title: Expression and prognostic significance of TAp73 and ΔNp73 in FIGO stage I-II cervical squamous cell carcinoma.
abstract: The purpose of the present study was to investigate the expression of TAp73 and ΔNp73 in cervical squamous cancer cells, and to evaluate the prognostic significance of TAp73 and ΔNp73 expression in patients with International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO) stage I-II cervical squamous cell carcinoma (SCC). The immunohistochemical expression of TAp73 and ΔNp73 was evaluated in 59 FIGO stage I-II cervical SCC tumor samples. Correlations with clinicopathological characteristics were determined by χ2test. The prognostic impact of TAp73 and ΔNp73 expression with regard to overall survival (OS) was determined by the Kaplan-Meier method. High TAp73 and ΔNp73 expression was detected in 79.7% (47/59) and 76.3% (45/59) of patients, respectively. The expression of TAp73 and ΔNp73 was not associated with age, FIGO stage, pathological differentiation or lymph node metastasis. The 3-year OS rates associated with low and high TAp73 expression were 75.0 and 83.0%, respectively (χ2=0.33; P=0.568), whereas those associated with low and high ΔNp73 expression were 100.0 and 75.6%, respectively (χ2=3.90; P=0.048). High expression levels of TAp73 and ΔNp73 were frequently observed in the cervical squamous cancer cells. Overall, high expression levels of ΔNp73 may indicate an unfavorable prognosis in patients with early-stage cervical SCC.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gynecology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215004, P.R. China.
authors.forename: Weipei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.affiliation: Department of Gynecology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215004, P.R. China.
authors.forename: Xiaohong
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Pan
authors.affiliation: Department of Gynecology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215004, P.R. China.
authors.forename: Zhujuan
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiotherapy and Oncology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215004, P.R. China.
authors.forename: Pengfei
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Xing
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215004, P.R. China.
authors.forename: Yongshen
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215004, P.R. China.
authors.forename: Feng
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiotherapy and Oncology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215004, P.R. China.
authors.forename: Xueguan
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Lu
keywords: cervical cancer; p73; prognosis