Objective: To explore the relationship between human epidermal growth factor receptor(EGFR) expression and tumor size, lymph node metastasis and prognosis in patients with meibomian gland carcinoma. Methods:The clinical data of 345 patients with meibomian gland carcinoma were retrospectively analyzed. EGFR expression levels in cancer tissues and adjacent normal tissues were detected by immunohistochemistry. A total of 190 patients with positive EGFR expression were included. According to the EGFR expression level, the patients were divided into a low expression group of 40 cases, a medium expression group of 85 cases, and a high expression group of 65 cases. Their relationship with tumor size and lymph node metastasis was analyzed. The Kaplan-Meier method was used to draw survival analysis curves, and the Cox regression model was used to evaluate the independent impact on prognosis. Results:Among the 345 patients with meibomian gland carcinoma, the proportion of EGFR positive expression accounted for 55.07%(190/345). The expression level of EGFR in cancer tissue was significantly higher than that in adjacent normal tissue(P<0.05). The proportion of large tumors(>3 cm), lymph node metastasis, deep invasion, and Ki-67 proliferation index >20% in the EGFR high expression group, were significantly higher than those in the medium expression and low expression groups(P<0.05). The expression of EGFR in tumors>3 cm was significantly higher than that in tumors ≤3 cm(P<0.05); the EGFR expression in tumors with lymph node metastasis was significantly higher than that in tumors without lymph node metastasis(P<0.05). ROC curve analysis results showed that the AUC value of EGFR expression in predicting tumor size(>3 cm) was 0.795, and the AUC value of EGFR expression in predicting lymphatic metastasis was 0.837, both showing moderate diagnostic performance. Cox single-factor regression analysis and survival analysis results showed that EGFR, tumor size, lymph node metastasis, tumor grade, and Ki-67 proliferation index were all related to the prognosis of patients with meibomian gland carcinoma(P<0.05). Cox multivariate regression analysis showed that EGFR, tumor size, lymph node metastasis, tumor grade, and Ki-67 proliferation index were all affecting the prognosis of patients with meibomian gland carcinoma(P<0.05). Conclusion: High EGFR expression in patients with meibomian gland carcinoma is significantly associated with larger tumor size, lymph node metastasis and aggressive pathological features, and patients in the high expression group have poorer survival prognosis. High expression of EGFR may be used as a potential biomarker for tumor progression and prognosis assessment in patients with meibomian gland carcinoma. |
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