Lukas Owens, Ojas Brahme, Roman Gulati, Ruth Etzioni
{"title":"Trends in age and prostate-specific antigen at prostate cancer diagnosis between 2010 and 2019.","authors":"Lukas Owens, Ojas Brahme, Roman Gulati, Ruth Etzioni","doi":"10.1093/jncics/pkae106","DOIUrl":"10.1093/jncics/pkae106","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Recent studies have shown that de novo metastatic prostate cancer incidence in the United States increased from 2010 to 2019. Plausible explanations include delayed detection after recommendations against prostate cancer screening or upstaging associated with use of more sensitive imaging technologies. Using Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results patient cases and controlling for aging of the population, we found the median age and prostate-specific antigen (PSA) level at prostate cancer diagnosis increased by 1.4 years of age (95% CI = 1.3 to 1.5 years) and 1.4 ng/mL (95% CI = 1.4 to 1.5 ng/mL) over this period, consistent with the delayed detection hypothesis. Racial differences were noted, with 75th percentiles of PSA at diagnosis increasing by 4.3 ng/mL (95% CI = 3.7 to 4.8 ng/mL) over this time period for non-Hispanic Black men compared with 3.0 ng/mL (95% CI = 2.8 to 3.2 ng/mL) for non-Hispanic White men. Overall, patient characteristics at diagnosis suggest that delayed detection contributed at least in part to increases in de novo metastatic disease.</p>","PeriodicalId":14681,"journal":{"name":"JNCI Cancer Spectrum","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11578289/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142500639","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Gabriel A Benavidez, Ami E Sedani, Tisha M Felder, Matthew Asare, Charles R Rogers
{"title":"Rural-urban disparities and trends in cancer screening: an analysis of Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System data (2018-2022).","authors":"Gabriel A Benavidez, Ami E Sedani, Tisha M Felder, Matthew Asare, Charles R Rogers","doi":"10.1093/jncics/pkae113","DOIUrl":"10.1093/jncics/pkae113","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Despite evidence of the benefit of routine cancer screenings, data show a concerning decline in cancer screening uptake for multiple cancers. This analysis aimed to examine rural-urban differences in recent trends for being up-to-date with screenings for breast, cervical, and colorectal cancers.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We used 2018, 2020, and 2022 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System data to assess up-to-date cancer screening status among eligible adults in the United States. We calculated weighted prevalence estimates overall and stratified by county-level rural-urban classification. We used survey-weighted multivariable logistic regression models to examine rural-urban disparities in cancer screening up-to-date status by year.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Prevalence of being up-to-date with each cancer screening was lower in 2022 than it was in 2018. The largest decline in screening overall was for cervical cancer, which dropped from 81.89% in 2018 to 47.71% in 2022. Rural-urban disparities were observed for breast cancer screening from 2018 to 2022, with the odds of up-to-date screening being 14% to 27% lower for rural populations than for urban populations. For colorectal and cervical cancers, the odds of being up-to-date with screenings were lower for rural populations in 2018 and 2020, but no statistically significant difference was observed in 2022 (colorectal screening odds ratio = 0.96, 95% CI = 0.90 to 1.02; cervical screening odds ratio = 0.97, 95% CI = 0.93 to 1.03).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>There is a concerning trend of decreasing uptake of cancer screenings that will challenge future efforts in cancer prevention and control. There is a need to better understand the factors contributing to the decline in cancer screening update.</p>","PeriodicalId":14681,"journal":{"name":"JNCI Cancer Spectrum","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11671142/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142620722","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Brennan Parmelee Streck, Dilorom Sass, Rachelle Brick, Leah Fisk, Alicia A Livinski, Jennifer L Guida
