Higher immunoexpression of CK14 from the Wnt-1/β-catenin pathway in the development of odontomas.

Tooth development depends on a series of reciprocal signaling interactions between the oral epithelium and ectomesenchyme. This study aimed to investigate the role of CK14, a protein involved in Wnt-1/β-catenin signaling, in odontogenesis and the development of odontomas. This cross-sectional, retrospective, immunohistochemical study analyzed 30 compound odontomas, 30 complex odontomas, and 17 tooth germs.

Prognostic value of histopathological grading systems in lip and tongue squamous cell carcinoma.

Objective: We evaluated the prognostic value of 3 histopathological grading systems in lower lip squamous cell carcinoma (LLSCC) and oral tongue SCC (OTSCC) cases.

Methods: We examined 62 OTSCC cases and 69 LLSCC cases using the tumor budding/depth (BD), tumor-stroma ratio (TSR), and TSR/tumor budding models and analyzed the relationship between clinicopathological parameters and patient prognosis based on overall survival (OS) and disease-free survival (DFS).

Results: In OTSCC cases, T3 and T4 tumors were significantly associated with 5 or more tumor buds and a high BD score.

Biological role of the bidirectional interaction between epithelial-mesenchymal transition and PD-L1 expression in head and neck squamous cell carcinomas: A systematic review.

Background: Squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) is the most common head and neck malignant neoplasm. Despite progress in antineoplastic treatment for SCC, there are still high morbidity and mortality rates. Over the years, several tumor biomarkers have been suggested to predict the prognosis of patients with oral SCC.

Prognostic and clinicopathological significance of tumor-stroma ratio in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma: A systematic review.

Background: Analysis of the tumor microenvironment has been proposed as a strategy for the treatment and prognosis of different neoplastic processes. A grading system based on the tumor-stroma ratio (TSR), which evaluates the proportion of stroma in relation to neoplastic parenchyma at the invasion front, has shown a strong prognostic value in different neoplastic processes. The aim of the present systematic review was to understand the role of the TSR in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC), evaluating its correlation with clinical and prognostic parameters.