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Jeon HJ, Kim JM, Cho CK, Lee YW, Yoo HS. Wheel Balanced Cancer Therapy for Longer Than 21 Days Can Have a Positive Effect on the Survival of Patients with Stage IV Cancer. J Pharmacopuncture 2015; 18:19-31. [PMID: 26388999 PMCID: PMC4573804 DOI: 10.3831/kpi.2015.18.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2015] [Accepted: 05/29/2015] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Objectives: Correlations of the levels of the nonspecific inflammatory markers C-reactive protein (CRP) and erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) and of the coagulation marker fibrinogen with the treatment period of wheel balanced cancer therapy were determined. Methods: Electronic charts of stage IV cancer patients hospitalized from February 1, 2008, to November 30, 2013, were reviewed retrospectively. Patients whose laboratory follow-up tests included at least two data points for at least one marker were included. Patients receiving chemotherapy or radiotherapy or having Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) levels exceeding 2 were excluded. Correlations of the markers with the length of treatment for treatment periods ≥ 21 and ≤ 20 days were determined by gender and whether or not surgery had been performed. Results: Analyses of the CRP and the ESR revealed a higher proportion of patients with stable marker levels than with increased or decreased levels. Also, only the ESR in female and the CRP in male groups had higher proportions of patients with stable marker levels than with increased or decreased levels. The ≥ 21 day group had a higher proportion of patients with stable CRP and ESR levels than the ≤ 20 day group. Only the ESR in female and the CRP in male groups had higher proportions of patients with stable marker levels in the ≥ 21 day than in the ≤ 20 day group. In addition, only the CRP in the surgery group and the ESR in the non-surgery group had higher proportions of patients with stable marker levels in the ≥ 21 day group than in the ≤ 20 day group. Conclusion: For stage IV cancer patients at hospitals that offer Korean medicine, more than 21 days of long-term wheel balanced cancer therapy (WBCT) should help maintain the CRP and the ESR levels and should have a favorable effect on the survival rate.
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- East West Cancer Center, Dunsan Korean Medicine Hospital of Daejeon University, Daejeon, Korea
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- East West Cancer Center, Dunsan Korean Medicine Hospital of Daejeon University, Daejeon, Korea
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- East West Cancer Center, Dunsan Korean Medicine Hospital of Daejeon University, Daejeon, Korea
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- East West Cancer Center, Dunsan Korean Medicine Hospital of Daejeon University, Daejeon, Korea
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- East West Cancer Center, Dunsan Korean Medicine Hospital of Daejeon University, Daejeon, Korea
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Tanaka N, Kikuchi E, Kanao K, Matsumoto K, Shirotake S, Miyazaki Y, Kobayashi H, Kaneko G, Hagiwara M, Ide H, Obata J, Hoshino K, Hayakawa N, Kosaka T, Hara S, Nakagawa K, Jinzaki M, Oya M. Impact of Combined Use of Blood-based Inflammatory Markers on Patients with Upper Tract Urothelial Carcinoma Following Radical Nephroureterectomy: Proposal of a Cumulative Marker Score as a Novel Predictive Tool for Prognosis. Eur Urol Focus 2015; 1:54-63. [DOI: 10.1016/j.euf.2015.02.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2014] [Revised: 12/26/2014] [Accepted: 02/04/2015] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Evasion and interactions of the humoral innate immune response in pathogen invasion, autoimmune disease, and cancer. Clin Immunol 2015; 160:244-54. [PMID: 26145788 DOI: 10.1016/j.clim.2015.06.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2015] [Revised: 06/22/2015] [Accepted: 06/26/2015] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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The humoral innate immune system is composed of three major branches, complement, coagulation, and natural antibodies. To persist in the host, pathogens, such as bacteria, viruses, and cancers must evade parts of the innate humoral immune system. Disruptions in the humoral innate immune system also play a role in the development of autoimmune diseases. This review will examine how Gram positive bacteria, viruses, cancer, and the autoimmune conditions systemic lupus erythematosus and anti-phospholipid syndrome, interact with these immune system components. Through examining evasion techniques it becomes clear that an interplay between these three systems exists. By exploring the interplay and the evasion/disruption of the humoral innate immune system, we can develop a better understanding of pathogenic infections, cancer, and autoimmune disease development.
