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Association Between Proportion of Nuclei With High Chromatin Entropy and Prognosis in Gynecological Cancers.


ABSTRACT: Background:Nuclear texture analysis measuring differences in chromatin structure has provided prognostic biomarkers in several cancers. There is a need for improved cell-by-cell chromatin analysis to detect nuclei with highly disorganized chromatin. The purpose of this study was to develop a method for detecting nuclei with high chromatin entropy and to evaluate the association between the presence of such deviating nuclei and prognosis. Methods:A new texture-based biomarker that characterizes each cancer based on the proportion of high-chromatin entropy nuclei (<25% vs ?25%) was developed on a discovery set of 175 uterine sarcomas. The prognostic impact of this biomarker was evaluated on a validation set of 179 uterine sarcomas, as well as on independent validation sets of 246 early-stage ovarian carcinomas and 791 endometrial carcinomas. More than 1 million images of nuclei stained for DNA were included in the study. All statistical tests were two-sided. Results:An increased proportion of high-chromatin entropy nuclei was associated with poor clinical outcome. The biomarker predicted five-year overall survival for uterine sarcoma patients with a hazard ratio (HR) of 2.02 (95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.43 to 2.84), time to recurrence for ovarian cancer patients (HR = 2.91, 95% CI = 1.74 to 4.88), and cancer-specific survival for endometrial cancer patients (HR = 3.74, 95% CI = 2.24 to 6.24). Chromatin entropy was an independent prognostic marker in multivariable analyses with clinicopathological parameters (HR = 1.81, 95% CI = 1.21 to 2.70, for sarcoma; HR = 1.71, 95% CI = 1.01 to 2.90, for ovarian cancer; and HR = 2.03, 95% CI = 1.19 to 3.45, for endometrial cancer). Conclusions:A novel method detected high-chromatin entropy nuclei, and an increased proportion of such nuclei was associated with poor prognosis. Chromatin entropy supplemented existing prognostic markers in multivariable analyses of three gynecological cancer cohorts.

SUBMITTER: Nielsen B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6292794 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Association Between Proportion of Nuclei With High Chromatin Entropy and Prognosis in Gynecological Cancers.

Nielsen Birgitte B   Kleppe Andreas A   Hveem Tarjei Sveinsgjerd TS   Pradhan Manohar M   Syvertsen Rolf Anders RA   Nesheim John Arne JA   Kristensen Gunnar Balle GB   Trovik Jone J   Kerr David James DJ   Albregtsen Fritz F   Danielsen Håvard Emil HE  

Journal of the National Cancer Institute 20181201 12


<h4>Background</h4>Nuclear texture analysis measuring differences in chromatin structure has provided prognostic biomarkers in several cancers. There is a need for improved cell-by-cell chromatin analysis to detect nuclei with highly disorganized chromatin. The purpose of this study was to develop a method for detecting nuclei with high chromatin entropy and to evaluate the association between the presence of such deviating nuclei and prognosis.<h4>Methods</h4>A new texture-based biomarker that  ...[more]

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