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Isingizwe ZR, Mortan LF, Benbrook DM. Platelet and epithelial cell interations can be modeled in cell culture, and are not affected by dihomo-gamma-linolenic acid. PLoS One 2024; 19:e0309125. [PMID: 39190751 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0309125] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2024] [Accepted: 08/06/2024] [Indexed: 08/29/2024] Open
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Increasing evidence is implicating roles for platelets in the development and progression of ovarian cancer, a highly lethal disease that can arise from the fallopian tubes, and has no current method of early detection or prevention. Thrombosis is a major cause of mortality of ovarian cancer patients suggesting that the cancer alters platelet behavior. The objective of this study was to develop a cell culture model of the pathological interactions of human platelets and ovarian cancer cells, using normal FT epithelial cells as a healthy control, and to test effects of the anti-platelet dihomo-gamma-linolenic acid (DGLA) in the model. Both healthy and cancer cells caused platelet aggregation, however platelets only affected spheroid formation by cancer cells and had no effect on healthy cell spheroid formation. When naturally-formed spheroids of epithelial cells were exposed to platelets in transwell inserts that did not allow direct interactions of the two cell types, platelets caused increased size of the spheroids formed by cancer cells, but not healthy cells. When cancer cell spheroids formed using magnetic nanoshuttle technology were put in direct physical contact with platelets, the platelets caused spheroid condensation. In ovarian cancer cells, DGLA promoted epithelial-to-mesenchymal (EMT) transition at doses as low as 100 μM, and inhibited metabolic viability and induced apoptosis at doses ≥150 μM. DGLA doses ≤150 μM used to avoid direct DGLA effects on cancer cells, had no effect on the pathological interactions of platelets and ovarian cancer cells in our models. These results demonstrate that the pathological interactions of platelets with ovarian cancer cells can be modeled in cell culture, and that DGLA has no effect on these interactions, suggesting that targeting platelets is a rational approach for reducing cancer aggressiveness and thrombosis risk in ovarian cancer patients, however DGLA is not an appropriate candidate for this strategy.
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- Zitha Redempta Isingizwe
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, United States of America
- Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Stephenson Cancer Center, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, United States of America
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- Department of Pathology, Stephenson Cancer Center, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, United States of America
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, United States of America
- Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Stephenson Cancer Center, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, United States of America
- Department of Pathology, Stephenson Cancer Center, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, United States of America
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Chatzipanagiotou OP, Tsilimigras DI, Catalano G, Ruzzenente A, Aldrighetti L, Weiss M, Bauer TW, Alexandrescu S, Poultsides GA, Maithel SK, Marques HP, Martel G, Pulitano C, Shen F, Cauchy F, Koerkamp BG, Endo I, Kitago M, Pawlik TM. Preoperative platelet count as an independent predictor of long-term outcomes among patients undergoing resection for intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma. J Surg Oncol 2024. [PMID: 39138891 DOI: 10.1002/jso.27806] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2024] [Accepted: 07/27/2024] [Indexed: 08/15/2024]
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES An elevated platelet count may reflect neoplastic and inflammatory states, with cytokine-driven overproduction of platelets. The objective of this study was to evaluate the prognostic utility of high platelet count among patients undergoing curative-intent liver surgery for intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (ICC). METHODS An international, multi-institutional cohort was used to identify patients undergoing curative-intent liver resection for ICC (2000-2020). A high platelet count was defined as platelets >300 *109/L. The relationship between preoperative platelet count, cancer-specific survival (CSS), and overall survival (OS) was examined. RESULTS Among 825 patients undergoing curative-intent resection for ICC, 139 had a high platelet count, which correlated with multifocal disease, lymph nodes metastasis, poor to undifferentiated grade, and microvascular invasion. Patients with high platelet counts had worse 5-year (35.8% vs. 46.7%, p = 0.009) CSS and OS (24.8% vs. 39.8%, p < 0.001), relative to patients with a low platelet count. After controlling for relevant clinicopathologic factors, high platelet count remained an adverse independent predictor of CSS (HR = 1.46, 95% CI 1.02-2.09) and OS (HR = 1.59, 95% CI 1.14-2.22). CONCLUSIONS High platelet count was associated with worse tumor characteristics and poor long-term CSS and OS. Platelet count represents a readily-available laboratory value that may preoperatively improve risk-stratification of patients undergoing curative-intent liver resection for ICC.
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- Department of Surgery, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio, USA
- Department of Surgery, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
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- Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Surgery, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Curry Cabral Hospital, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Department of Surgery, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Surgery, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Department of Surgery, Eastern Hepatobiliary Surgery Hospital, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Hepatobiliopancreatic Surgery and Liver Transplantation, AP-HP, Beaujon Hospital, Clichy, France
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- Department of Surgery, Erasmus University Medical Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Yokohama City University School of Medicine, Yokohama, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio, USA
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Greathouse KL, Stone JK, Vargas AJ, Choudhury A, Padgett RN, White JR, Jung A, Harris CC. Co-enrichment of cancer-associated bacterial taxa is correlated with immune cell infiltrates in esophageal tumor tissue. Sci Rep 2024; 14:2574. [PMID: 38296990 PMCID: PMC10831118 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-48862-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2023] [Accepted: 11/30/2023] [Indexed: 02/02/2024] Open
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Esophageal carcinoma (ESCA) is a leading cause of cancer-related death worldwide, and certain oral and intestinal pathogens have been associated with cancer development and progression. We asked if esophageal microbiomes had shared alterations that could provide novel biomarkers for ESCA risk. We extracted DNA from tumor and non-tumor tissue of 212 patients in the NCI-MD case control study and sequenced the 16S rRNA gene (V3-4), with TCGA ESCA RNA-seq (n = 172) and WGS (n = 123) non-human reads used as validation. We identified four taxa, Campylobacter, Prevotella, Streptococcus, and Fusobacterium as highly enriched in esophageal cancer across all cohorts. Using SparCC, we discovered that Fusobacterium and Prevotella were also co-enriched across all cohorts. We then analyzed immune cell infiltration to determine if these dysbiotic taxa were associated with immune signatures. Using xCell to obtain predicted immune infiltrates, we identified a depletion of megakaryocyte-erythroid progenitor (MEP) cells in tumors with presence of any of the four taxa, along with enrichment of platelets in tumors with Campylobactor or Fusobacterium. Taken together, our results suggest that intratumoral presence of these co-occurring bacterial genera may confer tumor promoting immune alterations that allow disease progression in esophageal cancer.
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- K L Greathouse
- Department of Biology, Baylor University, Waco, TX, USA.
- Nutrition Division, Human Sciences and Design, Baylor University, Waco, TX, USA.
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- Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Department of Biology, Baylor University, Waco, TX, USA
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- Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA
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- Resphera Biosciences, LLC, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Biology, Baylor University, Waco, TX, USA
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- Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD, USA
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Feka J, Jomrich G, Winkler D, Ilhan-Mutlu A, Kristo I, Paireder M, Rieder E, Bologheanu M, Asari R, Schoppmann SF. Platelets as a prognostic factor for patients with adenocarcinoma of the gastroesophageal junction. Langenbecks Arch Surg 2023; 408:351. [PMID: 37673810 PMCID: PMC10482770 DOI: 10.1007/s00423-023-03093-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2023] [Accepted: 09/01/2023] [Indexed: 09/08/2023]
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OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to investigate the prognostic role of plasma platelet count (PLT), mean platelet volume (MPV), and the combined COP-MPV score in patients with resectable adenocarcinomas of the gastroesophageal junction. BACKGROUND Platelet activation, quantified by PLT and elevated MPV, plays an essential part in the biological process of carcinogenesis and metastasis. An increased preoperative COP-MPV is associated with poor survival in various tumor entities. METHODS Data of 265 patients undergoing surgical resection for adenocarcinoma of the gastroesophageal junction were abstracted. COP-MPV score was defined for each patient. Utilizing univariate and multivariate Cox proportional hazard analyses, survival was determined. RESULTS In univariate analysis, elevated PLT (HR 3.58, 95% CI 2.61-4.80, p<0.001) and increased COP-MPV (HR 0.27, 95% CI 0.17-0.42, p<0.001 and HR 0.42, 95% CI 0.29-0.60, p<0.001) significantly correlated with shorter patients' overall and disease-free survival, for all 256 patients, as well as in the subgroups of neoadjuvantly treated (p<0.001) and primarily resected patients (p<0.001). COP-MPV remained a significant prognostic factor in multivariate analysis for OS. However, PLT alone showed significant diminished OS and DFS in all subgroups (p<0.001) in univariate and multivariate analysis. CONCLUSION PLT is a potent independent prognostic biomarker for survival in a large prospective cohort of patients with resectable adenocarcinoma of the gastroesophageal junction. Additionally, we confirm that the COP-MPV score is significantly associated with worse outcome in these patients, but has no benefit in comparison to PLT.
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- Joy Feka
- Department of Surgery, Medical University of Vienna, Spitalgasse 23, 1090, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Surgery, Medical University of Vienna, Spitalgasse 23, 1090, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Statistics and Operations Research, University of Vienna, Oskar Morgenstern Platz 1, 1090, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Medicine 1, Comprehensive Cancer Center (CCC), Medical University of Vienna, Spitalgasse 23, 1090, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Surgery, Medical University of Vienna, Spitalgasse 23, 1090, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Surgery, Medical University of Vienna, Spitalgasse 23, 1090, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Surgery, Medical University of Vienna, Spitalgasse 23, 1090, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Surgery, Medical University of Vienna, Spitalgasse 23, 1090, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Surgery, Medical University of Vienna, Spitalgasse 23, 1090, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Surgery, Medical University of Vienna, Spitalgasse 23, 1090, Vienna, Austria.
- Upper-GI Unit, Department of Surgery, Division of General Surgery, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Medical University of Vienna, Waehringer Guertel 18-20, 1090, Vienna, Austria.
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Liu X, Zhang K, Tang J, Jiang L, Jiang Y, Wang Q. Adjuvant chemotherapy for lymph node positive esophageal squamous cell cancer: The prediction role of low mean platelet volume. Front Oncol 2022; 12:1067682. [PMID: 36561527 PMCID: PMC9763308 DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2022.1067682] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2022] [Accepted: 11/15/2022] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Background This study aimed to examine whether MPV is a useful prognostic marker and investigated whether MPV is a risk factor that helps identify patients with locally advanced-stage ESCC who will most likely benefit from adjuvant chemotherapy. Methods Patients (n =1690) with histologically confirmed ESCC were diagnosed with locally advanced stage (pT3-4N0M0 and pT1-4N+M0) at Sichuan Cancer Hospital from 2009 to 2017. Clinicopathological factors and platelet-related values were tested for their associations with survival using univariate and multivariate Cox regression analyses. The optimal cut-off value for continuous variables was determined using the 'maxstat' R package. The KM curve continuous variable analysis was performed to identify the optimal cut-off value for MPV. Cumulative survival rates were determined using the Kaplan-Meier estimator and compared using the log-rank test. The survival analysis was performed using the 'survival' R package. All statistical analyses were performed using R software 4.1.3 (https://www.r-project.org/), and a two-sided p-value <0.05 was considered to indicate statistical significance. Results Multivariate analysis indicated that low MPV was an important risk factor for overall survival in locally advanced ESCC, independent of classic clinicopathological factors. The optimal cut-off value of MPV (11.8 fL) was used to stratify high-risk patients. Patients with low mean platelet volumes had a worse prognosis than those with larger platelet volumes, according to Kaplan-Meier analysis and the log-rank test. Patients diagnosed with a pathological lymph node-positive stage with a low MPV (≤11.8 fL) benefited from postoperative chemotherapy, but not those with a high-level MPV (>11.8 fL). Conclusion MPV served as an independent predictor of prognosis of locally advanced-stage ESCC and predicted a survival benefit conferred by postoperative adjuvant chemotherapy in lymph node-positive ESCC.
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- Xiaoling Liu
- Departments of Medical Oncology, Cancer Center, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China,Department of Medical Oncology, Sichuan Cancer Hospital and Institute, Sichuan Cancer Center, School of Medicine, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Sichuan Cancer Hospital and Institute, Sichuan Cancer Center, School of Medicine, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China
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- Departments of Medical Oncology, Cancer Center, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Sichuan Cancer Hospital and Institute, Sichuan Cancer Center, School of Medicine, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China
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- Departments of Medical Oncology, Cancer Center, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Sichuan Cancer Hospital and Institute, Sichuan Cancer Center, School of Medicine, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China,*Correspondence: Qifeng Wang,
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Elevated Platelet-to-Lymphocyte Ratio and Neutrophil-to-Lymphocyte Ratio after First Cycle of Chemotherapy and Better Survival in Esophageal Cancer Patients Receiving Concurrent Chemoradiotherapy. Curr Oncol 2022; 29:8825-8834. [PMID: 36421347 PMCID: PMC9689285 DOI: 10.3390/curroncol29110694] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2022] [Revised: 10/28/2022] [Accepted: 11/15/2022] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Background: Prognostic factors for poor survival have been proposed in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) patients receiving concurrent chemoradiotherapy (CCRT). We conducted a retrospective study on hematological profile after first cycle of chemotherapy for esophageal SCC patients receiving CCRT. Methods: From January 2008 to December 2017, a total of 420 patients with esophageal SCC were enrolled. All included patients had undergone CCRT. Complete blood count, differential count, NLR, and PLR before chemotherapy (CHT) and after first cycle of CHT were obtained. Univariate and multivariate Cox regression analyses were used to assess the association between survival and patient, disease, and treatment characteristics. Results: On univariate analysis, significant factors for overall survival (OS) and disease specific survival (DSS) included ECOG performance status, clinical staging, operation, cisplatin dose, prechemotherapy NLR and PLR, and elevated postchemotherapy NLR. On multivariate analysis, ECOG performance status 0-I, Clinical staging I-II, Operation, cisplatin dose >150 mg/m2, prechemotherapy PLR <375, and postchemotherapy platelet count ≥150 × 109/L were independent factors for predicting better OS. Independent factors for predicting better DSS included ECOG performance status 0-I, Clinical staging I-II, Operation, cisplatin dose >150 mg/m2, and prechemotherapy PLR <375. Conclusions: Our study showed that low levels of prechemotherapy PLR and NLR were associated with better OS and DSS. Elevated platelet count and NLR after first cycle of CHT were associated with better OS. Elevated PLR and NLR after first cycle of CHT were associated with better DSS.
