Abstract:Objective To detect the expressions of cell cycle protein D1 (CyclinD1) and p27 protein (p27) in non small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), and to explore the relationships of CyclinD1 and p27 with clinicopathological features and postoperative recurrence.Methods The clinical data of 125 NSCLC patients were reviewed. All patients underwent surgical resection. The expressions of CyclinD1 and p27 proteins were detected by immunohistochemistry SP method after operation. The expressions of these proteins in cancer tissues of patients with different clinicopathological characteristics were compared. The expressions of CyclinD1 and p27 protein in recurrent and non recurrent cancer tissues were compared. The relationships of the expression of CyclinD1 and p27 proteins with postoperative recurrence with Stepwise Cox regression analysis were defined.Results The positive expression rate of cyclinD1 protein in cancer tissue was higher than that in adjacent tissues (P < 0.05), and the positive expression rate of p27 protein was lower than that of adjacent tissues (P < 0.05). The positive expression rates of cyclinD1 protein in cancer tissues of IIIa stage and low differentiation patients were higher than those of I, II stage and middle and high differentiation patients, and the positive expression rates of p27 protein were lower than those of Ⅰ, Ⅱ stage and middle and high differentiation patients (P < 0.05). The recurrence rate was 63.20%. The positive expression rate of CyclinD1 protein in recurrent cancer was higher than that in non recurrent cancer (P < 0.05), and the positive expression rate of p27 protein was lower than that of patients without recurrence (P < 0.05). The patients with recurrent NSCLC of those with clinical IIIa stage, low differentiation, positive expression of CyclinD1 protein and negative expression of p27 protein were higher than those without recurrence (P < 0.05), and the proportions of lymph node dissection and postoperative radiotherapy and chemotherapy in patients with recurrence were lower than those in patients without recurrence (P < 0.05). Stepwise Cox regression analysis showed that clinical Ⅲa stage [O^R = 5.818 (95% CI: 1.926, 6.981)], low differentiation [O^R = 6.613 (95% CI: 2.507, 7.669) ], positive expression of cyclinD1 protein [O^R = 7.199 (95% CI: 2.147, 7.958) ], and negative expression of p27 protein [O^R = 5.339 (95% CI: 2.209, 5.869) ] were risk factors independent risk factors of postoperative recurrence, and lymph node dissection [O^R = 0.477 (95% CI: 0.341, 0.597) ] and postoperative radiotherapy and chemotherapy [O^R = 0.486 (95% CI: 0.322, 0.674) ] were protective factors.Conclusion The positive expression rate of CyclinD1 protein in NSCLC is higher than that in adjacent tissues, and the positive expression rate of p27 protein is lower than that in adjacent tissues. They are closely related to pathological stage, degree of differentiation and postoperative recurrence. The positive expression of CyclinD1 protein in cancer tissues, the negative expression of p27 protein in cancer tissues, and clinical IIIa stage are independent risk factors for recurrence, while lymph node dissection, postoperative radiotherapy, and chemotherapy are the protective factors.