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  • American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)  (7)
  • 2005-2009  (7)
  • 1
    In: Clinical Cancer Research, American Association for Cancer Research (AACR), Vol. 13, No. 21 ( 2007-11-01), p. 6257-6266
    Abstract: Purpose: Amplification of the 11q13 region is a frequent event in human cancer. The highest incidence (36%) is found in head and neck squamous cell carcinomas. Recently, we reported that the amplicon size in 30 laryngeal and pharyngeal carcinomas with 11q13 amplification is determined by unique genomic structures, resulting in the amplification of a set of genes rather than a single gene. Experimental Design: To investigate which gene(s) drive the 11q13 amplicon, we determined the smallest region of overlap with amplification and the expression levels of all genes within this amplicon. Results: Using array-based comparative genomic hybridization analysis, we detected a region of ∼1.7 Mb containing 13 amplified genes in more than 25 of the 29 carcinomas. Quantitative reverse transcription-PCR revealed that overexpression of 8 potential driver genes including, cyclin D1, cortactin, and Fas-associated death domain (FADD), correlated significantly with DNA amplification. FADD protein levels correlated well with DNA amplification, implicating that FADD is also a candidate driver gene in the 11q13 amplicon. Analysis of 167 laryngeal carcinomas showed that increased expression of FADD (P = 0.007) and Ser194 phosphorylated FADD (P = 0.011) were associated with a worse disease-specific survival. FADD was recently reported to be involved in cell cycle regulation, and cancer cells expressing high levels of the Ser194 phosphorylated isoform of FADD proved to be more sensitive to Taxol-induced cell cycle arrest. Conclusion: Because of the frequent amplification of the 11q13 region and concomitant overexpression of FADD in head and neck squamous cell carcinomas, we hypothesize that FADD is a marker to select patients that might benefit from Taxol-based chemoradiotherapy.
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    ISSN: 1078-0432 , 1557-3265
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    Publisher: American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)
    Publication Date: 2007
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  • 2
    In: Clinical Cancer Research, American Association for Cancer Research (AACR), Vol. 15, No. 23 ( 2009-12-01), p. 7389-7397
    Abstract: Purpose: Activation of the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) signaling pathway has been reported to induce resistance to (chemo)radiation in cancers, such as head and neck cancer, whereas EGFR-targeted agents in combination with (chemo)radiation seem to improve treatment efficacy. The aim of this study was to determine the relation between proteins involved in the EGFR pathway and response to (chemo)radiation and survival in a large, well-documented series of cervical cancer patients. Experimental Design: Pretreatment tissue samples of 375 consecutive International Federation of Gynecologists and Obstetricians stage Ib to IVa cervical cancer patients treated with (chemo)radiation between January 1980 and December 2006 were collected. Clinicopathologic and follow-up data were prospectively obtained during standard treatment and follow-up. Protein expression of EGFR, phosphorylated EGFR (pEGFR), PTEN, phosphorylated AKT, and phosphorylated extracellular signal-regulated kinase (pERK) was assessed by immunohistochemistry on tissue microarrays. Results: EGFR staining was present in 35.3%, pEGFR in 19.7%, PTEN in 34.1%, phosphorylated AKT in 4.1%, and pERK in 29.2% of tumors. pEGFR staining was related to PTEN (P = 0.001) and pERK staining (P = 0.004). EGFR staining was inversely related to PTEN (P = 0.011). In multivariate analysis, membranous staining of EGFR [hazard ratio (HR), 1.84; 95% confidence interval (95% CI), 1.20-2.82; P = 0.005] and cytoplasmic staining of pEGFR (HR, 1.71; 95% CI, 1.11-2.66; P = 0.016) were independent predictors of poor response to (chemo)radiation. Membranous EGFR staining also was an independent prognostic factor for poor disease-specific survival (HR, 1.54; 95% CI, 1.09-2.17; P = 0.014). Conclusions: EGFR and pEGFR immunostainings are frequently observed and independently associated with poor response to therapy and disease-specific survival in cervical cancer patients primarily treated by (chemo)radiation. Our data present the EGFR pathway as a promising therapeutic target in already ongoing clinical trials. (Clin Cancer Res 2009;15(23):7389–97)
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  • 3
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    American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) ; 2008
    In:  Clinical Cancer Research Vol. 14, No. 3 ( 2008-02-01), p. 750-757
    In: Clinical Cancer Research, American Association for Cancer Research (AACR), Vol. 14, No. 3 ( 2008-02-01), p. 750-757
