OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to determine the association between active tobacco exposure and aberrant p16 promoter methylation in primary cervical squamous cell cancer and high-grade squamous cervical dysplasia. STUDY DESIGN: p16 methylation-specific polymerase chain reaction was performed on DNA that was extracted from 60 cervical cancers, 30 high-grade dysplasia specimens, and 78 normal cervical cytologic specimens. Patient data were obtained by medical record review or were collected prospectively. RESULTS: Aberrant p16 methylation was significantly higher in squamous cell cervical cancers (61%) than in squamous high-grade dysplasia (20%) or normal cytologic specimens (7.5%). Approximately one half the women with squamous cancer and one half of the women with high-grade dysplasia were active smokers. Aberrant p16 methylation was associated with active tobacco use in patients with squamous carcinoma (odds ratio, 20.6; 95% CI, 3.6-118; P<.001) and high-grade dysplasia (odds ratio, 4.57; 95% CI, 1.63-12.78; P=.002). CONCLUSION: Aberrant p16 methylation is associated strongly with active tobacco use in squamous cell cervical cancers and high-grade dysplasia.
OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to determine the association between active tobacco exposure and aberrant p16 promoter methylation in primary cervical squamous cell cancer and high-grade squamous cervical dysplasia. STUDY DESIGN: p16 methylation-specific polymerase chain reaction was performed on DNA that was extracted from 60 cervical cancers, 30 high-grade dysplasia specimens, and 78 normal cervical cytologic specimens. Patient data were obtained by medical record review or were collected prospectively. RESULTS: Aberrant p16 methylation was significantly higher in squamous cell cervical cancers (61%) than in squamous high-grade dysplasia (20%) or normal cytologic specimens (7.5%). Approximately one half the women with squamous cancer and one half of the women with high-grade dysplasia were active smokers. Aberrant p16 methylation was associated with active tobacco use in patients with squamous carcinoma (odds ratio, 20.6; 95% CI, 3.6-118; P<.001) and high-grade dysplasia (odds ratio, 4.57; 95% CI, 1.63-12.78; P=.002). CONCLUSION: Aberrant p16 methylation is associated strongly with active tobacco use in squamous cell cervical cancers and high-grade dysplasia.
Authors: Zdenko Herceg; Marie-Pierre Lambert; Karin van Veldhoven; Christiana Demetriou; Paolo Vineis; Martyn T Smith; Kurt Straif; Christopher P Wild Journal: Carcinogenesis Date: 2013-06-07 Impact factor: 4.944
Authors: Yiping Huang; Xiaofei Chang; Juna Lee; Yong Gu Cho; Xiaoli Zhong; Il-Seok Park; Jun-Wei Liu; Joseph A Califano; Edward A Ratovitski; David Sidransky; Myoung Sook Kim Journal: Int J Cancer Date: 2011-05-15 Impact factor: 7.396