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Gong Z, Xin R, Li L, Lv L, Wu X. Platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio associated with the clinicopathological features and prognostic value of breast cancer: A meta-analysis. Int J Biol Markers 2022; 37:339-348. [PMID: 35971299 DOI: 10.1177/03936155221118098] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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OBJECTIVE The association of platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio (PLR) with the clinicopathological features and prognosis in patients with breast cancer was evaluated. METHOD Related studies were searched from PubMed, Embase, Cochrane Library, and Web of Science up to July 1, 2021. Then, basic characteristic and prognostic data were extracted from the included studies. We synthesized and compared primary outcomes such as overall survival. Subgroups analyses in pathology, geographical area, follow-up time, and sample size were conducted. The pooled hazard ratio (HR), odds ratio (OR), and 95% confidence interval (CI) served as measures to assess the relationship of PLR with prognosis and clinicopathological features of breast cancer patients. After literature retrieval and selection, 20 studies with 7484 patients were included in this meta-analysis. RESULTS High PLR was significantly related to poor overall survival (HR = 1.88; 95% CI 1.61, 2.19; P < 0.001) in breast cancer patients. Also, high PLR was associated with lymph node metastasis (LNM) (OR = 1.82; 95% CI 1.32, 2.52; P < 0.001), advanced tumor-node-metastasis (TNM) stage (OR = 1.89; 95% CI 1.25, 2.87; P = 0.003), and distant metastasis (OR = 1.76; 95% CI 1.14, 2.72; P = 0.01) in breast cancer. The stability and reliability of results in this meta-analysis were confirmed by sensitivity analysis. CONCLUSION Elevated PLR is related to a poor prognosis and a higher risk of LNM, advanced TNM stage, and distant metastasis in breast cancer patients. Therefore, PLR can be identified as a biomarker with potential prognostic value in breast cancer.
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- Zhixun Gong
- Department of Radiotherapy, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Hainan Medical University, Haikou, Hainan, China
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- Department of Nursing, Danzhou People's Hospital, Danzhou, Hainan, China
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- Union, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Hainan Medical University, Haikou, Hainan, China
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- Department of Radiotherapy, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Hainan Medical University, Haikou, Hainan, China
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- Department of Physical Examination, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Hainan Medical College, Haikou, Hainan, China
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Hu L, Liu J, Shimada H, Ito M, Sugimoto K, Hiwasa T, Zhou Q, Li J, Shen S, Wang H. Serum Anti-BRAT1 is a Common Molecular Biomarker for Gastrointestinal Cancers and Atherosclerosis. Front Oncol 2022; 12:870086. [PMID: 35656505 PMCID: PMC9152111 DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2022.870086] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2022] [Accepted: 04/05/2022] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Atherosclerosis (AS) and cancers are major global causes of mortality and morbidity. They also share common modifiable pathogenesis risk factors. As the same strategies used to predict AS could also detect certain cancers, we sought novel serum antibody biomarkers of cancers in atherosclerotic sera sampled by liquid biopsy. Using serological antigen identification by cDNA expression cloning (SEREX) and western blot, we screened and detected the antigens BRCA1-Associated ATM Activator 1 (BRAT1) and WD Repeat Domain 1 (WDR1) in the sera of patients with transient ischemic attacks (TIA). Amplified luminescence proximity homogeneous assay-linked immunosorbent assay (AlphaLISA) established the upregulation of serum BRAT1 antibody (BRAT1-Abs) and WDR1 antibody (WDR1-Abs) in patients with AS-related diseases compared with healthy subjects. ROC and Spearman’s correlation analyses showed that BRAT1-Abs and WDR1-Abs could detect AS-related diseases. Thus, serum BRAT1-Abs and WDR1-Abs are potential AS biomarkers. We used online databases and AlphaLISA detection to compare relative antigen and serum antibody expression and found high BRAT1 and BRAT1-Abs expression in patients with GI cancers. Significant increases (> 0.6) in the AUC for BRAT1-Ab vs. esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC), gastric cancer, and colorectal cancer suggested that BRAT1-Ab exhibited better predictive potential for GI cancers than WDR1-Ab. There was no significant difference in overall survival (OS) between BRAT1-Ab groups (P = 0.12). Nevertheless, a log-rank test disclosed that the highest serum BRAT1-Ab levels were associated with poor ESCC prognosis at 5–60 weeks post-surgery. We validated the foregoing conclusions by comparing serum BRAT1-Ab and WDR1-Ab levels based on the clinicopathological characteristics of the patients with ESCC. Multiple statistical approaches established a correlation between serum BRAT1-Ab levels and platelet counts. BRAT1-Ab upregulation may enable early detection of AS and GI cancers and facilitate the delay of disease progression. Thus, BRAT1-Ab is a potential antibody biomarker for the diagnosis of AS and GI cancers and strongly supports the routine clinical application of liquid biopsy in chronic disease detection and diagnosis.
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- Liubing Hu
- Stroke Center, The First Affiliated Hospital, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China.,The Biomedical Translational Research Institute, Faculty of Medical Science, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China.,College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- Stroke Center, The First Affiliated Hospital, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China.,Department of Anesthesiology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery and Clinical Oncology, Toho University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery and Clinical Oncology, Toho University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Biochemistry and Genetics, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan.,Department of Neurology, Dongzhimen Hospital, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China
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- Department of Biochemistry and Genetics, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan
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- The Biomedical Translational Research Institute, Faculty of Medical Science, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China.,College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- The Biomedical Translational Research Institute, Faculty of Medical Science, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China.,College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- Stroke Center, The First Affiliated Hospital, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China.,Department of Radiology, Medical Imaging Center, The First Affiliated Hospital, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- Stroke Center, The First Affiliated Hospital, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China.,Department of Anesthesiology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China.,Department of Biochemistry and Genetics, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan
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Alkurt EG, Durak D, Turhan VB, Sahiner IT. Effect of C‐Reactive Protein-to-Albumin Ratio on Prognosis in Gastric Cancer Patients. Cureus 2022; 14:e23972. [PMID: 35547460 PMCID: PMC9090126 DOI: 10.7759/cureus.23972] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 04/09/2022] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Purpose: The ratio of c-reactive protein-to-albumin (CRP/Alb) is a biochemical marker of systemic inflammatory response and has been associated with poor survival in cancer. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of CRP/Alb ratios on prognosis in gastric cancers. Methods: This study included a retrospective review of a total of 147 patients with locally advanced gastric cancer. Mean platelet volume (MPV) was analyzed statistically to find a prognostic relationship between monocyte/lymphocyte ratio, platelet distribution volume (PDW), MPV/platelet, c-reactive protein/albumin ratio (CAR), and gastric cancer. Patients were staged according to the American Joint Cancer Committee (AJCC) Staging Guidelines. Results: The CRP/Alb ratio was independently associated with overall survival (OS) in patients with gastric cancer (GC). The CAR was above 0.25 in 52.7% (77) of the patients and below 0.25 in 47.3% (69) of the patients. Patients under 0.25 had statistically longer survival rates. Conclusion: A high preoperative CAR value could predict poor prognosis in locally advanced gastric patients. The same predictive value was not observed in other hematological parameters. This simple and cost-effective ratio can be used as a clinically accessible biomarker to assist clinicians in determining future treatment plans.
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Yu L, Guo Y, Chang Z, Zhang D, Zhang S, Pei H, Pang J, Zhao ZJ, Chen Y. Bidirectional Interaction Between Cancer Cells and Platelets Provides Potential Strategies for Cancer Therapies. Front Oncol 2021; 11:764119. [PMID: 34722319 PMCID: PMC8551800 DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2021.764119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2021] [Accepted: 09/28/2021] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Platelets are essential components in the tumor microenvironment. For decades, clinical data have demonstrated that cancer patients have a high risk of thrombosis that is associated with adverse prognosis and decreased survival, indicating the involvement of platelets in cancer progression. Increasing evidence confirms that cancer cells are able to induce production and activation of platelets. Once activated, platelets serve as allies of cancer cells in tumor growth and metastasis. They can protect circulating tumor cells (CTCs) against the immune system and detachment-induced apoptosis while facilitating angiogenesis and tumor cell adhesion and invasion. Therefore, antiplatelet agents and platelet-based therapies should be developed for cancer treatment. Here, we discuss the mechanisms underlying the bidirectional cancer-platelet crosstalk and platelet-based therapeutic approaches.
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- Liuting Yu
- Edmond H. Fischer Translational Medical Research Laboratory, Scientific Research Center, The Seventh Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Shenzhen, China
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- Edmond H. Fischer Translational Medical Research Laboratory, Scientific Research Center, The Seventh Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Shenzhen, China
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- Edmond H. Fischer Translational Medical Research Laboratory, Scientific Research Center, The Seventh Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Shenzhen, China
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- Edmond H. Fischer Translational Medical Research Laboratory, Scientific Research Center, The Seventh Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Shenzhen, China
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- Department of Urology, The Seventh Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Shenzhen, China
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- Edmond H. Fischer Translational Medical Research Laboratory, Scientific Research Center, The Seventh Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Shenzhen, China
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- Department of Urology, The Seventh Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Shenzhen, China
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- Department of Pathology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, United States
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- Edmond H. Fischer Translational Medical Research Laboratory, Scientific Research Center, The Seventh Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Shenzhen, China
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Kim Y, Kim YM, Kim JH, Youn YH, Kim JW, Park H. Peri-operative Inflammatory Marker as a Predictive Factor for Prolonged Post-operative Ileus After Gastrectomy for Gastric Cancer. J Neurogastroenterol Motil 2021; 27:588-595. [PMID: 34642279 PMCID: PMC8521482 DOI: 10.5056/jnm20203] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2020] [Revised: 01/14/2021] [Accepted: 02/07/2021] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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Background/Aims Although prolonged post-operative ileus (PPOI) is an important factor for the prolonged length of post-operative hospital stay, there is still a lack of effective predictive and therapeutic methods for PPOI. Previous studies reported that increased inflammatory markers, such as C-reactive protein (CRP) level and neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio (NLR), are associated with malignancies. The aim of our study is to elucidate the association between peri-operative inflammatory markers and PPOI after gastrectomy for gastric cancer. Methods We enrolled patients who received gastrectomy for gastric cancer from June 2013 to January 2016 at a single tertiary referral center in Seoul, Korea. We evaluated peri-operative inflammatory markers, including CRP level, NLR, and platelet to lymphocyte ratio (PLR) of enrolled patients. We compared these data between control group and PPOI group. Results A total of 390 subjects were enrolled in this study, and 132 patients (33.8%) showed PPOI. In univariate analysis, preoperative CRP level and NLR, post-operative day (POD) 1 CRP level, NLR, and PLR, and POD3 CRP level, NLR, and PLR were significantly associated with PPOI. In multivariate analysis, preoperative NLR (P = 0.014), POD1 NLR (P = 0.019), POD3 CRP (P = 0.004), and POD3 NLR (P = 0.008) were independent risk factors for PPOI. Conclusions Peri-operative inflammatory markers, such as CRP level and NLR, are useful predictive factors for PPOI who received gastrectomy for gastric cancer. Moreover, prophylactic antibiotics and anti-inflammatory drugs can be preventive and therapeutic agents for PPOI.
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- Yonsoo Kim
- Departments of 1Internal Medicine and 2Surgery, Gangnam Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Departments of 1Internal Medicine and 2Surgery, Gangnam Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Departments of 1Internal Medicine and 2Surgery, Gangnam Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Departments of 1Internal Medicine and 2Surgery, Gangnam Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Departments of 1Internal Medicine and 2Surgery, Gangnam Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Departments of 1Internal Medicine and 2Surgery, Gangnam Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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Miao Y, Xu Z, Feng W, Zheng M, Xu Z, Gao H, Li W, Zhang Y, Zong Y, Lu A, Zhao J. Platelet infiltration predicts survival in postsurgical colorectal cancer patients. Int J Cancer 2021; 150:509-520. [PMID: 34551136 DOI: 10.1002/ijc.33816] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2020] [Revised: 08/16/2021] [Accepted: 08/20/2021] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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Platelets promote tumor growth and metastasis in several tumor types. Recent research has found platelets can extravasate and infiltrate into the tumor stroma and interact with the tumor microenvironment. The prognostic role of platelet infiltration in colorectal cancer (CRC) remains controversial. A pan-cancer survival analysis was performed to find the potential prognostic value of platelet infiltration in patients with cancer. A survival analysis and a nomogram prognostic model were established to further confirm the results with data from our center. The correlations between patient outcomes and tumor-infiltrating platelets (TIPs) were identified by immunohistochemical staining for CD42b. The prognostic accuracy and discriminative ability of the nomogram were determined by the concordance index (C-index) and a calibration curve. The pan-cancer survival analysis showed platelet infiltration can lead to a poor prognosis in patients with several types of cancers, including CRC. Platelet infiltration was associated with overall survival (OS) and disease-free survival (DFS) in both primary and validation cohorts. The C-index values of the nomogram for predicting OS and DFS were 0.774 and 0.769, respectively, which were higher than that of the TNM staging system alone. Our study found platelet infiltration has a potential prognostic value regarding postsurgical survival in CRC patients. The proposed nomogram resulted in a more accurate prognostic prediction for postsurgical CRC patients.
