BACKGROUND: In the current study, the authors investigated whether thyroid transcription factor-1 (TTF-1) expression is correlated with the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC)/American Thoracic Society (ATS)/European Respiratory Society (ERS) classification and whether it stratifies patients with stage I lung adenocarcinoma with respect to disease recurrence. METHODS: Patients with stage I lung adenocarcinoma were classified according to the IASLC/ATS/ERS classification. Tissue microarrays were constructed and immunostaining for TTF-1 was performed. A total of 452 cases were available for analysis. Tumors were dichotomized based on the intensity of nuclear TTF-1 expression as negative (score of 0) or positive (score of 1-3). The cumulative incidence of recurrence (CIR) was used to estimate disease recurrence probabilities. RESULTS: TTF-1 expression was identified in 92% of patients, including 100% of patients with minimally invasive or lepidic-predominant adenocarcinoma, 94% of patients with acinar-predominant adenocarcinoma, 98% of patients with papillary-predominant adenocarcinoma, 93% of patients with micropapillary-predominant adenocarcinoma, 86% of patients with solid-predominant adenocarcinoma, 67% of patients with colloid-predominant adenocarcinoma, and 47% of patients with invasive mucinous carcinoma. The CIR for patients with negative TTF-1 expression (n = 34 patients; 5-year CIR, 40%) was significantly higher than that for patients with positive TTF-1 expression (n = 418 patients; 5-year CIR, 15%) (P < .001). Among the patients with intermediate-grade tumors, the CIR for patients with negative TTF-1 expression (n = 16 patients; 5-year CIR, 45%) was significantly higher than that for patients with positive TTF-1 expression (n = 313 patients; 5-year CIR, 14%) (P < .001). On multivariate analysis, negative TTF-1 expression was found to be significantly correlated with an increased risk of disease recurrence (hazards ratio, 2.55; P = .009). CONCLUSIONS: TTF-1 expression was found to be an independent predictor of disease recurrence, stratifying intermediate-grade tumors into 2 prognostic subsets, and it correlates with the IASLC/ATS/ERS classification.
BACKGROUND: In the current study, the authors investigated whether thyroid transcription factor-1 (TTF-1) expression is correlated with the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC)/American Thoracic Society (ATS)/European Respiratory Society (ERS) classification and whether it stratifies patients with stage I lung adenocarcinoma with respect to disease recurrence. METHODS:Patients with stage I lung adenocarcinoma were classified according to the IASLC/ATS/ERS classification. Tissue microarrays were constructed and immunostaining for TTF-1 was performed. A total of 452 cases were available for analysis. Tumors were dichotomized based on the intensity of nuclear TTF-1 expression as negative (score of 0) or positive (score of 1-3). The cumulative incidence of recurrence (CIR) was used to estimate disease recurrence probabilities. RESULTS:TTF-1 expression was identified in 92% of patients, including 100% of patients with minimally invasive or lepidic-predominant adenocarcinoma, 94% of patients with acinar-predominant adenocarcinoma, 98% of patients with papillary-predominant adenocarcinoma, 93% of patients with micropapillary-predominant adenocarcinoma, 86% of patients with solid-predominant adenocarcinoma, 67% of patients with colloid-predominant adenocarcinoma, and 47% of patients with invasive mucinous carcinoma. The CIR for patients with negative TTF-1 expression (n = 34 patients; 5-year CIR, 40%) was significantly higher than that for patients with positive TTF-1 expression (n = 418 patients; 5-year CIR, 15%) (P < .001). Among the patients with intermediate-grade tumors, the CIR for patients with negative TTF-1 expression (n = 16 patients; 5-year CIR, 45%) was significantly higher than that for patients with positive TTF-1 expression (n = 313 patients; 5-year CIR, 14%) (P < .001). On multivariate analysis, negative TTF-1 expression was found to be significantly correlated with an increased risk of disease recurrence (hazards ratio, 2.55; P = .009). CONCLUSIONS:TTF-1 expression was found to be an independent predictor of disease recurrence, stratifying intermediate-grade tumors into 2 prognostic subsets, and it correlates with the IASLC/ATS/ERS classification.
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