{"title":"Systematic review of associations between anxiety, depression, and functional/biological aging among cancer survivors.","authors":"Brennan Parmelee Streck, Dilorom Sass, Rachelle Brick, Leah Fisk, Alicia A Livinski, Jennifer L Guida","doi":"10.1093/jncics/pkae100","DOIUrl":"10.1093/jncics/pkae100","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Evidence suggests a mind-body component to aging through which psychological distress from anxiety and depression drives molecular changes that promote early decline (ie, accelerated aging). Cancer survivors experience particularly high rates of anxiety and depression. Some survivors also have accelerated aging, though the relationships between anxiety and depression and aging are not clear. A synthesis of evidence is needed to understand the state of the science and impending priorities.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>PubMed, Embase, CINAHL, Web of Science, and PsycNet databases were searched for studies that measured associations between depression, anxiety, and nonchronological aging in cancer survivors (2012-2022). Data were methodologically evaluated.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Survivorship studies were included if they were peer reviewed, published in English from 2012 to 2022, and measured associations between anxiety and depression and aging. In total, 51 studies were included. Just over half were cross-sectional (53%). Foci included functional (n = 35 [69%]) and biological (n = 16 [31%]). Functional aging measures included frailty, sarcopenia, geriatric assessment, and cognition. Biological aging measures included telomere length, telomerase, age-related inflammatory blood-based biomarkers, renal insufficiency, anemia, and DNA methylation. We tested 223 associations. Associations between anxiety, depression, and aging were generally positive, though with varying strengths. Most compelling were associations between functional aging and depression. There were concerns for selection and measurement biases.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Findings suggest positive associations between anxiety, depression, and aging among cancer survivors. Future work is needed to clarify temporality, develop a consensus on the measurement of aging, and diversify cohorts.</p>","PeriodicalId":14681,"journal":{"name":"JNCI Cancer Spectrum","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11631420/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142500638","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ronald C Chen, Ramsankar Basak, Stacie Dusetzina, Deborah S Usinger, Zahed Mohammed, Aaron D Falchook, Jessica R Schumacher, Amanda B Francescatti, Amanda Cuddy, George J Chang, Benjamin D Kozower, Caprice C Greenberg, Anne K Barber, Aaron J Katz
{"title":"Posttreatment surveillance intensity and overall survival in prostate cancer survivors (AFT-30).","authors":"Ronald C Chen, Ramsankar Basak, Stacie Dusetzina, Deborah S Usinger, Zahed Mohammed, Aaron D Falchook, Jessica R Schumacher, Amanda B Francescatti, Amanda Cuddy, George J Chang, Benjamin D Kozower, Caprice C Greenberg, Anne K Barber, Aaron J Katz","doi":"10.1093/jncics/pkae099","DOIUrl":"10.1093/jncics/pkae099","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Posttreatment surveillance affects millions of cancer survivors, but empiric data to guide clinical practice are lacking. This study assessed whether the intensity of surveillance testing after radical prostatectomy or radiation therapy for localized prostate cancer is associated with overall survival.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Men diagnosed with localized prostate cancer between 2005 and 2010 who underwent radical prostatectomy or radiation therapy at a Commission on Cancer-accredited facility were randomly sampled. Primary data collected from 10 147 patients sampled across 1007 facilities were linked with existing data from the National Cancer Database. Analysis examined whether intensity of surveillance measured as the number of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) tests in the first year after primary treatment (categorized as 0-1 [low intensity], 2 [medium], or ≥3 [high intensity] PSA tests) was associated with overall survival. Secondary outcomes included recurrence-free survival (RFS) and subsequent use of imaging tests, biopsy procedures, and salvage treatment.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Median follow-up exceeded 8 years from prostate cancer diagnosis. Overall survival was not statistically significantly different across surveillance intensity groups among radiation therapy (P = .59) or radical prostatectomy (P = .29) patients. RFS was not statistically significantly different across surveillance intensity groups for radiation therapy (P = .13) patients but was for radical prostatectomy (P = .01) patients with high intensity associated with the worst RFS. In both treatments, higher surveillance intensity was associated with more procedures and salvage treatments.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>In patients with localized prostate cancer, more frequent PSA surveillance testing after radical prostatectomy or radiation therapy was associated with increased procedures and salvage treatments but not overall survival.</p>","PeriodicalId":14681,"journal":{"name":"JNCI Cancer Spectrum","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11560850/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142390604","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Angelina Tjokrowidjaja, Peey-Sei Kok, Yoland C Antill, Clare L Scott, Linda R Mileshkin, Michael L Friedlander, Chee K Lee