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The comparison of plasma D-dimer levels in benign and malignant tumors of cervix, ovary and uterus. Int J Hematol Oncol Stem Cell Res 2015; 9:107-11. [PMID: 26261694 PMCID: PMC4529676] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2015] [Accepted: 02/25/2015] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Thromboembolism is the most important complication of cancers.The aim of this study was to determine D-dimer levels in benign and malignant tumors of the uterus, ovary and cervix. SUBJECTS AND METHODS This was a cross sectional study and it was conducted on 90 female patients referred to Imam Khomeini and Arash Hospitals because of uterine, cervical and ovarian tumors in 2013-2014. After surgical resection or tissue biopsy, 2 cc of each patient's blood was taken to be sent to laboratory of hospitals. "Nycocard" kit was chosen to measure D-dimer levels in Mg/Lit by neflumetry method. Data were analyzed in SPSS-16 by T-test and One-Way ANOVA test. RESULTS The highest mean of D-dimer was 3.9 (± 2.9SD) in malignant cervical tumors. The mean plasma levels of D-dimer in malignant uterine cancers (P = 0.008), ovarian cancers (P = 0.007) and cervical cancers (P = 0.006) was significantly higher than benign tumors. In all three types of uterine, ovarian and cervical cancers, D-dimer was significantly higher in advanced stages than lower stages. CONCLUSION The plasma D-dimer levels in patients with malignant tumors of the uterus, cervix and ovary were higher than benign types. By increasing the stage of gynecologic malignant tumors, the levels of plasma D-dimer were increased.
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Thurner EM, Krenn-Pilko S, Langsenlehner U, Stojakovic T, Pichler M, Gerger A, Kapp KS, Langsenlehner T. The association of an elevated plasma fibrinogen level with cancer-specific and overall survival in prostate cancer patients. World J Urol 2014; 33:1467-73. [PMID: 25475065 DOI: 10.1007/s00345-014-1459-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2014] [Accepted: 11/28/2014] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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PURPOSE Fibrinogen plays an important role in the pathophysiology of tumour cell invasion and metastases. In recent studies, an elevated plasma fibrinogen level has been associated with poor prognosis in different types of cancer. The present study was performed to analyse the prognostic impact of an elevated fibrinogen level in prostate cancer patients. METHODS We evaluated data from 268 prostate cancer patients who underwent 3D conformal radiotherapy between 1999 and 2006 at a single tertiary academic center. Cancer-specific survival (CSS), overall survival (OS), and clinical disease-free survival (DFS) were assessed using the Kaplan-Meier method. Univariable and multivariable Cox regression models were performed for each endpoint. RESULTS Applying receiver operating characteristics (ROC) curve analysis, the optimal cut-off level for the plasma fibrinogen level was 530 mg dl(-1), respectively. Univariable (HR 3.638, 95 % CI 1.15-11.47, p = 0.027) and multivariable analyses (HR 3.964, 95 % CI 1.06-14.87, p = 0.041) revealed a significant correlation between increased plasma fibrinogen and CSS. Univariable analysis also showed a significant association between the elevated plasma fibrinogen level and decreased OS (HR 3.242, 95 % CI 1.53-6.89, p = 0.002), that remained significant in multivariable analysis (HR 3.215, 95 % CI 1.44-7.19, p = 0.004). No significant associations were found for clinical DFS. CONCLUSION Although our data show a significant association between an elevated plasma fibrinogen level and poor prostate cancer prognosis, they have to be interpreted cautiously. Limitations of the present study are caused by its retrospective design, the limited accuracy obtained using ROC curve analysis, and potential confounding factors like cardiovascular disease and inflammatory diseases that have not been accounted for.
