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JOURNAL OF ORAL PATHOLOGY & MEDICINE
卷 46, 期 5, 页码 353-358出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/jop.12503
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alpha-smooth muscle actin; cancer-associated fibroblasts; microenvironment; oral squamous cell carcinoma; proliferative verrucous leukoplakia
BackgroundCancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs) are generally associated with negative prognostic factors. This study compares the clinicopathologic impact of CAFs in oral squamous cell carcinoma in patients with a history of proliferative verrucous leukoplakia (p-scca) and patients with conventional squamous cell carcinoma of the buccal mucosa, gingiva, and palate (c-scca). MethodsA retrospective clinicopathologic and immunohistochemical analysis of 97 tumor specimens from 78 patients (13 patients with proliferative verrucous leukoplakia-associated squamous cell carcinoma (n = 32) and conventional squamous cell carcinoma from the buccal mucosa, gingiva, and palate (n = 65) was conducted. Immunostaining with anti-alpha-smooth muscle actin (-SMA) antibody was used to evaluate the presence of CAFs. Results-SMA expression was an infrequent finding in p-scca and seen in only 6% of p-scca compared to 40% of c-scca (P < 0.0004). In the c-scca subgroup, -SMA significantly correlated with tumor size (T) (P = 0.009), tumor thickness (P < 0.0009), perineural invasion (P = 0.009), and microscopic grade (P = 0.018). ConclusionsThe presence of CAFs was an infrequent finding in our p-scca cohort which may contribute to its seemingly slower growing and less invasive growth pattern. In the cohort of c-scca patients, higher levels of CAFs correlated with microscopic invasiveness, tumor size, and perineural invasion. Practically, these are important observations as targeting strategies are being developed to combat carcinoma types where CAFs significance has been validated.
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