Prognostic Significance of Proliferative Markers: Cyclin D1 and CENPF in Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma Patients-A Cohort Study

Reena Rachel John; Nisha Sam; Balamanikandasrinivasan Chandrasekaran

doi:10.1007/s12663-023-01884-w

Prognostic Significance of Proliferative Markers: Cyclin D1 and CENPF in Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma Patients-A Cohort Study

J Maxillofac Oral Surg. 2023 Sep;22(3):734-740. doi: 10.1007/s12663-023-01884-w. Epub 2023 Mar 16.

Authors

Reena Rachel John¹, Nisha Sam², Balamanikandasrinivasan Chandrasekaran¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Vinayaka Mission's Sankarachariyar Dental College, Vinayaka Mission's Research Foundation (Deemed to be University), Ariyanur, Salem, India.
² Central Research Laboratory, Vinayaka Mission's Sankarachariyar Dental College (VMRF-DU), Vinayaka Mission's Research Foundation (Deemed to be University), Ariyanur, Salem, India.

PMID: 37534352
PMCID: PMC10390391 (available on 2024-09-01)
DOI: 10.1007/s12663-023-01884-w

Abstract

Introduction: Oral cancer ranks sixth place worldwide among other cancers and is known for its high morbidity and mortality rates. Among oral cancer, oral squamous cell carcinomas (OSCC) remains the most common. Expression of specific biomarkers are known to be related to the prognosis of the OSCC.

Methodology: An immunohistochemistry study was performed to evaluate the expression of Cyclin D1 and CENPF for their prognostic significance in twenty OSCC patients. The follow-up period ranged from 10 to 18 months. The expression of these proliferative markers was correlated with demographic, clinical and histopathological grade of the disease.

Results: The results revealed 28% mortality rates in relation to OSCC involving retro-molar trigone. Based on the Cyclin D1 and CENPF expression, high mortality rate (Pearson coefficient = 0.800) was seen with grade 3 and 4 expressions of the markers. Decreased survival rates (Pearson coefficient = 0.824) were observed with stage III and IV disease with grade 3 and 4 expressions of the markers.

Conclusion: Cyclin D1 and CENPF have shown promising results as proliferative markers which can be linked with prognosis of OSCC in this study. Further studies with larger sample size are needed to extrapolate our findings.

Keywords: CENPF; Cyclin D1; Oral cancer; Prognosis; Proliferative marker.

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