{"title":"Impact of chemotherapy on patients with mismatch repair deficient advanced endometrial carcinomas-a meta-analysis.","authors":"Angelina Tjokrowidjaja, Peey-Sei Kok, Yoland C Antill, Clare L Scott, Linda R Mileshkin, Michael L Friedlander, Chee K Lee","doi":"10.1093/jncics/pkae101","DOIUrl":"10.1093/jncics/pkae101","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Chemo-immunotherapy is standard of care for women with recurrent or advanced mismatch repair deficient endometrial carcinoma. However, it is uncertain whether patients with mismatch repair deficient advanced or recurrent endometrial carcinoma derive less benefit from chemotherapy than those with mismatch repair proficient endometrial carcinoma.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We performed a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) in advanced or recurrent endometrial carcinoma to determine the difference in the benefit of chemotherapy in mismatch repair deficient vs mismatch repair proficient endometrial carcinoma. Data on chemotherapy outcomes including objective response rate, progression-free survival (PFS), and overall survival were retrieved. We pooled these data using the inverse variance method and examined subgroup difference by mismatch repair status. We also compared differences in PFS and overall survival outcomes by creating individual patient data from the Kaplan-Meier curves of trial publications for sensitivity analyses.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 5 RCTs with 1137 participants (mismatch repair deficient, 26%; mismatch repair proficient, 74%) were included. All participants were treated with carboplatin-based chemotherapy. There was no difference between the mismatch repair deficient and mismatch repair proficient subgroups for objective response rate (66.5% vs 64.0%; P = .20 for subgroup difference), PFS (hazard ratio [HR] = 0.93, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 0.77 to 1.12; P = .44; median PFS = 7.6 vs 9.5 months) or overall survival (HR = 1.03, 95% CI = 0.73 to 1.44; P = .88; median overall survival = not reached vs 28.6 months).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Objective response rate, PFS, and overall survival were similar among those with mismatch repair deficient vs mismatch repair proficient endometrial cancer treated with front-line, platinum-doublet chemotherapy in RCTs. These findings reinforce the importance of combining chemotherapy together with immune checkpoint inhibitors until the results of trials comparing immune checkpoint therapy alone with combination therapy are available.</p>","PeriodicalId":14681,"journal":{"name":"JNCI Cancer Spectrum","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11552623/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142465721","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Samuel L Washington Iii, Mary Fakunle, Lufan Wang, Avery E Braun, Michael Leapman, Janet E Cowan, Matthew R Cooperberg
{"title":"County-level racial disparities in prostate cancer-specific mortality from 2005 to 2020.","authors":"Samuel L Washington Iii, Mary Fakunle, Lufan Wang, Avery E Braun, Michael Leapman, Janet E Cowan, Matthew R Cooperberg","doi":"10.1093/jncics/pkae109","DOIUrl":"10.1093/jncics/pkae109","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Local conditions where people live continue to influence prostate cancer outcomes. By examining local characteristics associated with trends in Black-White differences in prostate cancer-specific mortality over time, we aim to identify factors driving county-level prostate cancer-specific mortality disparities over a 15-year period.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We linked county-level data (Area Health Resource File) with clinicodemographic data of men with prostate cancer (Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results registry) from 2005 to 2020. Generalized linear mixed models evaluated associations between race and county-level age-standardized prostate cancer-specific mortality, adjusting for age; year of death; rurality; county-level education; income; uninsured rates; and densities of urologists, radiologists, primary care practitioners, and hospital beds.