High RRM1 Expression Is Associated with Adverse Outcome in Patients with Cisplatin/Vinorelbine-treated Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma

Zarah Glad Zimling, Eric Santoni-Rugiu, Cecilia Bech, Jens Benn Sørensen

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Abstract

BACKGROUND/AIM: A possible predictive impact of ribonucleotide-reductase subunit-1 (RRM1) on vinorelbine efficacy in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) has been previously reported. The present study aimed to further explore this finding in malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM).

MATERIALS AND METHODS: Seventy-one patients with MPM receiving first-line chemotherapy with cisplatin-vinorelbine (CiV group, n=54) or carboplatin-pemetrexed (CaP group, n=17) were included. Formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tumor specimens were analyzed by immunohistochemistry (IHC) for RRM1 expression using an H-score.

RESULTS: In 66 patients eligible for IHC, the H-score was ≥upper quartile in 21 (RRM1-positive) and <upper quartile (RRM1-negative) in 45 cases. The long-term (2-year) survival rate for patients with RRM1-negative MPM in the CiV-treated group was significantly superior to that for patients with RRM1-positive MPM (47% versus 13%, p=0.002). No difference occurred in the CaP-treated group.

CONCLUSION: Our findings suggest a possible role of RRM1 in predicting efficacy of cisplatin-vinorelbine in MPM, supporting previous findings in NSCLC.

OriginalsprogEngelsk
TidsskriftAnticancer Research
Vol/bind35
Udgave nummer12
Sider (fra-til)6731-8
Antal sider8
ISSN0250-7005
StatusUdgivet - 1 dec. 2015

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