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- Yiming Miao
- Department of General Surgery, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.,Shanghai Minimally Invasive Surgery Center, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Department of General Surgery, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.,Shanghai Minimally Invasive Surgery Center, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Department of General Surgery, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.,Shanghai Minimally Invasive Surgery Center, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Department of General Surgery, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.,Shanghai Minimally Invasive Surgery Center, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Department of General Surgery, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.,Shanghai Minimally Invasive Surgery Center, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Department of General Surgery, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.,Shanghai Minimally Invasive Surgery Center, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Department of General Surgery, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.,Shanghai Minimally Invasive Surgery Center, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Department of General Surgery, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.,Shanghai Minimally Invasive Surgery Center, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Department of General Surgery, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.,Shanghai Minimally Invasive Surgery Center, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Department of General Surgery, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.,Shanghai Minimally Invasive Surgery Center, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Department of General Surgery, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.,Shanghai Minimally Invasive Surgery Center, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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Wang ZY, Jiang YZ, Xiao W, Xue XB, Zhang XW, Zhang L. Prognostic impact of tumor length in esophageal Cancer: a systematic review and Meta-analysis. BMC Cancer 2021; 21:988. [PMID: 34479538 PMCID: PMC8417991 DOI: 10.1186/s12885-021-08728-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2020] [Accepted: 08/26/2021] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND In clinical studies, it has been observed that esophageal cancer (EC) patient prognosis can be very different even for those patients with tumors of the same TNM stage. Tumor length has been analysed as a possible independent prognostic factor in many studies, but no unanimous conclusion has been reached. Therefore, this review used a meta-analysis to evaluate the association between tumor length and prognosis in EC patients. METHODS A systematic search for relevant articles was performed in PubMed, Web of Science, and Embase. Hazard ratios (HRs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were used as effective measures to estimate the correlation between tumor length and prognosis, including overall survival, disease-free survival, progression-free survival, disease-specific survival, and cancer-specific survival. STATA 15.0 software was used to perform the meta-analysis and the data synthesis. RESULTS Finally, 41 articles with 28,973 patients were included in our study. The comprehensive statistical results showed that long tumors are an independent prognostic parameter associated with poor overall survival (OS) (HR = 1.30; 95% CI: 1.21-1.40, p < .001) and disease-free survival (DFS) (HR = 1.38; 95% CI: 1.18-1.61, p < .001) in EC patients. Subgroup analyses also suggested a significant correlation between long tumors and poor OS. Sensitivity analysis and publication bias evaluation confirmed the reliability and stability of the results. Similar results were obtained in the analyses of progression-free survival (PFS), disease-specific survival (DSS), and cancer-specific survival (CSS). CONCLUSION The results of this meta-analysis showed that long tumors were related to poor OS, DFS, PFS, DSS and CSS in EC patients. Tumor length might be an important predictor of prognosis in EC patients, and it can be used as an independent staging index. Further well-designed and large-scale prospective clinical studies are needed to confirm these findings.
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- Zhao Yang Wang
- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong First Medical University, 324 Jing wu Road, Jinan, 250021, Shandong, China
- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Tangdu Hospital, The Fourth Military Medical University, 1 Xinsi Road, Xi'an, 710038, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong First Medical University, 324 Jing wu Road, Jinan, 250021, Shandong, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong First Medical University, 324 Jing wu Road, Jinan, 250021, Shandong, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Juye County People's Hospital, Ju ye, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong First Medical University, 324 Jing wu Road, Jinan, 250021, Shandong, China.
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong First Medical University, 324 Jing wu Road, Jinan, 250021, Shandong, China.
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Gao K, Cheng H, Bhushan S, Li N, Xiao Z. Preoperative neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio and platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio are correlated with tumor–node–metastasis stages in patients with non-small cell lung cancer. J Cancer Res Ther 2021; 18:1666-1673. [DOI: 10.4103/jcrt.jcrt_473_21] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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PAPİLA KUNDAKTEPE B. The prognostic value of preoperative neutrophil -to- lymphocyte and platelet-to-lymphocyte ratios in patients with gastric and colorectal cancer. ARCHIVES OF CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE 2020. [DOI: 10.25000/acem.703750] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Abdulrahman GO, Das N, Lutchman Singh K. The predictive role of thrombocytosis in benign, borderline and malignant ovarian tumors. Platelets 2020; 31:795-800. [PMID: 31665945 DOI: 10.1080/09537104.2019.1686755] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Ovarian cancer is a lethal gynecological malignancy. Although CA-125 is commonly measured in women with adnexal mass, it is estimated that it only has a positive predictive value (PPV) of 69% and a negative predictive value (NPV) of 88% for the detection of ovarian cancer. The aim of this study was to investigate the diagnostic significance and predictive impact of thrombocytosis in women with suspected or confirmed ovarian cancer. This was a retrospective study of women who had surgery for adnexal mass over a 48-month period between September 2014 and September 2018 at Swansea Gynecological Oncology Center in Wales, UK. A total of 294 women who underwent surgery for high-risk pelvic mass or biopsy-confirmed ovarian cancer were identified. 206 women (70%) had final histology confirming ovarian cancer, 54 women (18%) had benign tumors while 34 women (12%) had borderline tumors. 90/206 women (43.7%) with ovarian cancer had thrombocytosis prior to primary surgery or neoadjuvant chemotherapy compared to 8/54 (14.8%) for benign tumors and 4/34 (11.8%) for borderline tumors. Thrombocytosis was observed in 23.2%, 40%, 45.1%, and 65.1% of Stages I, II, III, and IV ovarian cancer, respectively. Thrombocytosis was a stronger predictor of ovarian malignancy in younger women of less than 60 years (p = .041). Overall, the positive likelihood ratio of platelet count in the detection of ovarian cancer was 2.61 while the negative likelihood ratio was 0.72, with a diagnostic odds ratio of 3.625. Thrombocytosis was strongly associated with advanced stage ovarian cancer (Stage III/IV) (p = .002). Interestingly, 4/8 (50%) women with thrombocytosis in the benign ovarian tumor group were diagnosed with ovarian fibroma/fibrothecoma, which often mimics advanced ovarian cancer at presentation. Predictive markers for borderline tumors continue to remain a challenge. We believe that there is a role for platelet count in primary care algorithm for women with suspected ovarian cancer. We suspect that platelets play a role in the metastasis of ovarian cancer.
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- Ganiy Opeyemi Abdulrahman
- Swansea Gynaecological Oncology Centre, Swansea Bay University Health Board , Swansea SA2 8QA, United Kingdom
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- Swansea Gynaecological Oncology Centre, Swansea Bay University Health Board , Swansea SA2 8QA, United Kingdom
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- Swansea Gynaecological Oncology Centre, Swansea Bay University Health Board , Swansea SA2 8QA, United Kingdom.,Swansea University Medical School, Swansea University , Swansea SA2 8PP, United Kingdom
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Dib PRB, Quirino-Teixeira AC, Merij LB, Pinheiro MBM, Rozini SV, Andrade FB, Hottz ED. Innate immune receptors in platelets and platelet-leukocyte interactions. J Leukoc Biol 2020; 108:1157-1182. [PMID: 32779243 DOI: 10.1002/jlb.4mr0620-701r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 92] [Impact Index Per Article: 23.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2020] [Revised: 06/11/2020] [Accepted: 06/28/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Platelets are chief cells in hemostasis. Apart from their hemostatic roles, platelets are major inflammatory effector cells that can influence both innate and adaptive immune responses. Activated platelets have thromboinflammatory functions linking hemostatic and immune responses in several physiological and pathological conditions. Among many ways in which platelets exert these functions, platelet expression of pattern recognition receptors (PRRs), including TLR, Nod-like receptor, and C-type lectin receptor families, plays major roles in sensing and responding to pathogen-associated or damage-associated molecular patterns (PAMPs and DAMPs, respectively). In this review, an increasing body of evidence is compiled showing the participation of platelet innate immune receptors, including PRRs, in infectious diseases, sterile inflammation, and cancer. How platelet recognition of endogenous DAMPs participates in sterile inflammatory diseases and thrombosis is discussed. In addition, platelet recognition of both PAMPs and DAMPs initiates platelet-mediated inflammation and vascular thrombosis in infectious diseases, including viral, bacterial, and parasite infections. The study also focuses on the involvement of innate immune receptors in platelet activation during cancer, and their contribution to tumor microenvironment development and metastasis. Finally, how innate immune receptors participate in platelet communication with leukocytes, modulating leukocyte-mediated inflammation and immune functions, is highlighted. These cell communication processes, including platelet-induced release of neutrophil extracellular traps, platelet Ag presentation to T-cells and platelet modulation of monocyte cytokine secretion are discussed in the context of infectious and sterile diseases of major concern in human health, including cardiovascular diseases, dengue, HIV infection, sepsis, and cancer.
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- Paula Ribeiro Braga Dib
- Laboratory of Immunothrombosis, Department of Biochemistry, Institute of Biological Sciences, Federal University of Juiz de Fora, Juiz de Fora, Brazil.,Laboratory of Immunology, Infectious Diseases and Obesity, Department of Parasitology, Microbiology and Immunology, Institute of Biological Sciences, Federal University of Juiz de Fora, Juiz de Fora, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Immunothrombosis, Department of Biochemistry, Institute of Biological Sciences, Federal University of Juiz de Fora, Juiz de Fora, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Immunothrombosis, Department of Biochemistry, Institute of Biological Sciences, Federal University of Juiz de Fora, Juiz de Fora, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Immunothrombosis, Department of Biochemistry, Institute of Biological Sciences, Federal University of Juiz de Fora, Juiz de Fora, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Immunothrombosis, Department of Biochemistry, Institute of Biological Sciences, Federal University of Juiz de Fora, Juiz de Fora, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Immunothrombosis, Department of Biochemistry, Institute of Biological Sciences, Federal University of Juiz de Fora, Juiz de Fora, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Immunothrombosis, Department of Biochemistry, Institute of Biological Sciences, Federal University of Juiz de Fora, Juiz de Fora, Brazil
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Hur JY, Lee HY, Chang HJ, Choi CW, Kim DH, Eo WK. Preoperative plateletcrit is a Prognostic Biomarker for Survival in Patients with Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer. J Cancer 2020; 11:2800-2807. [PMID: 32226498 PMCID: PMC7086273 DOI: 10.7150/jca.41122] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2019] [Accepted: 02/06/2020] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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Objectives: Several factors associated with the prognosis of patients with NSCLC have been reported in the literature; however, most of these factors cannot be examined preoperatively. In this study, the clinical utility of platelet parameters in patients with NSCLC who underwent curative resection was evaluated. Materials and Methods: A retrospective study on patients with NSCLC who underwent curative resection from July 2006 to September 2016 was conducted. The Cox proportional hazard regression model was applied to evaluate the variables that demonstrated effects on disease-free and overall survival (DFS and OS). Results: A total of 116 patients with NSCLC were analyzed. There were 15 patients with plateletcrit greater than 0.2755%, and 101 patients whose plateletcrit was 0.2755% or lower. Multivariate analysis identified plateletcrit higher than 0.2755% (hazard ratio [HR] = 4.18, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.54-11.34, P =0.004), patient age of 65 years or more (HR = 4.02, 95% CI = 1.67-9.66, P = 0.001), and stage II or IIIA disease (HR = 2.95, 95% CI = 1.26-6.87, P = 0.012) as independent factors for OS that predicted a poor prognosis. Multivariate analysis identified plateletcrit higher than 0.2755% (HR = 4.07, 95% CI = 1.52-10.94, P = 0.005), stage II or IIIA disease (HR = 5.38, 95% CI = 2.71-10.66, P < 0.001) and non-adenocarcinoma (HR = 1.92, 95% CI = 1.02-3.59, P = 0.040) as independent prognostic factors for DFS that predicted a poor prognosis. Conclusion: Our results suggest a potential role of preoperative plateletcrit as an independent prognostic marker for patients with resectable NSCLC.
