Study of molecular prognostic factors in clear cell renal cell carcinoma by tissue microarray / Estudo de fatores prognósticos moleculares no carcinoma renal de células claras pela técnica de tissue microarray

AUTOR(ES)

Marcelo Zerati

FONTE

IBICT - Instituto Brasileiro de Informação em Ciência e Tecnologia

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

01/08/2011

RESUMO

INTODUCTION: Renal cell carcinoma is an aggressive disease and its incidence is rising. The clear cell variant is the most common, and also the most aggressive. Recent advances in the understanding of the tumors molecular biology indicate that the oncogenesis of each histologic subtype is controlled by distinct cellular mechanisms. Current prognostic models are gradually incorporating the advances in molecular biology, in the hope to improve their predictive capacity. OBJECTIVES: To correlate the immunoexpression of selected markers with 1) overall survival, and 2) with established prognostic parameters (clinical TNM stage, tumor size, Fuhrman nuclear grade, microvascular invasion and perirenal fat invasion) in patients with non-metastatic ccRCC. METHODS: This is a retrospective cohort study, we evaluated 99 patients with non-metastatic clear cell renal cell carcinoma, as to the expression of the following proteins: CA-IX, EGF-R, Ki-67, p53, PTEN, VEGF e VEGF-R. The analyzed parameters where: overall survival, TNM stage, tumor size, Fuhrman nuclear grade, microvascular invasion, perirenal fat invasion. We utilized a custom built tissue microarray, and the immunoexpression was digitally quantified using the Photoshop® software. RESULTS: The mean follow-up time was 7,9 years. We found no correlation between the expression of the studied molecular markers and overall survival. As for the conventional prognostic parameters, we found the expression of EGF-R to correlate with T stage (p= 0,049) and perirenal fat invasion (p= 0,020), and VEGF-R to correlate with Fuhrman nuclear grade (p= 0,022) and microvascular invasion (p= 0,022). None of the other markers showed correlation with the studied parameters. CONCLUSIONS: The expression of EGF-R and VEGF-R may be useful tools in the prognostic evaluation of unfavorable risk in patients with non metastatic clear cell renal cell carcinoma

ASSUNTO(S)

analise digital análise em microsséries carcinoma de células renais digital analysis immunohistochemistry imunoistoquímica prognóstico renal cell carcinoma tissue microarray prognostic

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