Prognostic value of soluble major histocompatibility complex class I polypeptide-related sequence A in non-small-cell lung cancer – significance and development

Abstract

Roberto Cascone, Annalisa Carlucci, Matteo Pierdiluca, Mario Santini, Alfonso FiorelliThoracic Surgery Unit, Università degli Studi della Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”, Naples, ItalyAbstract: Soluble major histocompatibility complex class I polypeptide-related sequence A (sMICA) is a useful marker in surveillance of lung cancer. High serum sMICA level in patients with non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) seems to be a poor prognostic factor being correlated with poor differentiation and advanced stage. However, the low specificity limits its role as a single prognostic marker of NSCLC, but its evaluation, in addition to standard serum markers, could improve the staging of NSCLC. Despite promising, all current studies are insufficient to assess the real efficiency of sMICA as a prognostic marker of NSCLC, and hence, future studies are required to validate it.Keywords: NSCLC, MICA, MICB, prognostic factor 

Keywords

• Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
• Major Histocompatibility Complex Class I Polypeptide-Related Sequence A
• Major Histocompatibility Complex Class I Polypeptide-Related Sequence B
• prognostic factor