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- Eva-Maria Thurner
- Department of Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology, Comprehensive Cancer Center Graz, Medical University of Graz, Auenbruggerplatz 32, 8036, Graz, Austria
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- Department of Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology, Comprehensive Cancer Center Graz, Medical University of Graz, Auenbruggerplatz 32, 8036, Graz, Austria
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- Division of Internal Medicine, Outpatient Department Graz, Graz, Austria
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- Clinical Institute of Medical and Chemical Laboratory Diagnostics, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
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- Division of Clinical Oncology, Department of Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
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- Division of Clinical Oncology, Department of Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
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- Department of Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology, Comprehensive Cancer Center Graz, Medical University of Graz, Auenbruggerplatz 32, 8036, Graz, Austria
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- Department of Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology, Comprehensive Cancer Center Graz, Medical University of Graz, Auenbruggerplatz 32, 8036, Graz, Austria.
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Erdem S, Amasyali AS, Aytac O, Onem K, Issever H, Sanli O. Increased preoperative levels of plasma fibrinogen and d dimer in patients with renal cell carcinoma is associated with poor survival and adverse tumor characteristics. Urol Oncol 2014; 32:1031-40. [DOI: 10.1016/j.urolonc.2014.03.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2014] [Revised: 03/10/2014] [Accepted: 03/11/2014] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Zhao K, Deng H, Qin Y, Liao W, Liang W. Prognostic significance of pretreatment plasma fibrinogen and platelet levels in patients with early-stage cervical cancer. Gynecol Obstet Invest 2014; 79:25-33. [PMID: 25278089 DOI: 10.1159/000365477] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2013] [Accepted: 06/25/2014] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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BACKGROUND Hyperfibrinogenaemia and thrombocytosis, which usually occur in cancer patients, have been shown to contribute to cancer cell growth, progression, and metastasis. The aims of the present study were to assess the prognostic significance of pretreatment plasma fibrinogen and platelet levels in early-stage cervical cancer patients. METHODS The present study was a retrospective analysis of 220 cervical cancer patients with stage I-IIA disease. The pretreatment plasma fibrinogen and platelet levels were investigated along with clinicopathological findings and survival data. RESULTS The incidences of hyperfibrinogenaemia and thrombocytosis were 11.8 and 25.5%, respectively. Elevated fibrinogen levels were associated with advanced tumour stage, older age, large tumour size, deep stromal invasion, and tumour recurrence, whereas higher platelet levels correlated significantly with advanced tumour stage, large tumour size, and tumour recurrence. Kaplan-Meier analysis showed that hyperfibrinogenaemia and thrombocytosis were significantly associated with shorter disease-free and overall survival. Furthermore, patients with hyperfibrinogenaemia and thrombocytosis may suffer from a higher risk of recurrence. Multivariate survival analyses showed that fibrinogen levels, but not platelet levels, were an independent prognostic factor for poor survival in early-stage patients. CONCLUSION Hyperfibrinogenaemia and thrombocytosis may be valuable biomarkers for predicting recurrence in patients with early-stage cervical cancer.
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- Kelei Zhao
- Department of Oncology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, PR China
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Bai J, He A, Huang C, Yang J, Zhang W, Wang J, Yang Y, Zhang P, Zhang Y, Zhou F. Serum peptidome based biomarkers searching for monitoring minimal residual disease in adult acute lymphocytic leukemia. Proteome Sci 2014; 12:49. [PMID: 25317080 PMCID: PMC4195909 DOI: 10.1186/s12953-014-0049-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2014] [Accepted: 09/08/2014] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The persistence of minimal residual disease (MRD) during therapy is the strongest adverse prognostic factor in acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL). This study was to identify serum candidate peptides for monitoring MRD in adult ALL. RESULTS A total of 33 peptides in the molecular weight range of 1000-10000 Da were detected using ClinProt system and statistically different between adult patients with ALL and healthy controls. Quick classifier (QC) algorithm was used to obtain a diagnostic model consisting of five peptides that could discriminate patients with ALL from controls with a high sensitivity (100%) and specificity (96.67%). The peptides in the QC model were identified as fibrinogen alpha chain (FGA), glutathione S-transferase P1 (GSTP1), isoform 1 of fibrinogen alpha chain precursor, platelet factor 4 (PF4) by high pressure/performance liquid chromatography mass spectrometry/mass spectrometry. Relative intensities of the five peptides were compared among ALL different groups for the potential importance of MRD evaluation in ALL. The peptides with increased relative intensities in newly diagnosed (ND) ALL patients were found to be decreased in their relative intensities after complete remission (CR) of adult ALL. When ALL patients were refractory & relapsed (RR), relative intensities of the peptides were elevated again. Peptides with decreased relative intensities in ND and RR ALL patients were found to be increased in their relative intensities when ALL patients achieved CR. The findings were validated by ELISA and western blot. Further linear regression analyses were performed to eliminate the influence of platelet and white blood cell counts on serum protein contents and indicated that there were no correlations between the contents of all four proteins (PF4, connective tissue active peptide III, FGA and GSTP1) and white blood cell or platelet counts in ALL different groups and healthy control. CONCLUSIONS We speculate the five peptides, FGA, isoform 1 of fibrinogen alpha chain precursor, GSTP1, PF4 and connective tissue active peptide III would be potential biomarkers for forecasting relapse, monitoring MRD and evaluating therapeutic response in adult ALL.
