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Poster viewing 03

238P - Proposing a predictive nomogram for lymph-node metastasis (LNM) in oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) using immunohistochemical marker D2-40

Date

03 Dec 2022

Session

Poster viewing 03

Topics

Tumour Site

Head and Neck Cancers

Presenters

Karen Boaz

Citation

Annals of Oncology (2022) 33 (suppl_9): S1521-S1529. 10.1016/annonc/annonc1128

Authors

K. Boaz1, A. Sharma2

Author affiliations

  • 1 Dept Of Oral Pathology, Manipal College of Dental Sciences Mangalore, 575001 - Mangalore/IN
  • 2 Dept. Of Oral Pathology, Manipal College of Dental Sciences Mangalore, 575001 - Mangalore/IN

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Abstract 238P

Background

Nomograms are proven in ‘individualized risk prediction’ in sarcomas, breast and prostate cancers. Incorporating immunohistochemical markers and histopathological parameters can enhance accuracy of these graphical representations of statistical predictive models concerning metastasis. D2-40, a monoclonal antibody to Podoplanin (regulator of motility expressed in malignant epithelial cells) dually predicts metastatic potential of tumour by estimating the motile tumour phenotype and by detecting lymphatic vessels/density, both essential to metastasis in OSCC. Thus, we propose a model that incorporates D2-40 immunostaining of individual tumour cells (ITC) too with other variables (seen in H&E staining) as a predictive nomogram.

Methods

Sixty cases of OSCC were selected with equal number of cases (n=30) of pN0 and pN+ status. Bryne’s grading of invasive front of tumour (ITF) was done on H&E-stained slides followed by D2-40 immunostaining for ITCs at ITF and lymphatic vessels. Multivariate regression analysis was used to generate the nomogram of LNM where the predictive contribution of each covariate namely, depth of invasion, D2-40-stained ITCs, gender, histological grade and worst pattern of invasion (WPOI), was plotted on a scale of 1-100 points.

Results

The nomogram showed that the strongest variable in OSCC was the WPOI in H&E-stained section followed by D2-40-positive ITCs and gender.

Conclusions

Our predictive nomogram for LNM in OSCC surprisingly showed that a tumour with lesser score of WPOI (islands vs ITC) showed numerous D2-40-positive ITCs drastically increasing the probability of metastasis.

Clinical trial identification

Editorial acknowledgement

Legal entity responsible for the study

The authors.

Funding

Has not received any funding.

Disclosure

All authors have declared no conflicts of interest.

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