nsw.gov.au. |
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