Cellular Dissociation Grading Based on the Parameters Tumor Budding and Cell Nest Size in Pretherapeutic Biopsy Specimens Allows for Prognostic Patient Stratification in Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma Independent From Clinical Staging

Autor: Stephanie E. Combs, Melanie Boxberg, Dieter Saur, Michael Quante, M. Feith, Wilko Weichert, Katja Steiger, Moritz Jesinghaus, Helmut Friess, Peter Klare, Dirk Wilhelm, Marianne Reiser, Frido Brühl, Björn Konukiewitz, Stefan Münch, Peer Kuhn, Roland M. Schmid, Alexander Scheiter
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: American Journal of Surgical Pathology. 43:618-627
ISSN: 0147-5185
DOI: 10.1097/pas.0000000000001230
Popis: Initial treatment planning in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma mainly relies on clinical staging. Recently, a highly prognostic grading system based on the cellular dissociation parameters Tumor Budding and Cell Nest Size has been proposed for resected esophageal squamous cell carcinoma. To probe for the transferability and relevance of this established novel grading system in the pretreatment setting, we evaluated Tumor Budding/Cell Nest Size in pretherapeutic biopsies of either primarily resected (cohort 1, n=80) or neoadjuvantly treated (cohort 2, n=75) esophageal squamous cell carcinoma. Grading data were correlated with clinicopathologic and survival parameters. High Tumor Budding Activity and small Cell Nest Size in pretherapeutic biopsies were strongly associated with shortened overall survival, disease-free survival, and disease-specific survival in both cohorts. A modified histopathologic grading system incorporating both factors termed "Cellular Dissociation Grade" showed excellent prognostic demarcation between well (G1), moderately (G2), and poorly differentiated (G3) carcinomas in both scenarios (overall survival: cohort 1: P
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