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CHEST
Volume 142, Issue 1, Pages 151-158Publisher
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DOI: 10.1378/chest.11-2458
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- Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare [19-10]
- Foundation for the Promotion of Cancer Research
- Program for the Promotion of Fundamental Studies in Health Sciences of the National Institute of Biomedical Innovation
- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) [20590417, 215981]
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [20590417] Funding Source: KAKEN
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Background: The tumor microenvironment, of which cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs) and tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs) are the major cellular components, plays an important role in tumor progression. This study evaluated the significance of podoplanin-positive CAFs and CD204-positive TAMs, which may reflect tumor-promoting CAFs and TAMs, as risk factors for recurrence in patients with stage I lung adenocarcinoma. Methods: The expression of podoplanin in CAFs and CD204 in TAMs was analyzed by immunohistochemistry in 304 patients with stage I lung adenocarcinoma who underwent surgical resection between September 1992 and July 2004. The recurrence-free proportion (RFP) was estimated using the Kaplan-Meier method. Results: The presence of podoplanin-positive CAFs and the higher number of CD204-positive TAMs were associated with a lower 5-year RFP (P < .001 and P = .001, respectively). Podoplanin-positive CAT's were an independently statistically significant risk factor for recurrence with the highest hazard ratio (3.474, P = .029, by multivariate Cox proportional hazards model). According to subgroup analyses combining podoplanin-positive CAFs and other independent risk factors (visceral pleural invasion and intratumoral vascular invasion), the 5-year RFPs were 95.6%, 92.3%, 80.5%, and 30.3% (P = .294, P = .067, and P < .001) for patients with zero, one, two;or three risk factors, respectively. Conclusions: Podoplanin-positive CAFs were the most powerful independent risk factor for recurrence in patients with stage I lung adenocarcinoma. Podoplanin-positive CAFs may be useful for identifying patients with a high risk of recurrence who might benefit from adjuvant chemotherapy. CHEST 2012; 142(1):151-158
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