Introduction: The best hope of cure for patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is surgical resection. However, even in stage IA patients, 30% die within 5 years. Further improvements in survival require a biomarker(s), which defines the subset of these patients destined to do badly so that they could be targeted for additional therapies. Here, we investigate whether the immunohistochemical expression of a key kinase implicated in lung cancer biology, the mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) can predict survival outcome in patients with early stage resected NSCLC. Materials and Methods: One hundred thirty-four patients with resected early stage (IA–IIB) NSCLC were pathologically reviewed centrally before staining for mTOR. Multiple variables including age, sex, stage, angioinvasion, lymph node status, and mTOR staining were assessed by univariate and multivariate analyses. Results: Stage (p _ 0.044), lymph node status (p _ 0.049), angioinvasion (p _ 0.017), and mTOR staining (p _ 0.007) were significant univariate predictors of poor survival. However, only angioinvasion (p _ 0.016) and mTOR staining (p _ 0.046) remained significant after multivariate analysis. Moreover, mTOR staining was the only variable to predict poor outcome in patients who either had negative lymph nodes (p _ 0.016) or were stage IA (p _ 0.0016). Conclusions: The mTOR staining provides a new biomarker for poor outcome in early stage NSCLC and could enable resected stage

Overexpression of the mammalian target of rapamycin: a novel biomarker for poor survival in resected early stage non-small cell lung cancer.

BELLEZZA, Guido;CAGINI, Lucio;
2010

Abstract

Introduction: The best hope of cure for patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is surgical resection. However, even in stage IA patients, 30% die within 5 years. Further improvements in survival require a biomarker(s), which defines the subset of these patients destined to do badly so that they could be targeted for additional therapies. Here, we investigate whether the immunohistochemical expression of a key kinase implicated in lung cancer biology, the mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) can predict survival outcome in patients with early stage resected NSCLC. Materials and Methods: One hundred thirty-four patients with resected early stage (IA–IIB) NSCLC were pathologically reviewed centrally before staining for mTOR. Multiple variables including age, sex, stage, angioinvasion, lymph node status, and mTOR staining were assessed by univariate and multivariate analyses. Results: Stage (p _ 0.044), lymph node status (p _ 0.049), angioinvasion (p _ 0.017), and mTOR staining (p _ 0.007) were significant univariate predictors of poor survival. However, only angioinvasion (p _ 0.016) and mTOR staining (p _ 0.046) remained significant after multivariate analysis. Moreover, mTOR staining was the only variable to predict poor outcome in patients who either had negative lymph nodes (p _ 0.016) or were stage IA (p _ 0.0016). Conclusions: The mTOR staining provides a new biomarker for poor outcome in early stage NSCLC and could enable resected stage
2010
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