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>In 1085 counties, 185 390 patients were identified of which 15.8% were non-Hispanic Black. Racial disparities in prostate cancer-specific mortality narrowed from 2005 to 2020 (25.4 per 100 000 to 19.2 per 100 000 overall, 57.9 per 100 000 to 38 per 100 000 for non-Hispanic Black patients, and 23.4 per 100 000 to 18.3 per 100 000 for non-Hispanic White patients). For non-Hispanic Black and non-Hispanic White patients, county prostate cancer-specific mortality changes varied greatly (-65% to +77% and -61% to +112%, respectively). From 2016 to 2020, non-Hispanic Black patients harbored greater prostate cancer-specific mortality risk (relative risk = 2.09, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 2.01 to 2.18); higher radiation oncologist density was associated with lower mortality risk (relative risk = 0.93, 95% CI = 0.89 to 0.98), while other practitioner densities were not.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Although overall rates improved, specific counties experienced worsening race-based disparities over time. Identifying locations of highest (and lowest) mortality disparities remains critical to development of location-specific solutions to racial disparities in prostate cancer outcomes.</p>","PeriodicalId":14681,"journal":{"name":"JNCI Cancer Spectrum","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11631307/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142568662","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jean A McDougall, Shoshana Adler Jaffe, Kendal Jacobson, Tori L Shaver, Jennifer L F Wilson, Katrina Baca, Tawny Boyce, Bernard Tawfik, Janet Page-Reeves
{"title":"Randomized pilot trial of an unconditional cash transfer intervention to address food insecurity in oncology.","authors":"Jean A McDougall, Shoshana Adler Jaffe, Kendal Jacobson, Tori L Shaver, Jennifer L F Wilson, Katrina Baca, Tawny Boyce, Bernard Tawfik, Janet Page-Reeves","doi":"10.1093/jncics/pkae107","DOIUrl":"10.1093/jncics/pkae107","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Screening for food insecurity and other social determinants of health is being integrated into oncology practice. We performed a pilot randomized trial to investigate whether an unconditional cash transfer (UCT) could be used to address food insecurity among female breast and gynecological cancer survivors. Food-insecure cancer survivors completed a baseline survey and were randomly assigned to receive $100/month for 3 months (UCT) or usual care (UC). Participants (n = 14) completed a follow-up survey after 3 months, and we compared changes in health-related quality of life, indicators of food insecurity, diet quality, and whether a participant had to forgo, delay, or make changes to medical care because of cost. The UCT was associated with higher physical health scores, fewer indicators of food insecurity, better diet quality, and a lower likelihood of forgoing medical care than those who received UC. Our results suggest that UCTs can improve outcomes for food-insecure cancer survivors.</p>","PeriodicalId":14681,"journal":{"name":"JNCI Cancer Spectrum","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11574865/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142500626","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Drew Moghanaki, Michelle Ann Eala, Jill Feldman, Terri Ann DiJulio, Peter Gorayski
{"title":"Lung cancer-a one-way ticket.","authors":"Drew Moghanaki, Michelle Ann Eala, Jill Feldman, Terri Ann DiJulio, Peter Gorayski","doi":"10.1093/jncics/pkae098","DOIUrl":"10.1093/jncics/pkae098","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":14681,"journal":{"name":"JNCI Cancer Spectrum","volume":"8 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11540168/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142589633","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Alyshia Hamm, Evgenia Karayeva, Manoela Lima Oliveira, Nabil Kahouadji, Paul Grippo, Patricia G Wolf, Ece Mutlu, Lisa Tussing-Humphreys, Sage J Kim
