HPV-16 infection modifies overall survival of Puerto Rican HNSCC patients

Bianca Rivera-Peña; Francisco J. Ruíz-Fullana; Germán L. Vélez-Reyes; Rosa J. Rodriguez-Benitez; María J. Marcos-Martínez; Juan Trinidad-Pinedo; Adriana Báez

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HPV-16 infection modifies overall survival of Puerto Rican HNSCC patients

Bianca Rivera-Peña, Francisco J. Ruíz-Fullana, Germán L. Vélez-Reyes, Rosa J. Rodriguez-Benitez, María J. Marcos-Martínez, Juan Trinidad-Pinedo, Adriana Báez

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Background: HPV-16 modifies the overall survival (OS) of patients with oropharyngeal cancer (OPSCC). HPV-16 has been established as risk factor for OPSCC, but HPV-16 infection may also reside in the larynx and oral cavity. We evaluated HPV-16 status on OS of Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma (HNSCC) patients. Methods: HPV-16 infection was confirmed by amplification of E6 and E7 viral oncogenes through PCR assay and E6 IHC in 185 HNSCC samples. Associations between HPV-16 status and clinicopathological parameters were performed using Fisher's exact test and x². Survival analysis was completed using Kaplan-Meier estimator and multivariate Cox regression analysis. Results: OS of HPV-16 positive patients was longer compared to HPV-16 negative patients (P = 0.002). HPV-16 positive tumors of the larynx (LSCC) and pharynx (PSCC) showed improved OS compared to HPV-16 negative tumors. Also, HPV-16 positive patients exposed to radiotherapy presented a better survival. Conclusions: HPV-16 status has a positive prognostic value in HNSCC. Addition of HPV-16 status to the TNM staging can provide better assessment in prognosis and guide treatment for HNSCC patients.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	47
Journal	Infectious Agents and Cancer
Volume	11
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1186/s13027-016-0095-4
State	Published - Aug 24 2016

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The research described was supported by the University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine Otolaryngology Section, NIH/National Cancer Institute grants P20CA91402, U54CA96297; NIH/National Institute of General Medical Sciences grant S06GM8224. This research also used core facilities supported by NIH/NCRR G12RR03051 and NIH/NIMHDD 8G12MD007600. Additionally, we want to thank Antonio Arrieta, MSII, for the assistance on the statistical part of this study.

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Biomarker
Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma
Human Papillomavirus (HPV)
Overall Survival (OS)
TNM

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HPV-16 infection modifies overall survival of Puerto Rican HNSCC patients

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