CCND1 amplification predicts sensitivity to chemotherapy and chemoradiotherapy in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma.
BACKGROUND
Cyclin D1 has been reported to be associated with poor prognosis in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC).


METHODS
FISH was performed on 58 patients. Thirty-two received neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) as primary treatment and 21 with hypopharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma (HPC) received chemoradiotherapy.


RESULTS
CCND1 amplification was identified in 31 (53%) patients and the incidence was higher in HPC (p = 0.0068). Four (31%) out of 13 patients with CCND1 amplification responded to NAC whereas the response rate in the non-amplified group was 79% (p = 0.011). CCND1 amplification with a homogeneously staining region (HSR) was accompanied by cyclin D1 protein overexpression (p < 0.0001). HPC showed HSR more frequently (p = 0.033) and the survival rate of the subgroup with HSR was lower than that without (p < 0.05).


CONCLUSIONS
Detection of CCND1 amplification using FISH may be a useful marker of sensitivity to NAC and chemoradiotherapy for HNSCC.
Department of Otolaryngology, Keio University School of Medicine, 35 Shinanomachi, Shinjyuku-ku, Tokyo 160-8582, Japan. ippe@kmh.gr.jp
Ryuichiro
R
Ishiguro
Masato
M
Fujii
Taku
T
Yamashita
Masatsugu
M
Tashiro
Toshiki
T
Tomita
Kaoru
K
Ogawa
Kaori
K
Kameyama
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000235:genetics* / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000628:therapy*; D002945:Cisplatin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D019938:Cyclin D1 / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics*; D005260:Female; D005472:Fluorouracil / Q000008:administration & dosage; D005784:Gene Amplification; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000235:genetics* / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007012:Hypopharyngeal Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000235:genetics / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000628:therapy; D017404:In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D020360:Neoadjuvant Therapy; D011379:Prognosis
D019938:Cyclin D1; D002945:Cisplatin; D005472:Fluorouracil