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- Joon Young Hur
- Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, National Medical Center, Seoul, Korea
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- Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, National Medical Center, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Kyung Hee University Hospital at Gangdong, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Kyung Hee University Hospital at Gangdong, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Kyung Hee University Hospital at Gangdong, Seoul, Korea
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Cui MT, Liang ZW, Sun YZ, Wu J, Lu H, Wang WJ, Xu MD, Jiang M, Li W, Qian J, Duan WM. The prognostic roles of red blood cell-associated indicators in patients with resectable gastric cancers. Transl Cancer Res 2020; 9:2300-2311. [PMID: 35117591 PMCID: PMC8797860 DOI: 10.21037/tcr.2020.03.46] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2019] [Accepted: 02/05/2020] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Background Gastric cancer (GC) is one of the leading causes of cancer-related death worldwide. This study was designed to investigate the prognostic values of red blood cell (RBC)-associated indicators, including RBC, hemoglobin (HGB), hematocrit (HCT), mean corpuscular volume (MCV), mean corpuscular hemoglobin (MCH), mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration (MCHC), and RBC distribution width (RDW) in resectable GC patients. Methods In this retrospective study, a total of 104 pathologically confirmed GC patients were recruited. These cases were divided into two groups according to the median values of pretreatment RBC, HGB, HCT, MCV, MCH, MCHC, or RDW. To evaluate the changes in RBC-associated indicators values after treatment, we introduced the concept of post-/pre-treatment ratios (≤1 suggested RBC, HGB, HCT, MCV, MCH, MCHC, or RDW values were not increased after therapy, while >1 represented those in increased levels). Results The lower pretreatment MCHC levels were correlated with worse overall survival (OS), while pretreatment levels of RBC, HGB, HCT, MCV, MCH, or RDW were not. The whole course of treatment (surgery plus adjuvant chemotherapy) significantly decreased the values of MCHC, and increased the values of MCV and RDW, whereas it had no obvious effects on the values of RBC, HGB, HCT, or MCH. Patients with post-/pre-treatment MCV ratio >1 had an increased survival ratio. Meanwhile, post-/pre-treatment RBC, HGB, HCT, MCH, MCHC, or RDW ratios were not correlated with outcomes. Multivariate Cox regression analysis revealed that the American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) stage (III), and lower pretreatment MCHC levels were independent risk factors affecting OS. The receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis showed that an MCHC value of 341.98 g/L was the optimal cutoff value for prognosis, with a sensitivity of 58.3% and a specificity of 75.0%. Conclusions Pretreatment MCHC levels could become a potential prognostic factor for resectable GC.
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- Meng-Ting Cui
- Department of Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou 215006, China.,Department of Oncology, Zhangjiagang No.1 People's Hospital, Suzhou 215600, China
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- Department of Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou 215006, China
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- Department of Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou 215006, China.,School of Clinical Medicine, Jining Medical University, Jining 272000, China
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- Department of Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou 215006, China.,Department of Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210029, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou 215006, China.,Department of Oncology, Changshu No.1 People's Hospital, Suzhou 215500, China
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- Department of Radio-Oncology, The Affiliated Suzhou Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Suzhou 215001, China
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- Department of Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou 215006, China
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- Department of Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou 215006, China
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- Department of Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou 215006, China.,Comprehensive Cancer Center, Suzhou Xiangcheng People's Hospital, Suzhou 215000, China
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- Department of Oncology, The Affiliated Suzhou Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Suzhou 215001, China.,Suzhou Cancer Medical Center, Suzhou Municipal Hospital, Suzhou 215001, China
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- Department of Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou 215006, China
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Wang J, Zhang M, Zhou T, Zhao S, Su Z, Liu X. Role of platelet infiltration as independent prognostic marker for gastric adenocarcinomas. J Clin Lab Anal 2020; 34:e23320. [PMID: 32233046 PMCID: PMC7439343 DOI: 10.1002/jcla.23320] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2019] [Revised: 03/05/2020] [Accepted: 03/10/2020] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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Background In recent years, the relationship between malignant tumors and platelets has been paid more attention. The increase of platelets is an independent risk factor for the poor prognosis of some malignant tumors. Methods This study retrospectively analyzed the clinical and pathological data of 114 patients with initial gastric cancer from August 2005 to August 2018 in Shandong Provincial Hospital. Single‐factor and multifactor survival analysis were used to evaluate the effect of platelet elevation on postoperative survival. The gastric cancer tissues of the Jinan Central Hospital and its matched paracancerous tissues were collected. The expression of platelets in tissues was detected by immunofluorescence technique. Different numbers of platelets were co‐cultured with MKN‐45 cells, CCK‐8 assay and transwell assay were performed, and the expression of epithelial‐mesenchymal transition‐related proteins was detected. Results Platelet count was independent factors affecting prognosis. The stratified analysis showed that there was a statistically significant difference in the 5‐year survival rate between the platelet‐increase group and the normal platelet group in the TNM stages I‐II. The expression of platelets in gastric cancer tissues was higher than that in adjacent tissues. The results of CCK‐8 and transwell showed that platelets significantly enhanced the proliferation and metastasis capability of MKN‐45 cells in a concentration‐dependent manner. After co‐culture, the expression level of E‐cadherin protein in MKN‐45 cells decreased, and the protein expression levels of N‐cadherin, vimentin, and VEGFA increased. Conclusion Platelet elevation is closely related to the occurrence, development, and metastasis of gastric cancer, and platelet count can be used as a prognostic indicator for malignant tumors.
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- Jing Wang
- Department of LaboratoryBinzhou Medical UniversityYantaiChina
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- Department of Clinical LaboratoryShandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong UniversityJinanChina
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- Department of LaboratoryChongqing Medical UniversityChongqingChina
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- Department of Clinical LaboratoryShandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong UniversityJinanChina
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- Department of LaboratoryBinzhou Medical UniversityYantaiChina
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- Department of Clinical LaboratoryShandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong UniversityJinanChina
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Overexpression of Platelet-Derived Growth Factor and Its Receptor Are Correlated with Oral Tumorigenesis and Poor Prognosis in Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma. Int J Mol Sci 2020; 21:ijms21072360. [PMID: 32235327 PMCID: PMC7177415 DOI: 10.3390/ijms21072360] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2020] [Revised: 03/25/2020] [Accepted: 03/26/2020] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) is a cancerous disease with poor prognosis. According to the statistics, the 5-year survival rate has not improved significantly over the past 20 years. The platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) and its signaling pathway is a key regulator of angiogenesis and tumorigenesis. High level of PDGF and its receptor (PDGFR) have been reported in several types of malignancies. In this study, we investigated the relationship of the molecular expression levels of PDGF and PDGFR with clinicopathological parameters in OSCC. To this end, we measured the mRNA and protein levels of PDGF and PDGFR by real-time quantitative PCR (qRT-PCR), immunohistochemistry, and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), respectively. We found positive correlations of the mRNA levels of PDGFA, PDGFB, and PDGFRB with lymph node metastasis and poor overall survival (OS). High expression of PDGF, PDGFRA, and PDGFRB were remarkably associated with lymph node metastasis and poor OS, as determined by immunohistochemistry. Preoperative serum levels of PDGF-AA and PDGF-BB had a positive correlation with preoperative platelet count. Elevated serum levels of PDGF-AA. PDGF-BB, and platelet count correlated with lymph node metastasis and an unfavorable outcome. In multivariate Cox regression analysis, PDGFA mRNA, PDGFB mRNA, PDGFRB mRNA, PDGF immunoexpression, PDGFRB immunoexpression, serum PDGF-AA, serum PDGF-BB, and platelet count emerged as significant independent prognostic factors for OS. In vitro, we found that elevated PDGF promotes colony formation, migration, and invasiveness of SAS and OECM-1 cancer cell lines. Our results suggest that the expression level of serum PDGF has the potential to become a useful diagnostic marker for the prognosis of OSCC. In addition, PDGFR should be considered as a potential therapeutic target for OSCC. Furthermore, research should be undertaken to elucidate the role of PDGF and PDGFR regarding the behavior of tumor cells in OSCC.
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Herold Z, Herold M, Lohinszky J, Dank M, Somogyi A. Personalized Indicator Thrombocytosis Shows Connection to Staging and Indicates Shorter Survival in Colorectal Cancer Patients with or without Type 2 Diabetes. Cancers (Basel) 2020; 12:cancers12030556. [PMID: 32121060 PMCID: PMC7139544 DOI: 10.3390/cancers12030556] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2020] [Revised: 02/21/2020] [Accepted: 02/26/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Background: Pre- and postoperative thrombocytosis was reported to have significant effect on patient survival. However, the definition of thrombocytosis throughout the literature is not unified. Methods: A retrospective longitudinal observational study has been conducted with the inclusion of 150 colorectal cancer (CRC) patients and 100 control subjects. A new measure of platelet changes at an individual level, named personalized indicator thrombocytosis (PIT) was defined, including 4 anemia adjusted variants. Results: In concordance with the literature, PIT values of control subjects showed a slow decrease in platelet counts, while PIT values of CRC patients were significantly higher (p < 0.0001). More advanced staging (p < 0.0001) and both local (p ≤ 0.0094) and distant (p ≤ 0.0440) metastasis are associated with higher PIT values. Higher PIT values suggested shorter survival times (p < 0.0001). Compared to conventional, a PIT-based definition resulted in approximately 3-times more patients with thrombocytosis. 28% and 77% of the deceased patients had conventional- and PIT-based thrombocytosis, respectively. Conclusions: Compared to conventional thrombocytosis, as an individual metric, PIT values may indicate the condition of patients more precisely. Possible future applications of PIT may include its usage in therapy decision and early cancer detection; therefore, further investigations are recommended.
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- Zoltan Herold
- 2nd Department of Internal Medicine, Semmelweis University, Szentkiralyi u. 46., H-1088 Budapest, Hungary; (M.H.); (J.L.); (A.S.)
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +36-126-60-926; Fax: +36-126-14-166
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- 2nd Department of Internal Medicine, Semmelweis University, Szentkiralyi u. 46., H-1088 Budapest, Hungary; (M.H.); (J.L.); (A.S.)
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- 2nd Department of Internal Medicine, Semmelweis University, Szentkiralyi u. 46., H-1088 Budapest, Hungary; (M.H.); (J.L.); (A.S.)
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- Oncology Center, Semmelweis University, Tomo u. 25-29., H-1083 Budapest, Hungary;
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- 2nd Department of Internal Medicine, Semmelweis University, Szentkiralyi u. 46., H-1088 Budapest, Hungary; (M.H.); (J.L.); (A.S.)
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Catani MV, Savini I, Tullio V, Gasperi V. The "Janus Face" of Platelets in Cancer. Int J Mol Sci 2020; 21:ijms21030788. [PMID: 31991775 PMCID: PMC7037171 DOI: 10.3390/ijms21030788] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2019] [Revised: 01/21/2020] [Accepted: 01/22/2020] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Besides their vital role in hemostasis and thrombosis, platelets are also recognized to be involved in cancer, where they play an unexpected central role: They actively influence cancer cell behavior, but, on the other hand, platelet physiology and phenotype are impacted by tumor cells. The existence of this platelet-cancer loop is supported by a large number of experimental and human studies reporting an association between alterations in platelet number and functions and cancer, often in a way dependent on patient, cancer type and treatment. Herein, we shall report on an update on platelet-cancer relationships, with a particular emphasis on how platelets might exert either a protective or a deleterious action in all steps of cancer progression. To this end, we will describe the impact of (i) platelet count, (ii) bioactive molecules secreted upon platelet activation, and (iii) microvesicle-derived miRNAs on cancer behavior. Potential explanations of conflicting results are also reported: Both intrinsic (heterogeneity in platelet-derived bioactive molecules with either inhibitory or stimulatory properties; features of cancer cell types, such as aggressiveness and/or tumour stage) and extrinsic (heterogeneous characteristics of cancer patients, study design and sample preparation) factors, together with other confounding elements, contribute to “the Janus face” of platelets in cancer. Given the difficulty to establish the univocal role of platelets in a tumor, a better understanding of their exact contribution is warranted, in order to identify an efficient therapeutic strategy for cancer management, as well as for better prevention, screening and risk assessment protocols.
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- Maria Valeria Catani
- Correspondence: (M.V.C.); (V.G.); Tel.: +39-06-72596465 (M.V.C.); +39-06-72596465 (V.G.)
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- Correspondence: (M.V.C.); (V.G.); Tel.: +39-06-72596465 (M.V.C.); +39-06-72596465 (V.G.)
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Ye Q, Wu Z, Xia T, Liu D, Yang Y, Tang H. Pre-treatment thrombocytosis predicts prognosis of endometrial cancer: A meta-analysis of 11 studies. Exp Ther Med 2020; 19:359-366. [PMID: 31853312 PMCID: PMC6909484 DOI: 10.3892/etm.2019.8205] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2019] [Accepted: 10/16/2019] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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The aim of the present meta-analysis study was to determine the association between pre-treatment thrombocytosis and prognosis of patients with endometrial cancer. Articles published prior to December 2018 containing information on platelet count and endometrial cancer were searched in the PubMed, Embase and the Cochrane Library databases. A platelet count of ≥350 or >400×109/l was considered to indicate thrombocytosis. Hazard ratios (HRs) with 95% CI were calculated using a random- or fixed-effects model to assess the strength of the associations. A Funnel plot and Egger's test were used to evaluate the publication bias and sensitivity analyses were performed to estimate the robustness of the present results by using Stata 13.0 software. A pooled analysis of 11 studies that met the inclusion criteria was performed, involving a total of 2,590 patients with endometrial cancer. The overall survival (OS), progression-free survival (PFS) and disease-free survival (DFS) time of patients with endometrial cancer who exhibited pre-treatment thrombocytosis were shorter than those in patients without pre-treatment thrombocytosis (OS, HR=2.25, 95% CI=1.26-4.00; PFS, HR=2.60, 95% CI=1.23-5.50; DFS, HR=2.23, 95% CI=1.45-3.42). However, pre-treatment thrombocytosis was not associated with disease-specific survival time in patients with endometrial cancer (HR=2.17, 95% CI=0.51-9.27; P=0.296). Subgroup analysis indicated that pre-treatment thrombocytosis was not associated with OS time in patients of Asian and European ethnicity. Furthermore, pre-treatment thrombocytosis (platelet count >400×109/l) was an independent predictor of OS, PFS and DFS regardless of the clinical stage.
