Prognostic immunohistochemical biomarkers of chemotherapy efficacy in biliary tract cancer: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Abstract

INTRODUCTION:

Chemotherapy is the mainstay of systemic treatment of biliary tract cancer (BTC). However, the treatment response to chemotherapy varies between patients. Currently, no prognostic biomarkers for chemotherapy efficacy have been considered for use in clinical practice. A systematic review was conducted to evaluate the prognostic value of immunohistochemical biomarkers for chemotherapy in patients with resected as well as with advanced BTC.

METHOD:

Medline and EMBASE databases were searched up to March 2017 for studies that evaluated biomarker expression by immunohistochemistry in resected or advanced BTC patients treated with chemotherapy. The primary endpoints were overall survival (OS) and disease or progression free survival (DFS or PFS).

RESULT:

Twenty-six studies, including a total of 1348 patients and 26 different biomarkers, met the inclusion criteria and were included in this review. The most frequently studied prognostic biomarkers in BTC were the human Equilibrative Nucleoside Transporter 1 (hENT1), Ribonucleotide Reductase M1 (RRM1), and excision repair cross-complementation 1 (ERCC1). In the meta-analysis of patients treated with gemcitabine-based chemotherapy, high hENT1 expression was associated with longer OS (HR 0.43, 95% CI: 0.28 to 0.64) and DFS/PFS (HR 0.45, 95% CI: 0.33 to 0.61).

CONCLUSION:

hENT1 is a promising prognostic biomarker for gemcitabine-based chemotherapy in resected as well as in advanced BTC and should be further validated for the selection of patients for chemotherapy.

• Authors: Ali Belkouz, Tim A Labeur, Joeri Dierks, Frederike Dijk, Martijn G H van Oijen, Joanne Verheij, Thomas M van Gulik, Marc J van de Vijver, Hanneke Wilmink, Cornelis J A Punt, Heinz-Josef Klümpen
• Journal: Critical reviews in oncology/hematology (Crit Rev Oncol Hematol) Vol. 141 Pg. 82-94 (Sep 2019) ISSN: 1879-0461 [Electronic] Netherlands
• PMID: 31255992 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Meta-Analysis, Systematic Review)
• Copyright: Copyright © 2019 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Chemical References

• Biomarkers, Pharmacological
• Biomarkers, Tumor

Topics

• Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols (therapeutic use)
• Bile Duct Neoplasms (diagnosis, drug therapy, epidemiology, metabolism)
• Biliary Tract Neoplasms (diagnosis, drug therapy, epidemiology, metabolism)
• Biomarkers, Pharmacological (analysis, metabolism)
• Biomarkers, Tumor (analysis, classification, metabolism)
• Disease-Free Survival
• Humans
• Immunohistochemistry
• Prognosis
• Survival Analysis
• Treatment Outcome