PMID- 33532028 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20210206 IS - 1936-2625 (Electronic) IS - 1936-2625 (Linking) VI - 14 IP - 1 DP - 2021 TI - Role of HPV status and PD-L1 expression in prognosis of laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma. PG - 107-115 AB - PURPOSE: Human papillomavirus (HPV) infection has been recognized as a cause of head and neck squamous cell carcinomas (HNSCC). Laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma (LSCC) is one of the most common pathologic types of HNSCC. Clinical trials show that there are differences in response to immunotherapy according to HPV status. It was reported that a high level of programmed cell death-ligand 1 (PD-L1) is correlated with better survival in HPV-positive head and neck cancer. In this study, we investigated the expression of PD-L1 in HPV-positive and HPV-negative LSCC to determine its prevalence and prognostic value. METHODS: 52 cases of LSCC were collected from Tangshan Head and Neck Disease Pathology Research Base. PCR-reverse dot blot hybridization and RNAscope in situ hybridization were used to detect HPV status. PD-L1 expression was evaluated by immunohistochemistry and all cases were followed up for survival. SPSS24.0 was used for data entry and statistical analysis. Kaplan-Meier method and Log-rank time series analysis were used for single factor analysis. Multivariate analysis was performed using Cox proportional hazard regression model, and HR and 95% CI were calculated. RESULTS: Of the 52 LSCC patients, 32.7% (17/52) were HPV-positive by RNAscope in situ hybridization, and 51.9% (27/52) of patients were positive for PD-L1 expression by immunohistochemistry. Regression analysis showed that with a median follow-up period of 69 months, smoking and late stage were associated with poor overall survival (OS), whereas HPV positivity and PD-L1 expression showed a better overall survival outcome. CONCLUSION: Smoking status, tumor stage, HPV status, and PD-L1 expression in tumor cells may represent useful prognostic biomarkers in patients with LSCC. CI - IJCEP Copyright (c) 2021. FAU - Yang, Su-Mei AU - Yang SM AD - Department of Pneumology, Tangshan People's Hospital Tangshan, P. R. China. FAU - Wu, Meng AU - Wu M AD - Department of Pathology, Division of Basic Medicine, Tangshan Vocational and Technical College Tangshan, P. R. China. FAU - Han, Feng-Yan AU - Han FY AD - Department of Pathology, Tangshan Union Hospital Tangshan, P. R. China. FAU - Sun, Yu-Man AU - Sun YM AD - Department of Pathology, Tangshan Union Hospital Tangshan, P. R. China. FAU - Yang, Jun-Quan AU - Yang JQ AD - Department of Radio-chemotherapy Oncology, Tangshan People's Hospital Tangshan, P. R. China. FAU - Liu, Hong-Xia AU - Liu HX AD - Department of Pathology, Tangshan Union Hospital Tangshan, P. R. China. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20210101 PL - United States TA - Int J Clin Exp Pathol JT - International journal of clinical and experimental pathology JID - 101480565 PMC - PMC7847499 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Human papillomavirus OT - Laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma OT - prognosis OT - programmed death ligand 1 COIS- None. EDAT- 2021/02/04 06:00 MHDA- 2021/02/04 06:01 PMCR- 2021/01/01 CRDT- 2021/02/03 05:58 PHST- 2020/11/05 00:00 [received] PHST- 2020/11/26 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2021/02/03 05:58 [entrez] PHST- 2021/02/04 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/02/04 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2021/01/01 00:00 [pmc-release] PST - epublish SO - Int J Clin Exp Pathol. 2021 Jan 1;14(1):107-115. eCollection 2021.