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- Qingjian Ye
- Department of Gynecology, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510630, P.R. China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Dongguan People's Hospital (Affiliated Dongguan Hospital, Southern Medical University), Dongguan, Guangdong 523000, P.R. China
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- Center for Reproductive Medicine, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510630, P.R. China
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- Department of Gynecology, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510630, P.R. China
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- Department of Gynecology, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510630, P.R. China
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- Department of Gynecology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510120, P.R. China
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Liu S, Shi J, Guo H, Xu F, Wei M, Sun K, Chen Y. Prognostic Significance Of The Inflammatory Index-Based Scoring System In Patients Preliminarily Diagnosed With Multiple Myeloma In The Bortezomib-Based Chemotherapy Era. Cancer Manag Res 2019; 11:9409-9420. [PMID: 31807070 PMCID: PMC6842606 DOI: 10.2147/cmar.s227671] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2019] [Accepted: 10/10/2019] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Purpose Red blood cell distribution width (RDW), neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR), and platelet count (PLT) have been reported to be associated with the prognosis of malignancies; this study aimed to evaluate the prognostic significance of the inflammatory prognostic scoring index (IPSI), comprised of RDW, N LR, and PLT for overall survival (OS) in newly diagnosed multiple myeloma patients in the bortezomib-based chemotherapy era. Patients and methods The prognostic significance of variables associated with the OS of 175 newly diagnosed multiple myeloma patients was evaluated through univariate and multivariate analyses. The cut-off values of RDW, NLR, and PLT were obtained from references. Patients with high RDW (RDW>14) were given a score of 1; patients with high NLR (NLR>2) or low PLT (PLT≤150) were given a score of 2. According to the obtained scores, the inflammatory prognostic scoring index (IPSI) was formed, in which patients were grouped into high-risk group (4–5 points), intermediate-risk group (3 points) and low-risk group (0–2 points). Results OS varied significantly in different IPSI groups (P< 0.001). On multivariate analysis, the IPSI was an independent prognostic factor for OS (intermediate-risk group HR 2.89, 95% CI 1.60–5.22, high risk-group HR 14.50, 95% CI 7.26–28.93, P<0.001). Importantly, with IPSI as supplement to the International Staging System (ISS), a significant difference in OS was observed among IPSI subgroups (ISS I, P<0.001; ISS II, P=0.008; ISS III, P<0.001). Conclusion The IPSI, comprised of RDW, NLR, and PLT, played specific role in the prognosis of patients preliminarily diagnosed with multiple myeloma in the bortezomib-based chemotherapy era and could be a beneficial supplement for ISS staging.
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- Siwei Liu
- Department of Hematology, Henan University People's Hospital, School of Clinical Medicine, Henan University, Zhengzhou 450003, Henan, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Hematology, Henan Provincial People's Hospital, Zhengzhou 450003, Henan, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Hematology, Henan Provincial People's Hospital, Zhengzhou 450003, Henan, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Hematology, Henan Provincial People's Hospital, Zhengzhou 450003, Henan, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Hematology, Henan University People's Hospital, School of Clinical Medicine, Henan University, Zhengzhou 450003, Henan, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Hematology, Henan Provincial People's Hospital, Zhengzhou 450003, Henan, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Hematology, Henan Provincial People's Hospital, Zhengzhou 450003, Henan, People's Republic of China
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Uchinaka EI, Amisaki M, Yagyu T, Morimoto M, Watanabe J, Tokuyasu N, Sakamoto T, Honjo S, Saito H, Fujiwara Y. Prognostic Significance of Pre-surgical Combined Platelet Count and Neutrophil-Lymphocyte Ratio for Patients With Hepatocellular Carcinoma. In Vivo 2019; 33:2241-2248. [PMID: 31662563 PMCID: PMC6899144 DOI: 10.21873/invivo.11729] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2019] [Revised: 09/16/2019] [Accepted: 09/17/2019] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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BACKGROUND/AIM Recent studies have investigated a novel inflammation-based prognostic system using the combination of platelet count and neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio (COP-NLR). As platelet count decreases with liver damage, we hypothesized that COP-NLR could indicate both inflammation and hepatic reserve in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). This study was conducted to clarify the prognostic significance of preoperative COP-NLR in patients with HCC. PATIENTS AND METHODS We enrolled 176 patients with histologically-proven HCC who underwent initial curative hepatectomy. Patients were assigned one point each for low platelet count (<15×104/μl) or for high NLR (≥2.0), for hepatic-COP-NLR scores (h-COP-NLR) of 0, 1 or 2. RESULTS Five-year overall survival (OS) and recurrence-free survival (RFS) rates were 74.5±9%, and 62.2%±9.3% for score 0, 63.6±5.4% and 50.3%±5.6% for score 1, and 45.2±8.8% and 40.6±8.7% for score 2, respectively, and significantly differed (OS: p=0.01; RFS: p=0.03). In multivariate analysis, h-COP-NLR was an independent risk factor for tumor recurrence (HR=1.39, p=0.03) and death (HR=1.71, p=0.02). CONCLUSION h-COP-NLR was an independent predictor for prognosis of HCC patients after hepatic resection.
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- E I Uchinaka
- Division of Surgical Oncology, Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, Tottori University Faculty of Medicine, Yonago, Japan
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- Division of Surgical Oncology, Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, Tottori University Faculty of Medicine, Yonago, Japan
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- Division of Surgical Oncology, Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, Tottori University Faculty of Medicine, Yonago, Japan
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- Division of Surgical Oncology, Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, Tottori University Faculty of Medicine, Yonago, Japan
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- Division of Surgical Oncology, Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, Tottori University Faculty of Medicine, Yonago, Japan
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- Division of Surgical Oncology, Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, Tottori University Faculty of Medicine, Yonago, Japan
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- Division of Surgical Oncology, Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, Tottori University Faculty of Medicine, Yonago, Japan
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- Division of Surgical Oncology, Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, Tottori University Faculty of Medicine, Yonago, Japan
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- Division of Surgical Oncology, Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, Tottori University Faculty of Medicine, Yonago, Japan
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- Division of Surgical Oncology, Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, Tottori University Faculty of Medicine, Yonago, Japan
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Yin J, Zhu SS. Routine coagulation molecules predict nasopharyngeal carcinoma and associated metastases. Br J Biomed Sci 2019; 76:178-183. [PMID: 31210089 DOI: 10.1080/09674845.2019.1631943] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Introduction: Most patients with malignant solid tumours have abnormal blood coagulation and an abnormal peripheral blood count, but data on nasopharyngeal carcinoma is scare. We hypothesised abnormal coagulation indices and red cell distribution width (RDW) in this group that are linked to the tumour (T), lymph node (N) and metastatic aspects (M) of the patients.Methods: We recruited 740 newly diagnosed patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma and 238 healthy controls, taking venous blood for prothrombin time, activated partial thromboplastin time (APTT), thrombin time, fibrinogen, fibrin degradation products (FDP), D-dimer, RD), platelets and platelet distribution width (PDW). In the patients, lab indices were analysed according to clinical stage.Results: All indices except thrombin time were significantly different between cases and controls (p < 0.001), and many predicted TNM classifications and early or late stage of the disease. In sensitivity/specificity analysis, the prothrombin time, APTT and PDW gave AUCs >0.7, and in combination gave an AUC of 0.88 (95% CI 0.86-0.91) for nasopharyngeal carcinoma. No index provided an AUC >0.7 for T or N classification, or early v late stage, but APTT, fibrinogen and FDP all gave AUCs ≥0.7 for predicting metastases. Together, these three indices gave an AUC of 0.84 (0.78-0.91).Conclusions: Routine coagulation indices can predict nasopharyngeal carcinoma, with the combination of prothrombin time, APTT and PDW being strongest. The combination of APTT, fibrinogen and FDPs provides a useful score to predict metastases. These indices should be considered in the diagnosis and staging of this disease.
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- J Yin
- Department of Clinical Laboratory, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi University of Chinese medicine, Nanning, Guangxi, P.R. China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, The People's Hospital of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Regiocnning, Guangxi, P.R. China
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Pedrazzani C, Turri G, Mantovani G, Conti C, Ziello R, Conci S, Campagnaro T, Ruzzenente A, Guglielmi A. Prognostic value of thrombocytosis in patients undergoing surgery for colorectal cancer with synchronous liver metastases. Clin Transl Oncol 2019; 21:1644-1653. [PMID: 30937817 DOI: 10.1007/s12094-019-02093-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2018] [Accepted: 03/14/2019] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to evaluate the prognostic role of thrombocytosis in patients with synchronous colorectal liver metastases (CRLM). METHODS Retrospective analysis of patients who underwent surgery for colorectal cancer with synchronous CRLM at the Division of General and Hepatobiliary Surgery, University of Verona Hospital Trust between 2005 and 2016. RESULTS One hundred and ninety-six patients met the inclusion criteria. High platelet count (H-PC) was found in 32%, and it was associated with a higher rate of palliative surgery (p < 0.001), extra-hepatic metastases (p < 0.001), bilobar liver disease (p = 0.007), presence of more than three metastases (p = 0.005), biggest metastasis larger than 5 cm (p < 0.001), and CEA level higher than 200 ng/mL (p = 0.035). H-PC was significantly associated with poorer 5-year overall survival (14.3% vs. 34.3%; p = 0.001). At the multivariate analysis on R0-1 cases, platelet count resulted the only independent predictor of survival (HR 2.07, p = 0.036). CONCLUSION H-PC correlates with the main negative clinical-pathological factors in patients with synchronous CRLM, as well as with overall survival. Moreover, it was the only independent prognostic factor in those who underwent curative surgery.
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- C Pedrazzani
- Division of General and Hepatobiliary Surgery, Department of Surgical Sciences, Dentistry, Gynecology and Pediatrics, University of Verona, Verona, Italy. .,Division of General and Hepatobiliary Surgery, University Hospital "G.B. Rossi", Piazzale Scuro 10, 37134, Verona, Italy.
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- Division of General and Hepatobiliary Surgery, Department of Surgical Sciences, Dentistry, Gynecology and Pediatrics, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
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- Division of General and Hepatobiliary Surgery, Department of Surgical Sciences, Dentistry, Gynecology and Pediatrics, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
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- Division of General and Hepatobiliary Surgery, Department of Surgical Sciences, Dentistry, Gynecology and Pediatrics, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
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- Division of General and Hepatobiliary Surgery, Department of Surgical Sciences, Dentistry, Gynecology and Pediatrics, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
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- Division of General and Hepatobiliary Surgery, Department of Surgical Sciences, Dentistry, Gynecology and Pediatrics, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
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- Division of General and Hepatobiliary Surgery, Department of Surgical Sciences, Dentistry, Gynecology and Pediatrics, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
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- Division of General and Hepatobiliary Surgery, Department of Surgical Sciences, Dentistry, Gynecology and Pediatrics, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
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- Division of General and Hepatobiliary Surgery, Department of Surgical Sciences, Dentistry, Gynecology and Pediatrics, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
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Yap ML, McFadyen JD, Wang X, Ziegler M, Chen YC, Willcox A, Nowell CJ, Scott AM, Sloan EK, Hogarth PM, Pietersz GA, Peter K. Activated platelets in the tumor microenvironment for targeting of antibody-drug conjugates to tumors and metastases. Theranostics 2019; 9:1154-1169. [PMID: 30867822 PMCID: PMC6401411 DOI: 10.7150/thno.29146] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2018] [Accepted: 01/12/2019] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Rationale: Platelets are increasingly recognized as mediators of tumor growth and metastasis. Hypothesizing that activated platelets in the tumor microenvironment provide a targeting epitope for tumor-directed chemotherapy, we developed an antibody-drug conjugate (ADC), comprised of a single-chain antibody (scFv) against the platelet integrin GPIIb/IIIa (scFvGPIIb/IIIa) linked to the potent chemotherapeutic microtubule inhibitor, monomethyl auristatin E (MMAE). Methods: We developed an ADC comprised of three components: 1) A scFv which specifically binds to the high affinity, activated integrin GPIIb/IIIa on activated platelets. 2) A highly potent microtubule inhibitor, monomethyl auristatin E. 3) A drug activation/release mechanism using a linker cleavable by cathepsin B, which we demonstrate to be abundant in the tumor microenvironment. The scFvGPIIb/IIIa-MMAE was first conjugated with Cyanine7 for in vivo imaging. The therapeutic efficacy of the scFvGPIIb/IIIa-MMAE was then tested in a mouse metastasis model of triple negative breast cancer. Results: In vitro studies confirmed that this ADC specifically binds to activated GPIIb/IIIa, and cathepsin B-mediated drug release/activation resulted in tumor cytotoxicity. In vivo fluorescence imaging demonstrated that the newly generated ADC localized to primary tumors and metastases in a mouse xenograft model of triple negative breast cancer, a difficult to treat tumor for which a selective tumor-targeting therapy remains to be clinically established. Importantly, we demonstrated that the scFvGPIIb/IIIa-MMAE displays marked efficacy as an anti-cancer agent, reducing tumor growth and preventing metastatic disease, without any discernible toxic effects. Conclusion: Here, we demonstrate the utility of a novel ADC that targets a potent cytotoxic drug to activated platelets and specifically releases the cytotoxic agent within the confines of the tumor. This unique targeting mechanism, specific to the tumor microenvironment, holds promise as a novel therapeutic approach for the treatment of a broad range of primary tumors and metastatic disease, particularly for tumors that lack specific molecular epitopes for drug targeting.
