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Long Distance From Microvessel to Cancer Cell Predicts Poor Prognosis in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Patients.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Blood supply, which is crucial for nutrition and drug delivery, was determined by microvessel density as well as the diffusion distance between vessels and cancer cells. Therefore, we evaluated the distance from microvessels to cancer cells (D_mvcc) and its role in the prognosis of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients.

Methods

Patients with primary NSCLC were retrospectively analyzed. The tumor samples were immunochemically stained with CD31 to visualize the microvessels. The D_mvcc was defined as the mean distance from each microvessel to its nearest cancer cell in the "hot-spot" of an individual patient. The patients were stratified into short- and long-distance groups using five strategies, including dichotomy by the median value, optimal cutoff, trichotomy, quartation and per-10 µm increase. The correlation between the D_mvcc and survival was evaluated by using univariate and multivariate analyses with various D_mvcc strategies.

Results

In total, 100 patients were analyzed. The median value of D_mvcc was 13.1 μm (ranged, 1.6 to 269.7 μm; mean value, 24.4 ± 33.5 μm). The optimal cutoff value of D_mvcc for predicting survival outcome was 20 μm. D_mvcc was significantly related to overall survival (OS) with all the five categories (p = 0.001-0.000004) and progression-free survival (PFS) categorized by optimal cutoff value (p = 0.024), trichotomy (p = 0.041) and per-10 µm increase (p = 0.040) after adjusting for other factors. Patients with longer D_mvcc (≥20 μm) were observed to have poor survival outcomes (OS: HR = 13.5, 95CI: 4.42-41.18, p = 0.000005; PFS: 3.26, 95CI: 1.56-6.81, p = 0.002). A high D_mvcc per-10 µm was associated with a significantly increased risk of cancer-related death and progression by 98% (p = 0.0001) and 30% (p = 0.044), respectively.

Conclusion

The NSCLC tissues had varying distances from microvessels to cancer cells, and long distances were strongly associated with poor survival.

SUBMITTER: Ding H

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8226084 | biostudies-literature |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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