{"title":"Neighborhood homicide rate and odds of colorectal adenoma among adult patients seeking colonoscopy.","authors":"Alyshia Hamm, Evgenia Karayeva, Manoela Lima Oliveira, Nabil Kahouadji, Paul Grippo, Patricia G Wolf, Ece Mutlu, Lisa Tussing-Humphreys, Sage J Kim","doi":"10.1093/jncics/pkae110","DOIUrl":"10.1093/jncics/pkae110","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Chronic exposure to ambient stressors, including neighborhood crime, may have a detrimental impact on the body's stress response system with implications for colorectal carcinogenesis.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We examined associations between the mean neighborhood homicide rates from 2000 and 2018 and diagnosis of colorectal adenoma among patients at the University of Illinois Health and Hospital System in Chicago, Illinois, between 2015 and 2018.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Of the 5225 patients who underwent colonoscopy and were included in the analytic dataset, 60% had colorectal adenoma. Older age, male sex, and higher body mass index (BMI) were associated with greater odds of colorectal adenoma. The neighborhood homicide rate was associated with identifying as Black and Hispanic and higher BMI. A mediation analysis showed that the neighborhood homicide rate effects on colorectal adenoma were mediated through BMI.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The study concluded that older age, male sex, and higher BMI increases the odds of colorectal adenoma, with neighborhood homicide rate indirectly influencing this risk through its association with BMI, particularly among Black and Hispanic individuals.</p>","PeriodicalId":14681,"journal":{"name":"JNCI Cancer Spectrum","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11643352/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142545507","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Low CD86 expression is a predictive biomarker for clinical response to the therapeutic human papillomavirus vaccine IGMKK16E7: results of a post hoc analysis.","authors":"Hanano Ando, Yuki Katoh, Osamu Kobayashi, Yuji Ikeda, Hideaki Yahata, Takashi Iwata, Toyomi Satoh, Azusa Akiyama, Daichi Maeda, Yumiko Hori-Hirose, Yukari Uemura, Kaori Nakayama-Hosoya, Kanoko Katoh, Takahiro Nakajima, Ayumi Taguchi, Atsushi Komatsu, Saki Kamata, Naoko Tomita, Kiyoko Kato, Daisuke Aoki, Shizunobu Igimi, Ai Kawana-Tachikawa, Danny J Schust, Kei Kawana","doi":"10.1093/jncics/pkae091","DOIUrl":"10.1093/jncics/pkae091","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Although therapeutic human papillomavirus vaccines could offer a noninvasive treatment for patients with cervical intraepithelial neoplasia, none has been clinically implemented. Oral administration of the therapeutic human papillomavirus vaccine IGMKK16E7 results in the histological regression of human papillomavirus 16-positive cervical intraepithelial neoplasia 2/3 to normal (complete response). We investigated biomarkers that could predict complete response after oral administration of IGMKK16E7.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Forty-two patients administered high-dose oral IGMKK16E7 in a phase I/II trial were included. Cervix-exfoliated cells were collected before vaccine administration. Gene expression of CD4, CD8, FOXP3, programmed cell death 1 protein, CTLA4, CD103, CD28, CD80, CD86, and programmed cell death 1 ligand 1 in the cells was measured by quantitative reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction. Receiver operating characteristic curve analysis and Mann-Whitney tests were used to explore potential biomarkers. Pearson correlation coefficient analysis was used to correlate gene expression profiles with clinical outcome.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The only predictive biomarker of vaccine response for which receiver operating characteristic curve analysis showed significant diagnostic performance with histological complete response was CD86 (area under the curve = 0.71, 95% confidence interval = 0.53 to 0.88, P = .020). Patients with complete response had significantly lower CD86 expression (CD86-low) than patients with no complete response (P = .035). The complete response rates for CD86-low and CD86-high patients were 50% and 19%, respectively, and CD86-low patients had a significantly higher complete response rate (P = .047). Compared with all patients, the CD86-low group had a 1.5-fold increase in the complete response rate. Gene expression of CD86 and CTLA4 showed the strongest positive correlation with clinical outcomes in the incomplete response group (P < .001).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Low expression of CD86 in exfoliated cervical cells can be used as a pretreatment biomarker to predict histological complete response after IGMKK16E7 administration.</p>","PeriodicalId":14681,"journal":{"name":"JNCI Cancer Spectrum","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11528511/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142287464","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}