Alaa A Elzarkaa1, Bassma El Sabaa2, Doaa Abdelkhalik3, Hassan Mansour1, Mahmoud Melis1, Waleed Shaalan1, Mohamed Farouk4, Eduard Malik5, Amr A Soliman6,7. 1. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Alexandria, Alexandria, Egypt. 2. Department of Pathology, University of Alexandria, Alexandria, Egypt. 3. Department of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, University of Mansura, Mansura, Egypt. 4. Department of Medical and Radio-Oncology, University of Alexandria, Alexandria, Egypt. 5. Universitätsklinik für Gynäkologie und Geburtshilfe, Klinikum Oldenburg, Fakultät für Medizin und Gesundheitswissenschaften, Universität Oldenburg, Rahel-Straus-Straße 10, 26133, Oldenburg, Germany. 6. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Alexandria, Alexandria, Egypt. amr.soliman@uni-oldenburg.de. 7. Universitätsklinik für Gynäkologie und Geburtshilfe, Klinikum Oldenburg, Fakultät für Medizin und Gesundheitswissenschaften, Universität Oldenburg, Rahel-Straus-Straße 10, 26133, Oldenburg, Germany. amr.soliman@uni-oldenburg.de.
Abstract
PURPOSE: Cluster of differentiation (CD) 44 is a cell surface receptor that correlates with the development of drug resistance in epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC). Here, we prospectively investigated the clinical impact of CD44 expression on the development of chemoresistance, and on disease-free and overall survival in EOC. METHODS: This study included patients with primary serous EOC that was at International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics stages IIIB-IVA and tumors that were CD44 positive and negative in a 1:1 ratio. All patients underwent primary surgical cytoreduction, followed by six cycles of combined paclitaxel and carboplatin chemotherapy every 3 weeks. The treatment was considered complete after the chemotherapy had finished. All patients were followed up for 24 months after completing their chemotherapy. RESULTS: Of the 96 patients with serous EOC at stages IIIB-IVA, 51 % of the tumors were negative for the expression of CD44 and 49 % showed variable CD44 expression. Patients who had CD44-positive tumors had statistically significant shorter disease-free (p ≤ 0.001) and overall survival (p ≤ 0.001) intervals compared with patients with CD44-negative tumors. The hazard ratio for death was 6.8 (95 % confidence interval 2.4-19.2, p ≤ 0.001) among the patients with CD44-positive tumors. A multivariate analysis showed that carboplatin-resistant or carboplatin-refractory EOC was the only independent predictive factor for death. CONCLUSIONS: CD44 expression contributes to the development of carboplatin resistance in advanced serous EOC, and it may contribute to worse prognoses for patients, but it is neither an independent predictor of survival nor of recurrence.
PURPOSE: Cluster of differentiation (CD) 44 is a cell surface receptor that correlates with the development of drug resistance in epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC). Here, we prospectively investigated the clinical impact of CD44 expression on the development of chemoresistance, and on disease-free and overall survival in EOC. METHODS: This study included patients with primary serous EOC that was at International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics stages IIIB-IVA and tumors that were CD44 positive and negative in a 1:1 ratio. All patients underwent primary surgical cytoreduction, followed by six cycles of combined paclitaxel and carboplatin chemotherapy every 3 weeks. The treatment was considered complete after the chemotherapy had finished. All patients were followed up for 24 months after completing their chemotherapy. RESULTS: Of the 96 patients with serous EOC at stages IIIB-IVA, 51 % of the tumors were negative for the expression of CD44 and 49 % showed variable CD44 expression. Patients who had CD44-positive tumors had statistically significant shorter disease-free (p ≤ 0.001) and overall survival (p ≤ 0.001) intervals compared with patients with CD44-negative tumors. The hazard ratio for death was 6.8 (95 % confidence interval 2.4-19.2, p ≤ 0.001) among the patients with CD44-positive tumors. A multivariate analysis showed that carboplatin-resistant or carboplatin-refractory EOC was the only independent predictive factor for death. CONCLUSIONS:CD44 expression contributes to the development of carboplatin resistance in advanced serous EOC, and it may contribute to worse prognoses for patients, but it is neither an independent predictor of survival nor of recurrence.
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Cluster of differentiation 44; Epithelial ovarian cancer; Platinum resistance
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