Effect of surgical intervention on circulating tumor cells in patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck using a negative enrichment technology.
The purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of surgical intervention on detection of circulating tumor cells (CTCs) in patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck (SCCHN.) METHODS: We utilized a negative depletion technique to identify cytokeratin (CK)-positive CTCs. The numbers of CTCs immediately before and after surgical resection were compared.



Seventy-six blood samples from 38 patients with SCCHN were examined. Seventy-nine percent of the patients had CTCs detected before and after surgery. A total of 7.89% had no CTCs before surgery, yet had CTCs identified after surgery. Overall, 60.5% of patients had an increased number of CTCs/mL after surgery with a mean increase of 6.63-fold. A statistically significant increase in CTCs was seen after surgery (p = .02).



The timing of sample collection in patients with SCCHN who have surgical intervention can potentially impact the number of CTCs identified. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Head Neck 38: 1799-1803, 2016.
Department of Pediatric Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio.|Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Wexner Medical Center at Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio.
Kris R
KR
Jatana
William G. Lowrie Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio.
Priya
P
Balasubramanian
Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Wexner Medical Center at Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio.
Kyle P
KP
McMullen
Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Wexner Medical Center at Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio.
Jas C
JC
Lang
Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Wexner Medical Center at Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio.
Theodoros N
TN
Teknos
William G. Lowrie Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio.
Jeffrey J
JJ
Chalmers
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000097:blood* / Q000401:mortality* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D015331:Cohort Studies; D018572:Disease-Free Survival; D005260:Female; D005434:Flow Cytometry; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000097:blood* / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009360:Neoplastic Cells, Circulating / Q000473:pathology*; D011379:Prognosis; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D000077195:Squamous Cell Carcinoma of Head and Neck; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric; D016019:Survival Analysis
circulating tumor cell; immunomagnetic separation; squamous cell carcinoma; surgery