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Expression of immune checkpoint protein in oral squamous cell carcinoma and its clinicopathological correlation: A tertiary care center cross-sectional study
BACKGROUND: Recent evidence suggests that oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) patients who exhibit the immunohistochemical expression of immune checkpoint protein programmed cell death ligand 1 (PD-L1) are more likely to have a poor clinical outcome and may serve as an independent prognostic marker....
Autores principales: | , , , , , , |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer - Medknow
2023
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10683904/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/38033955 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jomfp.jomfp_169_22 |
Sumario: | BACKGROUND: Recent evidence suggests that oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) patients who exhibit the immunohistochemical expression of immune checkpoint protein programmed cell death ligand 1 (PD-L1) are more likely to have a poor clinical outcome and may serve as an independent prognostic marker. AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: This study aimed to assess the immunohistochemical expression of immune checkpoint protein PD-L1 in OSCC and its clinicopathological correlation. MATERIALS AND METHODS: OSCC cases were included in the study. This was a tertiary care center cross-sectional one-year duration study. Histomorphological diagnosis and immunohistochemical expression of PD-L1 were performed after taking ethical clearance. The statistical analysis was performed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 21.0 statistical analysis software. RESULTS: A total of 106 cases of OSCC were included in the study. Histologically, the majority of cases (58.5%) were graded as well differentiated, followed by moderately differentiated (58.5%) and poorly differentiated (4.7%), respectively. In PD-L1 immunohistochemical expression, score 1+ was accorded to 37 (34.9%), 2+ was accorded to 31 (29.2%), and score 3+ was accorded to 33 (31.1%) cases. Tumor size, pattern, depth of invasion lymphovascular invasion (LVI), and perineural invasion (PNI) were found to be significantly associated with PD-L1 immunohistochemical scores. CONCLUSIONS: We concluded that the immunohistochemical expression of immune checkpoint protein PD-L1 positivity in tumor cells was seen in the majority of the cases (60.37%) in our patient. This suggests that the PD-1 or PD-L1 pathway plays a significant role in tumor immune evasion in OSCC. |
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