Abstract
PurposeTo evaluate prognostic significance of human papillomavirus (HPV) in hypopharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma patients, and to investigate the effect of p53 and TP53 mutations on the prognosis of patients.MethodsA total of 111 patients were enrolled in our retrospective study. HPV infection status was detected in formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tissue by real-time multiplex PCR test. p53 expression was evaluate by immunohistochemical staining. TP53 exon mutations were analyzed by PCR amplification and Sanger sequencing. HPV infection status, p53 expression and TP53 mutation were compared with clinical outcome including overall survival and recurrence-free survival by Kaplan-Meier method and Log-rank test.ResultsOf the 111 investigated patients, 18 (16.22%) were positive for HPV infection. HPV(-) patients have a worse clinical outcome than HPV(+) patients. TP53 mutations have similar mutation rates in patients with and without HPV (55.56% vs. 41.94%). p53 and TP53 mutation were not associated with prognosis of patients in HPV(-) patients. TP53 disruptive mutations were found both in patients with or without HPV infection. Furthermore, TP53 non-disruptive mutation had a significantly better clinical outcome than those with disruptive mutation in HPV(-) patients.ConclusionOur results showed that HPV infection status is a strong prognostic indicator of survival. p53 and TP53 mutations do not appear to significantly impact survival in HPV(-) patients. TP53 disruptive mutation is associated with reduced survival in HPV(-)/TP53 mutation patients.
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