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Prognostic marker analysis in pediatric intracranial ependymomas.

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McLendon, RE; Lipp, E; Satterfield, D; Ehinger, M; Austin, A; Fleming, D; Perkinson, K; Lefaivre, M; Zagzag, D; Wiener, B; Gururangan, S ...
Published in: J Neurooncol
April 2015

Histologic grading methods dependent upon H&E staining review have not been shown to reliably predict survival in children with intracranial ependymomas due to the subjectivity of the analytical methods. We hypothesized that the immunohistochemical detection of MIB-1, Tenascin C, CD34, VEGF, and CA IX may represent objective markers of post-operative survival (Progression Free and Overall Survival; PFS, OS) in these patients. Intracranial ependymomas from patients aged 22 years or less were studied. The original histologic grade was recorded, H&E sections were reviewed for vascular proliferation status, and immunohistochemistry was used to determine MIB-1, Tenascin C, CD34, VEGF, and CA IX status. Based upon the World Health Organization (WHO) grading system, 3 Grade I, 18 Grade II and 9 Grade III ependymomas were studied. Median follow-up time was 9.0 years; median PFS was, 6.1 years. Original WHO grade did not correlate with PFS or OS. Peri-necrotic CA IX localization correlated with PFS (Log rank = 0.0181) and OS (Log rank p = 0.0015). All patients with a CA IX ≤ 5 % total area localization were alive at last follow-up. Perinecrotic CA IX staining was also associated with vascular proliferation (p = 0.006), though not with VEGF expression score. MIB-1 labeling index (LI) correlated with OS (HR 1.06, 95 % CI 1.01, 1.12) and PFS (HR 1.08, 95 % CI 1.02, 1.14). MIB-1 LI and perinecrotic CA IX individually correlated with PFS. The effect of perinecrotic CA IX remained when grade was added to a Cox model predicting PFS. Immunodetection of CA IX and MIB-1 expression are predictive biomarkers for survival in children with posterior fossa ependymomas. These markers represent objective indicators of survival that supplement H&E grading alone.

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J Neurooncol

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1573-7373

Publication Date

April 2015

Volume

122

Issue

2

Start / End Page

255 / 261

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A
  • Tenascin
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Prognosis
  • Oncology & Carcinogenesis
  • Neoplasm Grading
  • Male
  • Kaplan-Meier Estimate
  • Infant
  • Immunohistochemistry
 

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McLendon, R. E., Lipp, E., Satterfield, D., Ehinger, M., Austin, A., Fleming, D., … Healy, P. (2015). Prognostic marker analysis in pediatric intracranial ependymomas. J Neurooncol, 122(2), 255–261. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11060-014-1711-z
McLendon, Roger E., Eric Lipp, Diane Satterfield, Melissa Ehinger, Alan Austin, Debra Fleming, Kathryn Perkinson, et al. “Prognostic marker analysis in pediatric intracranial ependymomas.J Neurooncol 122, no. 2 (April 2015): 255–61. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11060-014-1711-z.
McLendon RE, Lipp E, Satterfield D, Ehinger M, Austin A, Fleming D, et al. Prognostic marker analysis in pediatric intracranial ependymomas. J Neurooncol. 2015 Apr;122(2):255–61.
McLendon, Roger E., et al. “Prognostic marker analysis in pediatric intracranial ependymomas.J Neurooncol, vol. 122, no. 2, Apr. 2015, pp. 255–61. Pubmed, doi:10.1007/s11060-014-1711-z.
McLendon RE, Lipp E, Satterfield D, Ehinger M, Austin A, Fleming D, Perkinson K, Lefaivre M, Zagzag D, Wiener B, Gururangan S, Fuchs H, Friedman HS, Herndon JE, Healy P. Prognostic marker analysis in pediatric intracranial ependymomas. J Neurooncol. 2015 Apr;122(2):255–261.
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Published In

J Neurooncol

DOI

EISSN

1573-7373

Publication Date

April 2015

Volume

122

Issue

2

Start / End Page

255 / 261

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A
  • Tenascin
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Prognosis
  • Oncology & Carcinogenesis
  • Neoplasm Grading
  • Male
  • Kaplan-Meier Estimate
  • Infant
  • Immunohistochemistry