Prognostic significance of G1 cell-cycle inhibitors in early laryngeal cancer.

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Abstract Background Radiation therapy yields a 2-year local control rate of 80% to 90% in early laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma. However, a subset of early laryngeal cancers has a significantly higher rate of local recurrence and lower rate of overall survival. Objective The objective of this study was determine the prognostic significance of p53, p27, and p21 expression in patients with early laryngeal cancer. Methods Expression of p53, p27, and p21 proteins in pretreatment biopsies from sixty-eight patients was analyzed by using immunohistochemistry. Low (10% cells) levels of expression were measured. All patients were newly diagnosed and treated with external beam radiation. Other contributing factors were also studied, such as age, sex, race, tumor site, and stage. Results Forty (58.8%) and 28 (41.2%) lesions were staged as T1 and T2, respectively, whereas 16 (23.5%) and 52 (76.5%) were located in the supraglottis and glottis, respectively. Overexpression of p27, p53, andp21 was found in 36.7%, 60.6%, and 60% of cases, respectively. Overexpression of p27 was found to be a significant predictor of recurrence by multivariate analysis (RR 3.3, P = .017). Overexpression of p21 and/or p53 was not predictive of recurrence. No factor predicted disease specific or nonspecific overall survival. Conclusion Our results indicate the significance of p27 overexpression as an indicator of recurrence in patients with early laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma.