Potential Utility of Cell Free High Mobility Group AT-hook 2 (HMGA2) as a Prognostic Biomarker in Liquid Biopsies of Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma

Document Type : Research Articles

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1 Ziauddin University, Pakistan.

2 Biochemsitry, Director Postgraduate Ziauddin University, Pakistan.

3 Karachi Institute of Radiotherapy and Nuclear Medicine, Pakistan

4 Jinnah Sind Medical University, Pakistan.

5 Anatomy, King Saud Bin Abdul Aziz University, Saudi Arabia.

6 Internal, Medicine, Chinniot General Hospital, Pakistan.

Abstract

Background: Locoregional spread is a frequent finding in oral cancer which dictates poor prognosis. HMGA2 expression has been linked to malignant traits of oral cancer in tissue biopsies however, data on HMGA2 expression in liquid biopsies in oral cancer is sparse. Purpose of this study was to explore prognostic relevance of HMGA2 in liquid biopsies of oral cancer patients. Patients and Methods: After obtaining approval from Institutional Review Board of Ziauddin University and informed written consent from study subjects, expression of circulating HMGA2 was evaluated in 96 OSCC cases and 100 age and sex matched controls via real time PCR using specific set of primers. We further analyzed relationship of various sociodemographic and clinicopathological variables with HMGA2expression and explored its prognostic potential. Results: Expression was seen in 22 (23%) cases. A higher expression was observed among subjects with local invasion (52.6% vs 47.4 %), distant metastasis (71.4% vs 28.6%) and tumor recurrence (57.1% vs 42.9%) p

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Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
Volume 22, Issue 2
February 2021
Pages 407-412

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  • Receive Date: 07 September 2020
  • Revise Date: 18 January 2021
  • Accept Date: 05 February 2021

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