    Abstract: Purpose: DNA adduct levels may be influenced by metabolic activity, DNA repair capabilities, and genomic integrity, all of which play a role in cancer progression. Experimental Design: To determine if elevated DNA adducts are a marker for prostate cancer progression, we measured polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon–DNA adducts by immunohistochemistry in prostate cells of 368 surgical prostate cancer patients treated at the Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, Michigan, between September 1999 and July 2004. Patients were followed up to 5 years after surgery with relative risk for biochemical recurrence (BCR) estimated with a Cox proportional hazards model that adjusted for standard clinical risk factors. Results: At 1 year of follow-up, patients with adduct levels above the median in tumor cells [hazard ratio (HR), 2.40; 95% confidence interval (95% CI), 1.10-5.27] and nontumor cells (HR, 3.22; 95% CI, 1.40-7.39) had significant increased risk of BCR, but these HRs decreased to 1.12 (95% CI, 0.68-1.83) and 1.46 (95% CI, 0.89-2.41) in tumor and nontumor cells at 5 years postsurgery. When we restricted our analysis to patients with advanced-stage (III+) disease, those with high adduct levels in either tumor (53.5% versus 30.2%; P = 0.07) or nontumor (55.2% versus 28.6%; P = 0.02) cells had BCR rates almost 2-fold higher. In race-stratified analyses, the greatest risk of BCR associated with high adduct levels (in nontumor cells) was for African American patients younger than 60 years old (HR, 3.79; 95% CI, 1.01-14.30). Conclusions: High polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon–DNA adduct levels in nontumor prostate cells are most strongly associated with BCR between 1 and 2 years after surgery and in patient subsets defined by younger age, advanced tumor stage, and African American race.
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  • 4
    In: Cancer Research, American Association for Cancer Research (AACR), Vol. 66, No. 15 ( 2006-08-01), p. 7429-7437
    Abstract: High-grade gliomas are devastating brain tumors associated with a mean survival of & lt;50 weeks. Two of the most common genetic changes observed in these tumors are overexpression/mutation of the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) vIII and loss of PTEN/MMAC1 expression. To determine whether somatically acquired EGFRvIII expression or Pten loss accelerates high-grade glioma development, we used a previously characterized RasB8 glioma-prone mouse strain, in which these specific genetic changes were focally introduced at 4 weeks of age. We show that both postnatal EGFRvIII expression and Pten inactivation in RasB8 mice potentiate high-grade glioma development. Moreover, we observe a concordant loss of Pten and EGFR overexpression in nearly all high-grade gliomas induced by either EGFRvIII introduction or Pten inactivation. This novel preclinical model of high-grade glioma will be useful in evaluating brain tumor therapies targeted to the pathways specifically dysregulated by EGFR expression or Pten loss. (Cancer Res 2006; 66(15): 7429-37)
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    ISSN: 0008-5472 , 1538-7445
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    Publisher: American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)
    Publication Date: 2006
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  • 5
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    American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) ; 2007
    In:  Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention Vol. 16, No. 4 ( 2007-04-01), p. 803-808
    In: Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, American Association for Cancer Research (AACR), Vol. 16, No. 4 ( 2007-04-01), p. 803-808
    Abstract: 2-Amino-1-methyl-6-phenylimidazo[4,5-b]pyridine (PhIP) is the major heterocyclic amine generated from cooking meats at high temperatures, and dietary exposures have been shown to induce prostate cancer in rats. PhIP derives its carcinogenic potential through the formation of PhIP-DNA adducts. The purpose of this study was to examine whether self-reported consumption and preparation doneness of grilled meats were associated with PhIP-DNA adduct levels in prostate epithelial cells. The study population consisted of 268 African-American and Caucasian men who underwent radical prostatectomy for prostate cancer. PhIP-DNA adducts in tumor and adjacent nontumor cells were measured using immunohistochemical methods, and dietary meat intake information was based on food frequency questionnaires. Data were analyzed using multivariate linear regression models. After adjusting for age at prostatectomy and race, grilled meat consumption (P = 0.002) was significantly associated with higher adduct levels in tumor cells, but this association seemed to be primarily due to consumption of grilled red meats (P = 0.001) as opposed to grilled white meat consumption (P = 0.15). Among the specific food items, grilled hamburger consumption had the most significant association with adduct level in tumor cells (P = 0.002). Similar trends in positive associations with grilled meat consumption and adduct levels were observed in nontumor cells, but none of these associations reached statistical significance. Our results suggest that dietary interventions targeted at lower consumption of grilled red meats may reduce prostate cancer risk via the PhIP prostate carcinogenic pathway. (Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2007;16(4):803–8)
