p53 Immunostaining positivity is associated with reduced survival and is imperfectly correlated with gene mutations in resected non-small cell lung cancer: A preliminary report of LCSG 871

D. P. Carbone, T. Mitsudomi, H. Chiba, S. Piantadosi, V. Rusch, J. A. Nowak, D. McIntire, D. Slamon, A. Gazdar, J. Minna

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    Abstract

    We investigated the correlation of p53 abnormalities with survival in 85 patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) who had undergone resection with curative intent as part of Lung Cancer Study Group (LCSG) 871. Our previous studies showed that only a subset of p53 mutations in lung cancers result in overexpression. In addition, protein overexpression has been described in the absence of mutation. Therefore, we determined both p53 protein overexpression (by immunostaining) and p53 and ras gene mutations (by single-strand conformation polymorphism and DNA sequencing) in this set of resected tumor specimens. Clinical follow-up data were available for 75 cases. Of the studied patients, 64% showed p53 overexpression and 51% had mutant p53 sequences; however, the concordance rate was only 67%. There was a negative survival correlation with positive p53 immunostaining (p=0.05), but not with the presence of gene mutations (p=0.62) in this group of patients. Overexpression of p53 protein determined by immunostaining may contribute to adverse outcome due to the ability of p53 to act as a dominant oncogene, or alternatively, overexpression may reflect ongoing DNA damage in the tumor as a marker for a more aggressive behavior. When adjusted for stage, age, and gender by multivariate analysis, however, there was no independent impact of p53 overexpression on survival.

    Original languageEnglish (US)
    Pages (from-to)377S-381S
    JournalCHEST
    Volume106
    Issue number6 SUPPL.
    DOIs
    StatePublished - Jan 1 1994

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
    • Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine
    • Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine

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