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- May Lin Yap
- Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, 3004, Australia
- Department of Clinical Pathology, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, 3010, Australia
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- Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, 3004, Australia
- Department of Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, 3800, Australia
- Department of Hematology, The Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, 3004, Australia
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- Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, 3004, Australia
- Department of Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, 3800, Australia
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- Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, 3004, Australia
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- Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, 3004, Australia
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- Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, 3004, Australia
- Department of Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, 3800, Australia
- Department of Hematology, The Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, 3004, Australia
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- Drug Discovery Biology Theme, Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Monash University, Parkville, Victoria 3052, Australia
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- Olivia Newton-John Cancer Research Institute, and School of Cancer Medicine, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Department of Molecular Imaging and Therapy, Austin Health, and University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Drug Discovery Biology Theme, Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Monash University, Parkville, Victoria 3052, Australia
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- Department of Clinical Pathology, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, 3010, Australia
- Burnet Institute, Melbourne, 3004, Australia
- Department of Immunology, Monash University, Melbourne, 3800, Australia
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- Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, 3004, Australia
- Department of Clinical Pathology, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, 3010, Australia
- Burnet Institute, Melbourne, 3004, Australia
- Department of Immunology, Monash University, Melbourne, 3800, Australia
- College of Health and Biomedicine, Victoria University, Melbourne, 3021, Australia
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- Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, 3004, Australia
- Department of Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, 3800, Australia
- Department of Immunology, Monash University, Melbourne, 3800, Australia
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Hematologic Markers as Prognostic Factors in Nonmetastatic Esophageal Cancer Patients under Concurrent Chemoradiotherapy. BIOMED RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2019; 2019:1263050. [PMID: 30834254 PMCID: PMC6374875 DOI: 10.1155/2019/1263050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2018] [Accepted: 01/14/2019] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Nonmetastatic esophageal cancer can demonstrate a high local recurrence rate even under the standard treatment. We evaluated platelet counts before and after concurrent chemoradiotherapy (CCRT), neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio, and platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio for predicting esophageal cancer prognosis under CCRT. Newly diagnosed patients with esophageal cancer (stages IA–IIIC) who underwent CCRT during January 2013–December 2017 were enrolled. The data were collected retrospectively. Overall survival (OS), time to progressive disease (TPD), and time to metastasis (TM) were recorded for indicating prognosis. Kaplan–Meier curves were plotted and univariate and multivariate analyses were performed. In total, 105 patients were enrolled. The stages of esophageal cancer and surgery were associated with prognosis (i.e., OS, TPD, and TM). Based on TPD and TM, women had better prognosis than men. In the univariate analysis, high pre- and post-CCRT platelet counts (>300,000/μL), platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio (PLR), and neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) as well as low lymphocyte percentage were significantly associated with poor prognosis. However, in the multivariate analysis, only post-CCRT high platelet count (>300,000/μL) remained significantly associated with poor prognosis (P = .041, .045, and .023 for OS, TPD, and TM, respectively). Poor prognosis was observed in patients with high platelet counts, PLR, NLR, and low lymphocyte percentage. Surgery was an independent factor predicting better prognosis. Our findings may have clinical significance with regard to therapeutic decision-making.
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Li Z, Riesenberg B, Metelli A, Li A, Wu BX. The Role of Platelets in Tumor Growth, Metastasis, and Immune Evasion. Platelets 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-813456-6.00030-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Prognostic Significance of Total Lymphocyte Count, Neutrophil-to-lymphocyte Ratio, and Platelet-to-lymphocyte Ratio in Limited-stage Small-cell Lung Cancer. Clin Lung Cancer 2018; 20:117-123. [PMID: 30611672 DOI: 10.1016/j.cllc.2018.11.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2018] [Revised: 11/13/2018] [Accepted: 11/23/2018] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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BACKGROUND We sought reliable markers of survival and disease control among patients treated for limited-stage small-cell lung cancer (LS-SCLC). PATIENTS AND METHODS Subjects were 122 patients given (chemo)radiotherapy for LS-SCLC at MD Anderson in 2002 through 2015. Pretreatment total lymphocyte count (TLC), neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR), and platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio (PLR) were analyzed for associations with overall (OS) and progression-free survival. Optimal cutoff values were identified with receiver operating characteristic curves and survival probabilities with the Kaplan-Meier method. RESULTS Pretreatment TLC was 1.86 × 103/μL (±0.88); NLR, 3.44 (±3.69); and PLR, 170.53 (±101.56); corresponding cutoffs were 1.9, 2.9, and 140.1. Higher TLC was associated with superior median and 2-year OS (17.4 vs. 15.7 months and 33% vs. 29%; P = .029), and higher NLR and PLR with worse median and 2-year OS (NLR: 14.9 vs. 17.8 months, 29% vs. 31%; P = .026; PLR: 14.8 vs. 18.9 months, 24% vs. 37%; P = .009). Multivariate Cox regression adjusted for age, disease stage, number of chemotherapy cycles, and use of prophylactic cranial irradiation confirmed the links between high TLC and superior OS (hazard ratio [HR] 0.55; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.32-0.94; P = .028) and between high NLR and PLR and inferior OS (NLR: HR, 1.86; 95% CI, 1.15-3.01; P = .011; PLR: HR, 1.72; 95% CI, 1.06-2.82; P = .030). CONCLUSIONS Baseline lymphopenia was an indicator of poor prognosis in patients with LS-SCLC.
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Mohamud M, Osborne L, Jones HG, Ahmed A, Beynon J, Harris DA, Evans M, Davies M, Khot U, Chandrasekaran TV. Thrombocytosis as a Marker for Postoperative Complications in Colorectal Surgery. Gastroenterol Res Pract 2018; 2018:1978639. [PMID: 30224916 PMCID: PMC6129356 DOI: 10.1155/2018/1978639] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2018] [Accepted: 08/08/2018] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Blood platelet measurement is a widely available and inexpensive test that is performed routinely. Platelets are thought to act by inducing inflammation and play a role in clotting and antimicrobial defence. A postoperative rise in the platelet count (thrombocytosis) is often dismissed as an incidental finding, but there is growing evidence to suggest that it may act as an indicator to underlying pathology. It correlates with significant pyogenic infections as well as multiple malignancies. In addition to this, recent research indicates that thrombocytosis may be a useful prognostic indicator for postoperative outcomes in patients with malignancies. In patients undergoing surgery for gastric cancer, a combination of platelet count and neutrophil-to-lymphocyte (NLR) ratio collected preoperatively was shown to correlate with postoperative survival. OBJECTIVE To evaluate whether there is a positive correlation between pre- and postoperative thrombocytosis and the risk of complications following colorectal surgery. METHODS This was a retrospective observational study based in Morriston Hospital, Swansea. Patients undergoing elective colorectal surgery for an 18-month period between 2014 and 2016 were included. Data on patient demographics, pre- and postoperative platelet count, the first date at which the highest platelet count was recorded, length of stay, type of operation, and postoperative complications using the Clavien-Dindo classification was obtained from the theatre booking software (TOMS) and Welsh Clinical Portal. Pearson's chi-square test was used for the analysis of the categorical variables. RESULTS Of the 201 patients studied, 75 (37%) had postoperative thrombocytosis (platelets ≥ 500 × 109/L, range 501-1136), 120 (59%) had postoperative normocytosis (platelets < 500 × 109/L, range 107-499), and 6 (2.9%) patients were excluded due to insufficient data. Peak platelet level was seen at a median of 8 days postoperatively but ranged from days 1 to 49. In patients with thrombocytosis, the mean time to peak platelet count was 9.5 days and ranged 1 to 49 days. 101/195 (52%) patients had a Clavien-Dindo III/V postoperative complication: 63% patients with postoperative normocytosis and 24% with postoperative thrombocytosis. In the thrombocytosis group, 16/75 (21%) were found to have postoperative pelvic collections compared to 1/120 (0.8%) of the normocytic patients. The total percentage of medical complications (44% versus 20%, p = 0.006) and surgical complications (64% versus 15.8%, p = 0.0001) was higher in the thrombocytosis group compared to the normocytosis group. CONCLUSION In this retrospective study, thrombocytosis was shown to have a positive correlation with postoperative medical and surgical complications. An elevated platelet count in the postoperative period should alert the clinician to a developing complication. We recommend that further studies with a larger sample size would test the specific associations with individual complications.
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- Department of Surgery, Morriston Hospital, Heol Maes Eglwys, Morriston, Swansea SA6 6NL, UK
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- Department of Surgery, Morriston Hospital, Heol Maes Eglwys, Morriston, Swansea SA6 6NL, UK
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- Department of Surgery, Morriston Hospital, Heol Maes Eglwys, Morriston, Swansea SA6 6NL, UK
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- Department of Surgery, Morriston Hospital, Heol Maes Eglwys, Morriston, Swansea SA6 6NL, UK
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- Department of Surgery, Morriston Hospital, Heol Maes Eglwys, Morriston, Swansea SA6 6NL, UK
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- Department of Surgery, Morriston Hospital, Heol Maes Eglwys, Morriston, Swansea SA6 6NL, UK
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- Department of Surgery, Morriston Hospital, Heol Maes Eglwys, Morriston, Swansea SA6 6NL, UK
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- Department of Surgery, Morriston Hospital, Heol Maes Eglwys, Morriston, Swansea SA6 6NL, UK
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- Department of Surgery, Morriston Hospital, Heol Maes Eglwys, Morriston, Swansea SA6 6NL, UK
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- Department of Surgery, Morriston Hospital, Heol Maes Eglwys, Morriston, Swansea SA6 6NL, UK
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Hematologic variables associated with brain failure in patients with small-cell lung cancer. Radiother Oncol 2018; 128:505-512. [PMID: 29907337 DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2018.05.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2018] [Revised: 05/23/2018] [Accepted: 05/24/2018] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE We sought factors associated with the development of brain metastases after treatment of small cell lung cancer (SCLC) in patients without brain involvement at diagnosis. METHODS We analyzed 293 patients with SCLC without brain metastases who received chemotherapy, thoracic radiation therapy (TRT), or both in 2001-2015. Pretreatment hematologic markers (platelet count, neutrophil count, lymphocyte count, neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio, platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio, and lactate dehydrogenase) and other clinical characteristics were evaluated for correlation with brain metastases-free survival (BMFS). Cutoffs were established with receiver operating characteristics curves. Factors significant in univariate analysis were used to build a multivariate Cox model for BMFS. RESULTS Median follow-up time was 14.3 months. Brain metastases developed in 115 patients (39%)-32% of those with low pretreatment platelet counts (PPC) (≤270 × 109/L) and 46% of those with high PPC (>270 × 109/L). Median BMFS time for all patients was 27.9 months. Two-year BMFS rates were worse for patients with high PPC (14.6% vs. 22.1% low, P = 0.009). High PPC was independently associated with inferior BMFS (P = 0.038), as were receipt of TRT <45 Gy and no prophylactic cranial irradiation (both P < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS High PPC was associated with increased rates of brain metastasis in patients with SCLC with no evidence of brain disease at diagnosis.
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Suzuki R, Lin SH, Wei X, Allen PK, Welsh JW, Byers LA, Komaki R. Prognostic significance of pretreatment total lymphocyte count and neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio in extensive-stage small-cell lung cancer. Radiother Oncol 2018; 126:499-505. [PMID: 29398150 DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2017.12.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2017] [Revised: 12/21/2017] [Accepted: 12/28/2017] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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BACKGROUND We evaluated pretreatment total lymphocyte count (TLC, marker of immunosuppression), neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR, marker of inflammation), and overall survival (OS) in patients with extensive-stage small-cell lung cancer (ES-SCLC). METHODS Pretreatment blood characteristics, age, sex, performance status, race, stage (M1a vs. M1b), number and location of metastases, weight loss, smoking status, chemotherapy cycles (<4 vs. ≥4), thoracic radiotherapy dose (<45 vs. ≥45 Gy), and receipt of prophylactic cranial irradiation (PCI) were evaluated in 252 patients with ES-SCLC treated in 1998-2015. Factors significant in univariate analysis were selected as covariates for a multivariate Cox model. RESULTS Pretreatment TLC was below normal (<1.0 × 103/µL) in 58 patients (23%). Median OS time was 11.0 months and was worse for those with TLC ≤ 1.5 × 103/µL (9.8 vs. 12.0 months) and pretreatment NLR > 4.0 (9.4 vs. 13.9 months). Multivariate analysis identified low TLC (hazard ratio [HR] 0.734, 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.565-0.955, P = 0.021) and high NLR (HR 1.521, 95% CI 1.172-1.976, P = 0.002) as predicting inferior survival. Age (>63 y), sex (male), performance status (≥2), chemotherapy cycles (<4), radiation dose (<45 Gy), and no PCI also predicted worse OS (P < 0.05). CONCLUSIONS Pretreatment TLC and NLR may be useful for stratifying patients with ES-SCLC for treatment approaches.
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, United States
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, United States
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, United States
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, United States
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, United States
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- Department of Thoracic/Head & Neck Medical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, United States
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, United States.
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Nakayama M, Gosho M, Hirose Y, Nishimura B, Tanaka S, Tabuchi K, Okubo H, Wada T, Hara A. Modified combination of platelet count and neutrophil "to" lymphocyte ratio as a prognostic factor in patients with advanced head and neck cancer. Head Neck 2018; 40:1138-1146. [PMID: 29385295 DOI: 10.1002/hed.25085] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2017] [Revised: 10/02/2017] [Accepted: 12/20/2017] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND We evaluated the prognostic potential of the combination of platelet count and neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio (COP-NLR) in patients with advanced head and neck cancer. METHODS We proposed a modified COP-NLR scoring system defined as follows: score 0 (platelet count level <300 × 109 /L and NLR <3); score 1 (platelet count level ≥300 × 109 /L and NLR <3); and score 2 (NLR ≥3). We assessed whether the modified scoring system had better performance as an indicator of prognosis than the existing COP-NLR scoring system (original and 4-group scores). RESULTS A total of 248 patients were enrolled. The Akaike Information Criterion value with the modified COP-NLR score was the smallest among the 3 models. The 3-year survival rates according to the modified COP-NLR scores of 0, 1, and 2 were 80.6%, 59.9%, and 23.8%, respectively. CONCLUSION The modified COP-NLR score is a useful prognostic marker in patients with advanced head and neck cancer.
