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BRITISH JOURNAL OF CANCER
Volume 103, Issue 11, Pages 1710-1715Publisher
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6605950
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small cell lung cancer; tissue microarray; Bcl-2; beta(1)-integrin
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- Cancer Research UK, Addenbrookes Charitable Trust, Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- NIHR Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre
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INTRODUCTION: Survival in small cell lung cancer (SCLC) is limited by the development of chemoresistance. Factors associated with chemoresistance in vitro have been difficult to validate in vivo. Both Bcl-2 and beta(1)-integrin have been identified as in vitro chemoresistance factors in SCLC but their importance in patients remains uncertain. Tissue microarrays (TMAs) are useful to validate biomarkers but no large TMA exists for SCLC. We designed an SCLC TMA to study potential biomarkers of prognosis and then used it to clarify the role of both Bcl-2 and beta(1)-integrin in SCLC. METHODS: A TMA was constructed consisting of 184 cases of SCLC and stained for expression of Bcl-2 and beta(1)-integrin. The slides were scored and the role of the proteins in survival was determined using Cox regression analysis. A meta-analysis of the role of Bcl-2 expression in SCLC prognosis was performed based on published results. RESULTS: Both proteins were expressed at high levels in the SCLC cases. For Bcl-2 (n = 140), the hazard ratio for death if the staining was weak in intensity was 0.55 (0.33-0.94, P = 0.03) and for beta(1)-integrin (n = 151) was 0.60 (0.39-0.92, P = 0.02). The meta-analysis showed an overall hazard ratio for low expression of Bcl-2 of 0.91(0.74-1.09). CONCLUSIONS: Both Bcl-2 and b1-integrin are independent prognostic factors in SCLC in this cohort although further validation is required to confirm their importance. A TMA of SCLC cases is feasible but challenging and an important tool for biomarker validation. British Journal of Cancer (2010) 103, 1710-1715. doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6605950 www.bjcancer.com Published online 9 November 2010 (C) 2010 Cancer Research UK
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