A Diagnostic Biopsy-Adapted Immunoscore Predicts Response to Neoadjuvant Treatment and Selects Patients with Rectal Cancer Eligible for a Watch-and-Wait Strategy.
Clin Cancer Res
; 26(19): 5198-5207, 2020 10 01.
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ABSTRACT
PURPOSE:
No biomarker to personalize treatment in locally advanced rectal cancer (LARC) is currently available. We assessed in LARC whether a diagnostic biopsy-adapted immunoscore (ISB) could predict response to neoadjuvant treatment (nT) and better define patients eligible to an organ preservation strategy ("Watch-and-Wait"). EXPERIMENTALDESIGN:
Biopsies from two independent cohorts (n 1 = 131, n 2 = 118) of patients with LARC treated with nT followed by radical surgery were immunostained for CD3+ and CD8+ T cells and quantified by digital pathology to determine ISB. The expression of immune-related genes post-nT was investigated (n = 64 patients). Results were correlated with response to nT and disease-free survival (DFS). The ISB prognostic performance was further assessed in a multicentric cohort (n = 73 patients) treated by Watch-and-Wait.RESULTS:
ISB positively correlated with the degree of histologic response (P < 0.001) and gene expression levels for Th1 orientation and cytotoxic immune response, post-nT (P = 0.006). ISB high identified patients at lower risk of relapse or death compared with ISB low [HR, 0.21; 95% confidence interval (CI), 0.06-0.78; P = 0.009]. Prognostic performance of ISB for DFS was confirmed in a validation cohort. ISB was an independent parameter, more informative than pre- (P < 0.001) and post-nT (P < 0.05) imaging to predict DFS. ISB combined with imaging post-nT discriminated very good responders that could benefit from organ preservation strategy. In the "Watch-and-Wait" cohort (n = 73), no relapse was observed in patients with ISB high (23.3%).CONCLUSIONS:
ISB predicts response to nT and survival in patients with LARC treated by surgery. Its usefulness in the selection of patients eligible for a Watch-and-Wait strategy is strongly suggested.
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Assunto principal:
Neoplasias Retais
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Biópsia
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Complexo CD3
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Linfócitos T CD8-Positivos
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Clin Cancer Res
Assunto da revista:
NEOPLASIAS
Ano de publicação:
2020
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
França