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- Masahiro Nakayama
- Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan
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- Department of Clinical Trial and Clinical Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan
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Takeuchi M, Takeuchi H, Kawakubo H, Booka E, Mayanagi S, Fukuda K, Nakamura R, Suda K, Wada N, Kitagawa Y. Perioperative Risk Calculator Predicts Long-Term Oncologic Outcome for Patients with Esophageal Carcinoma. Ann Surg Oncol 2017; 25:837-843. [PMID: 29282603 DOI: 10.1245/s10434-017-6311-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2017] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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BACKGROUND Few risk models have been provided to predict long-term prognosis after esophagectomy. This study investigated the reliability of a risk calculator as well as classification and regression trees analysis for predicting long-term prognosis after esophagectomy for esophageal cancer. METHODS The study enrolled 438 patients who underwent esophagectomy at Keio University Hospital, Tokyo, Japan, between July 2000 and June 2016. Patients who underwent R0 or R1 resection or esophagectomy with combined resection of other organs were included. The authors investigated the usefulness of a risk model for 30-day mortality and operative mortality described in their previous report for predicting long-term prognosis after esophagectomy. RESULTS The 438 patients (377 men and 61 women) in this study had a 5-year overall survival (OS) rate of 62.8% and a disease-free survival rate of 54.3%. The OS was higher for the patients with 30-day mortality risk model values lower than 0.675% than for those with values higher than 0.675% (p < 0.001). The cutoff values for prediction were shown to be significant risk factors in the multivariate analysis. The risk calculator was validated by comparing the cutoff values with Harrell's C-index values of clinical stage. For overall risk, the C-index of operative mortality was 0.697, and the C-index of cStage was 0.671. CONCLUSIONS The risk calculator was useful for predicting recurrence and death after esophagectomy. Furthermore, because the C-index of the risk model for operative mortality was higher than for clinical tumor-node-metastasis stage, this risk-scoring system may be more useful clinically.
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- Masashi Takeuchi
- Department of Surgery, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan. .,Department of Surgery, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Shizuoka, Japan.
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- Department of Surgery, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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Huang X, Guo F, Zhou Z, Chang M, Wang F, Dou Y, Wang Z, Huan J. Relation between dynamic changes of platelet counts and 30-day mortality in severely burned patients. Platelets 2017; 30:158-163. [PMID: 29252068 DOI: 10.1080/09537104.2017.1379599] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Thrombocytopenia is a common event in severely burned patients and associated with adverse outcome. The underlying relationship between the dynamic changes of platelet counts and mortality has not been well defined. We performed a 6-year retrospective chart of adult patients with a burn index of 50 or greater admitted to two burn centers and collected data on patient demographics, laboratory results, and patient outcomes. The mean daily increase in the platelet count (∆PC/∆t) from day 3 to day 10 was calculated, and 30-day mortality was determined. For the study, 141 survivors and 65 nonsurvivors were enrolled. The sequential changes in PCs presented a biphasic pattern after admission, with a slump to the nadir during the first 3 days and a subsequent recovery. With respect to 30-day mortality, compared with the AUC of APACHE-Ⅱ score (0.841), no significant difference was noted between ΔPC/ΔT and APACHE-Ⅱ score (p = 0.0648). The ΔPC/ΔT associated with the best discrimination between survivors and nonsurvivors was 20.57 × 109/L due to the cutoff with optimal Youden index (0.453). By multiple logistic regression, ΔPC/ΔT < 20.57 × 109/L was one of the prognostic predictors of 30-day mortality. Furthermore, Kaplan-Meier estimates of hospital survival according to the size of ΔPC/ΔT revealed that a blunted increase with ΔPC/ΔT < 20.57 × 109/L was associated with increased 30-day mortality. A blunted daily increase in PCs, especially ΔPC/ΔT < 20.57 × 109/L, is associated with increased 30-day mortality, which provides prognostic information for mortality risk assessment in severely burned patients.
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- Xiaoqin Huang
- a Department of Burn and Plastic Surgery , Shanghai Jiao Tong University, School of Medicine, Rui Jin Hospital , Shanghai , China
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- a Department of Burn and Plastic Surgery , Shanghai Jiao Tong University, School of Medicine, Rui Jin Hospital , Shanghai , China
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- a Department of Burn and Plastic Surgery , Shanghai Jiao Tong University, School of Medicine, Rui Jin Hospital , Shanghai , China
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- a Department of Burn and Plastic Surgery , Shanghai Jiao Tong University, School of Medicine, Rui Jin Hospital , Shanghai , China
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- b Department of Burns , the First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University , Hefei , Anhui , China
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- a Department of Burn and Plastic Surgery , Shanghai Jiao Tong University, School of Medicine, Rui Jin Hospital , Shanghai , China
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- a Department of Burn and Plastic Surgery , Shanghai Jiao Tong University, School of Medicine, Rui Jin Hospital , Shanghai , China
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- a Department of Burn and Plastic Surgery , Shanghai Jiao Tong University, School of Medicine, Rui Jin Hospital , Shanghai , China
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Gao L, Zhang H, Zhang B, Zhang L, Wang C. Prognostic value of combination of preoperative platelet count and mean platelet volume in patients with resectable non-small cell lung cancer. Oncotarget 2017; 8:15632-15641. [PMID: 28152504 PMCID: PMC5362511 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.14921] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2016] [Accepted: 12/13/2016] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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The aim of the present study was to investigate the prognostic value of the combination of preoperative platelet count (PLT) and mean platelet volume (MPV) in patients with primary operable non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). We retrospectively analysed data from 546 patients with NSCLC who underwent complete resection at our institution from 2006 to 2010. Patients’ clinical characteristics and laboratory test data at initial diagnosis were collected. Both preoperative PLT and MPV (COP-MPV) were calculated on the basis of the data obtained using the recommended cut-off values of 300 × 109 L−1 and 11.0 fL, respectively. Patients with both an elevated PLT (≥300× 109 L−1) and a decreased MPV (<11.0 fL) were assigned a score of 2, and patients showing one or neither were allocated a score of 1 or 0, respectively. Multivariate analysis of the 9 clinical laboratory variables selected by univariate analysis revealed that preoperative COP-MPV was a significantly independent prognostic factor for overall survival (OS) (hazard ratio, 1.775; 95% confidence interval, 1.500–2.101; P< 0.001) and disease-free survival (DFS) (hazard ratio, 1.719; 95% confidence interval, 1.454–2.033; P< 0.001). In subgroup analyses for tumour pathological stage (I/II/IIIA) patients, we found that the level of COP-MPV was significantly associated with OS and DFS in each subgroup (P< 0.001, P< 0.001, P<0.001 for OS and P<0.001, P< 0.001, P=0.001 for DFS, respectively). In conclusion, the preoperative COP-MPV is a promising predictor of postoperative survival in patients with NSCLC and could classify these patients into three independent groups before surgery.
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- Liuwei Gao
- Department of Lung Cancer, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, National Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Tianjin, China.,Department of Lung Cancer, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, Key Laboratory of Cancer Prevention and Therapy, Tianjin, China.,Department of Lung Cancer, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, Tianjin Lung Cancer Center, Tianjin, China
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- Department of Lung Cancer, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, National Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Tianjin, China.,Department of Lung Cancer, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, Key Laboratory of Cancer Prevention and Therapy, Tianjin, China.,Department of Lung Cancer, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, Tianjin Lung Cancer Center, Tianjin, China
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- Department of Lung Cancer, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, National Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Tianjin, China.,Department of Lung Cancer, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, Key Laboratory of Cancer Prevention and Therapy, Tianjin, China.,Department of Lung Cancer, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, Tianjin Lung Cancer Center, Tianjin, China
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- Department of Lung Cancer, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, National Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Tianjin, China.,Department of Lung Cancer, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, Key Laboratory of Cancer Prevention and Therapy, Tianjin, China.,Department of Lung Cancer, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, Tianjin Lung Cancer Center, Tianjin, China
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- Department of Lung Cancer, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, National Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Tianjin, China.,Department of Lung Cancer, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, Key Laboratory of Cancer Prevention and Therapy, Tianjin, China.,Department of Lung Cancer, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, Tianjin Lung Cancer Center, Tianjin, China
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Role of ADP receptors on platelets in the growth of ovarian cancer. Blood 2017; 130:1235-1242. [PMID: 28679740 DOI: 10.1182/blood-2017-02-769893] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2017] [Accepted: 06/15/2017] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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We investigated the effect of platelets on ovarian cancer and the role of adenosine diphosphate (ADP) receptors (P2Y12 and P2Y1) on platelets in the growth of primary ovarian cancer tumors. We showed that in murine models of ovarian cancer, a P2Y12 inhibitor (ticagrelor) reduced tumor growth by 60% compared with aspirin and by 75% compared with placebo. In P2Y12-/- mice, the growth of syngeneic ovarian cancer tumors was reduced by >85% compared with wild-type (WT) mice. In contrast, there was no difference in tumor growth between P2Y1-/- and WT mice. Reconstitution of hematopoiesis in irradiated P2Y12-/- mice by hematopoietic progenitor cells from WT mice (WT→P2Y12-/-) restored tumor growth in P2Y12-/- mice. Finally, knockdown of ecto-apyrase (CD39) on ovarian cancer cells increased tumor growth in tumor-bearing mice. Although in the absence of platelets, ADP, the P2Y12 inhibitor, recombinant apyrase, or knockdown of CD39 did not affect cancer cell proliferation, in the presence of platelets, the P2Y12 inhibitor and recombinant apyrase reduced and knockdown of CD39 increased platelet-enhanced cancer cell proliferation. These results suggest that P2Y12 on platelets and ADP concentration at the interface between cancer cells and platelets affect the growth of primary ovarian cancer tumors in mice. If additional studies in mice and in pilot human trials confirm our results, inhibition of P2Y12 might be a new therapeutic option that can be used in adjuvant to the traditional surgery and chemotherapy in patients with ovarian cancer.
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Li XH, Gu WS, Wang XP, Lin JH, Zheng X, Zhang L, Kang T, Zhang ZX, Liu WL. Low Preoperative albumin-to-globulin ratio Predict Poor Survival and Negatively Correlated with Fibrinogen in Resectable Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma. J Cancer 2017; 8:1833-1842. [PMID: 28819381 PMCID: PMC5556647 DOI: 10.7150/jca.19062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2017] [Accepted: 04/26/2017] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Background: Although various inflammation-based indexes in esophageal carcinoma have been documented, but the prognostic value of the albumin-to-globulin ratio(AGR) and its correlation with fibrinogen in resectable ESCC remain unknown. Methods: The levels of pre-treatment serum common acute phase proteins (including CRP, albumin and fribrinogen) were retrospectively analyzed in 447 patients with ESCC who underwent surgical resection at our department. The prognostic value was explored by univariate and multivariate cox hazard analysis. The correlation between AGR and acute phase proteins were also analyzed. Results: Patients with decreased levels of AGR and increased CRP had significantly lower 5-year survival rates than those with higher AGR, not only in the whole ESCC cohort but also in the subgroups stratified according to the disease T, N classifications, and metastasis, whereas the other acute phase proteins were not independent prognostic factors for ESCC. In addition, a lower AGR level was observed more often in patients with a high fibrinogen level than in those with a low fibrinogen level. Spearman's rank correlation analysis revealed that the AGR level presented a negative correlation with the fibrinogen level (r =-0.317, p<0.001). Conclusions: The 5-year survival was shorter in resectable ESCC patients exhibiting decreased pre-treatment AGR and increased CRP. Thus, the serum AGR and CRP may be a clinical prognostic factor for resectable ESCC patients. In addition, a negative correlation was present between the levels of AGR and fibrinogen, the common indexes of acute phase reactants.
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- Xiao-Hui Li
- State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, Department of Clinical Laboratory Medicine, Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou 510060, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Malignant Tumor Epigenetics and Gene Regulation, Department of Clinical Laboratory Medicine, Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510020, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, Department of Clinical Laboratory Medicine, Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou 510060, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, Department of Clinical Laboratory Medicine, Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou 510060, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, Department of Clinical Laboratory Medicine, Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou 510060, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, Department of Clinical Laboratory Medicine, Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou 510060, China.,Guangdong Esophageal Cancer Research Institute, Guangzhou 510060, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, Department of Clinical Laboratory Medicine, Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou 510060, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Malignant Tumor Epigenetics and Gene Regulation, Department of Clinical Laboratory Medicine, Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510020, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, Department of Clinical Laboratory Medicine, Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou 510060, China
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Agoston AT, Srivastava A, Zheng Y, Bueno R, Odze RD, Szallasi Z. Paraneoplastic thrombocytosis is associated with increased mortality and increased rate of lymph node metastasis in oesophageal adenocarcinoma. Pathology 2017; 49:471-475. [PMID: 28668174 DOI: 10.1016/j.pathol.2017.04.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2017] [Revised: 03/15/2017] [Accepted: 04/02/2017] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Paraneoplastic thrombocytosis has been associated with adverse outcomes in several cancers, but has not been described in oesophageal adenocarcinoma. The aim of our study was to examine the prognostic value of platelet counts in patients with oesophageal adenocarcinoma. A cohort of 584 patients who underwent oesophagectomy for oesophageal adenocarcinoma was identified. Platelet counts, history of neoadjuvant chemoradiation, and clinicopathological factors such as T and N stage, and overall survival were recorded. Patients with elevated platelet count (>450,000/μL) had a higher mortality rate than patients with normal platelet count (150,000-450,000/μL) (hazard ratio = 2.60, p = 0.0013). This effect was seen in patients with and without neoadjuvant chemoradiation therapy. Paraneoplastic thrombocytosis was also associated with increased likelihood of lymph node metastasis compared to normal platelet count (69% versus 31%, p < 0.01). Paraneoplastic thrombocytosis is associated with increased rate of lymph node metastasis and mortality in oesophageal adenocarcinoma. Further studies are needed to examine the mechanisms behind this phenomenon.