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    ISSN: 1055-9965 , 1538-7755
    Language: English
    Publisher: American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)
    Publication Date: 2007
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  • 6
    In: Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, American Association for Cancer Research (AACR), Vol. 16, No. 6 ( 2007-06-01), p. 1236-1245
    Abstract: Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH)-DNA adducts may induce mutations that contribute to carcinogenesis. We evaluated potential associations between smoking and polymorphisms in PAH metabolism [CYP1A1 Ile462Val, CYP1B1 Ala119Ser and Leu432Val, microsomal epoxide hydrolase (mEH) Tyr113His and His139Arg, CYP3A4 A(−392)G] and conjugation [glutathione S-transferase (GST) M1 null deletion, GSTP1 Ile105Val] genes and PAH-DNA adduct levels (measured by immunohistochemistry) in tumor and nontumor prostate cells in 400 prostate cancer cases. Although no statistically significant associations were observed in the total sample, stratification by ethnicity revealed that Caucasian ever smokers compared with nonsmokers had higher adduct levels in tumor cells (mean staining intensity in absorbance units ± SE, 0.1748 ± 0.0052 versus 0.1507 ± 0.0070; P = 0.006), and Caucasians carrying two mEH 139Arg compared with two 139His alleles had lower adducts in tumor (0.1320 ± 0.0129 versus 0.1714 ± 0.0059; P = 0.006) and nontumor (0.1856 ± 0.0184 versus 0.2291 ± 0.0085; P = 0.03) cells. African Americans with two CYP1B1 432Val compared with two 432Ile alleles had lower adducts in tumor cells (0.1600 ± 0.0060 versus 0.1970 ± 0.0153; P = 0.03). After adjusting for smoking status, carrying the putative “high-risk” genotype combination, the faster metabolism of PAH-epoxides to PAH-diol-epoxides (CYP1B1 432Val/Val and mEH 139Arg/Arg) with lower PAH-diol-epoxide conjugation (GSTP1 105Ile/Ile), was associated with increased adducts only in Caucasian nontumor cells (0.2363 ± 0.0132 versus 0.1920 ± 0.0157; P= 0.05). We present evidence, for the first time in human prostate that the association between smoking and PAH-DNA adducts differs by race and is modified by common genetic variants. (Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2007;16(6):1236–45)
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    ISSN: 1055-9965 , 1538-7755
    Language: English
    Publisher: American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)
    Publication Date: 2007
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  • 7
    In: Clinical Cancer Research, American Association for Cancer Research (AACR), Vol. 11, No. 22 ( 2005-11-15), p. 8048-8054
    Abstract: Purpose: Malignant tumors of the pancreas are frequently indistinguishable from inflammatory tumors arising in the context of a chronic pancreatitis with the use of conventional imaging techniques. Thus, cytologic analysis of cells obtained by abdominal ultrasound, computed tomography, or endoscopic ultrasound–guided fine needle aspiration biopsy is required for diagnosis. However, the reliability of cytologic analyses of pancreatic fine needle aspirates remains unsatisfactory, with a diagnostic accuracy of ≤80%. The purpose of the current study was therefore to develop a novel diagnostic approach based on expression profiling of biopsy material using a specialized diagnostic cDNA array. Experimental Design: Previous gene expression profiling studies were reevaluated to design a 558-feature diagnostic array. Minimal amounts of residual material from pancreatic cytology samples as well as surgically resected tumor and control tissue specimens were analyzed using the diagnostic array and a newly developed statistical classification system. Results and Conclusions: Our diagnostic approach resulted in 95% accurate differentiation between ductal adenocarcinomas and nonmalignant tumors of the pancreas. The diagnostic array, in conjunction with conventional diagnostic procedures, is thus suitable to significantly improve the reliability of pancreatic cancer diagnostics and can be expected to become a valuable new tool in the routine workup of suspect masses in the pancreas.
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    ISSN: 1078-0432 , 1557-3265
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    Publisher: American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)
    Publication Date: 2005
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