Pretreatment Circulating HPV16 DNA Viral Load Predicts Risk of Distant Metastasis in Patients with HPV16-Positive Oropharyngeal Cancer.
Cancers (Basel)
; 16(6)2024 Mar 15.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
There are definite reasons to implement molecular diagnostics based on the measurement of human papillomavirus (HPV) DNA in liquid biopsy into clinical practice. It is a quick, repeatable, and health-safe test for cancer biomarkers in the blood. In this study, we investigated whether the circulating tumor-related HPV16 (ctHPV16) viral load (VL) in patients with oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma (OPSCC) was important for determining the risk of locoregional recurrence-free survival (LRFS), metastasis-free survival (MFS), and overall survival (OS).METHODS:
This study included 91 patients with ctHPV16-positive OPSCC who had been treated with radical radiotherapy and chemotherapy. The VL was measured using quantitative PCR (qPCR) and a probe specific for HPV16. Based on 10 years of follow-up, the 2-, 3-, 5-, and 9-year LRFS, MFS, and OS were estimated.RESULTS:
The 5-year actuarial LRFS, MFS, and OS rates of patients with ctHPV16-positive/OPSCC were 88%, 90%, and 81%, respectively. The VL was significantly higher in patients who subsequently developed distant metastases (DM) than in those who did not (VL 4.09 vs. 3.25; p = 0.009). In a Cox proportional hazards regression model for MFS, a higher ctHPV16 VL appeared to be a significant independent prognostic factor for the occurrence of DM (HR 2.22, p = 0.015). The ROC curve revealed a cutoff value of 3.556 for VL (p = 0.00001).CONCLUSIONS:
A high VL before treatment indicates patients with a significant risk of DM, and should be used in OPSCC treatment stratification.
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