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- Agoston T Agoston
- Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, United States.
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- Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, United States
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- Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, United States
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- Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, United States
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- Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, United States
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- Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States
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Predictive and Prognostic Value of Preoperative Thrombocytosis in Upper Tract Urothelial Carcinoma. Clin Genitourin Cancer 2017; 15:e1039-e1045. [PMID: 28694147 DOI: 10.1016/j.clgc.2017.06.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2017] [Revised: 06/09/2017] [Accepted: 06/13/2017] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to evaluate the predictive and prognostic role of preoperative thrombocytosis (TC) in upper tract urothelial carcinoma (UTUC) after radical nephroureterectomy (RNU) in a large multi-institutional cohort of patients. METHODS Records of 2492 patients undergoing RNU for non-metastatic UTUC between 1990 and 2008 were retrospectively analyzed. Preoperative TC was defined as a platelet count > 400 × 109/L, irrespective of gender type. Logistic regression analyses were performed to evaluate its association with pathologic features. Cox proportional hazards regression was used for estimation of recurrence-free survival, cancer-specific survival, and overall survival. RESULTS Preoperative TC was found in 309 (12.4%) patients and was associated with advanced tumor stage and grade, lymph node metastasis, lymphovascular invasion, tumor architecture, necrosis, and concomitant carcinoma in situ (P-values ≤ .027). Preoperative TC independently predicted ≥ pT2 (P < .001), non-organ-confined (P < .001), and lymph node-positive (P < .001) disease in a preoperative model that adjusted for the effects of age, gender, location, multifocality, and tumor architecture. Within a median follow-up of 45 months, recurrence occurred in 663 (26.6%) patients with 545 (21.9%) dying of UTUC. In univariable Cox proportional hazard regression analysis, TC was significantly associated with recurrence-free survival (hazard ratio [HR], 1.32; P = .015) and overall survival (HR, 1.4; P < .001), but not cancer-specific survival (HR, 1.17; P = .2). In both pre- and postoperative multivariable models, when adjusted for the effects of standard clinicopathologic features, TC did not retain its association with survival outcomes. CONCLUSIONS Preoperative TC is associated with adverse clinicopathologic features and predicts worse pathology at RNU. Among other serum biomarkers, TC could benefit preoperative risk stratification and help guide treatment decisions.
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Turri-Zanoni M, Salzano G, Lambertoni A, Giovannardi M, Karligkiotis A, Battaglia P, Castelnuovo P. Prognostic value of pretreatment peripheral blood markers in paranasal sinus cancer: Neutrophil-to-lymphocyte and platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio. Head Neck 2016; 39:730-736. [DOI: 10.1002/hed.24681] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2016] [Revised: 08/10/2016] [Accepted: 11/08/2016] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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- Mario Turri-Zanoni
- Division of Otorhinolaryngology; Department of Biotechnology and Life Sciences, University of Insubria, Ospedale di Circolo e Fondazione Macchi; Varese Italy
- Head and Neck Surgery & Forensic Dissection Research Center (HNS & FDRC), Department of Biotechnology and Life Sciences, University of Insubria; Varese Italy
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- Division of Maxillofacial Surgery; Department of Neurosciences, Reproductive and Odontostomatological Sciences, University of Naples “Federico II”; Naples Italy
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- Division of Otorhinolaryngology; Department of Biotechnology and Life Sciences, University of Insubria, Ospedale di Circolo e Fondazione Macchi; Varese Italy
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- Unit of Biostatistics, Department of Statistics, Monzino Hospital IRCCS; Milan Italy
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- Division of Otorhinolaryngology; Department of Biotechnology and Life Sciences, University of Insubria, Ospedale di Circolo e Fondazione Macchi; Varese Italy
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- Division of Otorhinolaryngology; Department of Biotechnology and Life Sciences, University of Insubria, Ospedale di Circolo e Fondazione Macchi; Varese Italy
- Head and Neck Surgery & Forensic Dissection Research Center (HNS & FDRC), Department of Biotechnology and Life Sciences, University of Insubria; Varese Italy
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- Division of Otorhinolaryngology; Department of Biotechnology and Life Sciences, University of Insubria, Ospedale di Circolo e Fondazione Macchi; Varese Italy
- Head and Neck Surgery & Forensic Dissection Research Center (HNS & FDRC), Department of Biotechnology and Life Sciences, University of Insubria; Varese Italy
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Shiratori F, Shimada H, Yajima S, Suzuki T, Oshima Y, Nanami T, Ito M, Kaneko H. Relationship between ABO blood group and clinicopathological factors and their effect on the survival of Japanese patients with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma. Surg Today 2016; 47:959-965. [PMID: 28028639 DOI: 10.1007/s00595-016-1459-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2016] [Accepted: 11/29/2016] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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PURPOSE Several studies have evaluated the association between ABO blood group and the prognosis of various types of cancer; however, little is known about the relationship between ABO blood group and esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (SCC). We investigated how ABO blood group and clinicopathological characteristics are related to the survival of Japanese patients with esophageal SCC. METHODS We reviewed the medical records of 181 patients who underwent surgery for esophageal SCC between June, 2004 and December, 2015 and analyzed the association between ABO blood group and clinicopathological factors. Clinicopathological factors were also evaluated by univariate and multivariate analyses for possible association with survival. RESULTS The prevalence of each blood group was as follows: A, 35.5%; B, 22.4%; O, 32.8%; and AB, 8.2%. The 5-year overall survival of all patients was 37.1%. Patients with non-type B blood had significantly worse 5-year overall survival than those with type B blood (30.2 vs. 58.8%, P < 0.05). CONCLUSIONS ABO blood groups were associated with the survival of Japanese patients with esophageal SCC. Patients with non-B blood groups had significantly worse overall survival than those with the B blood group.
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- Fumiaki Shiratori
- Department of Surgery, School of MedicineToho University, 6-11-1 Omori-Nishi, Ota-ku, Tokyo, 143-8541, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, School of MedicineToho University, 6-11-1 Omori-Nishi, Ota-ku, Tokyo, 143-8541, Japan.
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- Department of Surgery, School of MedicineToho University, 6-11-1 Omori-Nishi, Ota-ku, Tokyo, 143-8541, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, School of MedicineToho University, 6-11-1 Omori-Nishi, Ota-ku, Tokyo, 143-8541, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, School of MedicineToho University, 6-11-1 Omori-Nishi, Ota-ku, Tokyo, 143-8541, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, School of MedicineToho University, 6-11-1 Omori-Nishi, Ota-ku, Tokyo, 143-8541, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, School of MedicineToho University, 6-11-1 Omori-Nishi, Ota-ku, Tokyo, 143-8541, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, School of MedicineToho University, 6-11-1 Omori-Nishi, Ota-ku, Tokyo, 143-8541, Japan
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Gunaldi M, Erdem D, Goksu S, Gunduz S, Okuturlar Y, Tiken E, Aksoy H, Yildirim M. Platelet Distribution Width as a Predictor of Metastasis in Gastric Cancer Patients. J Gastrointest Cancer 2016; 48:341-346. [DOI: 10.1007/s12029-016-9886-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Han L, Jia Y, Song Q, Wang N, Wang J, Bai B, Chen X, Wang C, Cheng Y. Prognostic significance of preoperative absolute peripheral monocyte count in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma. Dis Esophagus 2016; 29:740-746. [PMID: 26316375 DOI: 10.1111/dote.12401] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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The objective of this study was to investigate the prognostic value of peripheral blood monocytes in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) patients who underwent esophagectomy. Records from 218 consecutive patients with histologically diagnosed ESCC who underwent esophagectomy at Qilu Hospital of Shandong University from January 2007 to December 2008 were retrospectively reviewed. The median disease-free survival (DFS) of this cohort was 29.0 months, and the 5-year DFS rate was 34.4%. The median overall survival (OS) was 35.0 months, and the 5-year OS rate was 37.6%. The cut-off value of 0.42 × 109 /L for the absolute monocyte count (AMC) was chosen as optimal to discriminate between survival and death by applying receiver operating curve analysis. There were 131 patients (60.1%) who had high AMC (≥0.42 × 109 /L) preoperatively. We found that AMC was significantly associated with gender, tumor location, and platelet count. Kaplan-Meier survival analysis of patients with high preoperative AMC had a significant worse prognosis for DFS (high vs. low: 27.5% vs. 39.0%, P = 0.015) and OS (high vs. low: 31.1% vs. 44.8%, P = 0.009) than those with low preoperative AMC. In a multivariate analysis, preoperative AMC was an independent prognostic factor for DFS (P = 0.025, hazard ratio [HR]: 1.469, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.050-2.054) and OS (P = 0.015, HR: 1.547, 95% CI: 1.088-2.200). In addition, among 140 patients without both preoperative and postoperative therapy, significantly worse OS (P = 0.012) and marginally reduced DFS (P = 0.079) were found in the high AMC cohort versus the low AMC cohort. A higher preoperative absolute peripheral monocyte count can be considered as a useful prognostic marker of ESCC patients who underwent esophagectomy.
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- L Han
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, China
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- Department of Oncology, Yiyuan Chinese Medicine Hospital, Zibo, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, China.
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Verma GR, Thiagarajan S, Gupta R, Kaman L, Das R, Kochhar R, Sinha SK. Thrombocytosis and Raised CRP Levels Predicts Advanced Stage in Esophageal Carcinoma. J Gastrointest Cancer 2016. [PMID: 26202142 DOI: 10.1007/s12029-015-9750-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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PURPOSE The significance of thrombocytosis and raised C-reactive protein (CRP) as prognostic markers in esophageal cancer is unclear. METHODS We prospectively studied 50 consecutive patients with esophageal cancer and analyzed the relation of preoperative platelet count and CRP levels with the clinico-pathological characteristics and stage of the disease. The platelet count of 319 × 10(9)/L for thrombocytosis and CRP level >6 mg/dl were taken as cut-off values. RESULTS The incidence of thrombocytosis as well as raised CRP level was 50 %. Eighty percent of patients with thrombocytosis had raised CRP levels. None of patients with early disease (stage I) had thrombocytosis while patients with advanced stage were associated with thrombocytosis, 81.81 % in stage III and 100 % in stage IV (p < 0.001). The incidence of elevated CRP levels has shown progressive linear co-relation with the stage of carcinoma, i.e., 0 % in pathological stage I, 16.67 % in stage II, 45.45 % in stage III, and 100 % in stage IV disease (p = 0.011). Patients with thrombocytosis and patients with raised CRP were associated with pathological nodal metastases in 84.61 % cases (p 0.005) and 61.53 % (p 0.030), respectively. CONCLUSION Thrombocytosis alone or in combination with raised CRP had progressive linear relation with the stage of esophageal carcinoma.
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- G R Verma
- Surgical Gastroenterology Division, Department of General Surgery, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Sector-12, Chandigarh, 160012, India.
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- Surgical Gastroenterology Division, Department of General Surgery, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Sector-12, Chandigarh, 160012, India
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- Surgical Gastroenterology Division, Department of General Surgery, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Sector-12, Chandigarh, 160012, India
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- Surgical Gastroenterology Division, Department of General Surgery, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Sector-12, Chandigarh, 160012, India
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- Department of Hematology, Chandigarh, India
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Chandigarh, India
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Plasma fibrinogen levels are correlated with postoperative distant metastasis and prognosis in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma. Oncotarget 2016; 6:38410-20. [PMID: 26334098 PMCID: PMC4742009 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.4800] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2015] [Accepted: 07/23/2015] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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This study investigated the correlation of preoperative plasma fibrinogen level with distant metastasis and prognosis in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC). A total of 255 patients with ESCC who underwent surgery in Zhejiang cancer hospital (Hangzhou, China), between October 2006 and December 2009, were evaluated in this retrospective study. Population controls were selected from a pool of cancer-free subjects in the same region. Each patient and cancer-free people provided 3-mL pretreatment blood. Plasma fibrinogen level was measured by the Clauss method. The effects of hyperfibrinogenemia on locoregional relapse-free survival (LRFS), distant metastasis-free survival (DMFS), relapse-free survival (RFS), and overall survival (OS) were assessed using Kaplan-Meier analysis. Independent prognostic factors were identified in the multivariate Cox analysis. The proportion of hyperfibrinogenemia was higher in ESCC patients than those in controls (40.4% vs 13.6%). Subjects with hyperfibrinogenemia had a significantly higher risk of ESCC than those with normal plasma fibrinogen level (adjust OR = 4.61; 95% CI = 3.02–7.01, P < 0.001) after adjusted for age, sex and smoking status. The Kaplan-Meier curves showed that patients with hyperfibrinogenemia had worse DMFS, RFS and OS (P < 0.001). Tumor length, lymph node metastasis and plasma fibrinogen level were independent prognostic factors of ESCC (P < 0.05). Increased plasma fibrinogen level was significantly associated with elevated risk of ESCC. Preoperative plasma fibrinogen level was a predictor of distant metastasis and independently associated with prognosis of patients with ESCC.
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