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- Ju Bai
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- />Department of Hematology, Second Affiliated Hospital, Medical School of Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, 710004 Shaanxi Province China
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- />Department of Genetics and Molecular Biology, Medical school of Xi’an Jiaotong University/Key Laboratory of Environment and Disease-Related Gene, Ministry of Education, Xi’an, 710061 Shaanxi China
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- />Department of Genetics and Molecular Biology, Medical school of Xi’an Jiaotong University/Key Laboratory of Environment and Disease-Related Gene, Ministry of Education, Xi’an, 710061 Shaanxi China
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- />Department of Hematology, Second Affiliated Hospital, Medical School of Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, 710004 Shaanxi Province China
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- />Department of Hematology, Second Affiliated Hospital, Medical School of Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, 710004 Shaanxi Province China
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- />Department of Hematology, Second Affiliated Hospital, Medical School of Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, 710004 Shaanxi Province China
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- />Department of Hematology, Second Affiliated Hospital, Medical School of Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, 710004 Shaanxi Province China
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- />Department of Hematology, Second Affiliated Hospital, Medical School of Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, 710004 Shaanxi Province China
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- />Department of Hematology, Second Affiliated Hospital, Medical School of Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, 710004 Shaanxi Province China
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Sun ZQ, Han XN, Wang HJ, Tang Y, Zhao ZL, Qu YL, Xu RW, Liu YY, Yu XB. Prognostic significance of preoperative fibrinogen in patients with colon cancer. World J Gastroenterol 2014; 20:8583-8591. [PMID: 25024612 PMCID: PMC4093707 DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i26.8583] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2013] [Accepted: 03/13/2014] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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AIM: To investigate the prognostic significance of preoperative fibrinogen levels in colon cancer patients.
METHODS: A total of 255 colon cancer patients treated at the Affiliated Tumor Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University from June 1st 2005 to June 1st 2008 were enrolled in the study. All patients received radical surgery as their primary treatment method. Preoperative fibrinogen was detected by the Clauss method, and all patients were followed up after surgery. Preoperative fibrinogen measurements were correlated with a number of clinicopathological parameters using the Student t test and analysis of variance. Survival analyses were performed by the Kaplan-Meier method and Cox regression modeling to measure 5-year disease-free survival (DFS) and overall survival (OS).
RESULTS: The mean preoperative fibrinogen concentration of all colon cancer patients was 3.17 ± 0.88 g/L. Statistically significant differences were found between preoperative fibrinogen levels and the clinicopathological parameters of age, smoking status, tumor size, tumor location, tumor-node-metastasis (TNM) stage, modified Glasgow prognostic scores (mGPS), white blood cell (WBC) count, neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio (NLR), platelet-lymphocyte ratio (PLR), and carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) levels. Univariate survival analysis showed that TNM stage, tumor cell differentiation grade, vascular invasion, mGPS score, preoperative fibrinogen, WBC, NLR, PLR and CEA all correlated with both OS and DFS. Alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) and body mass index correlated only with OS. Kaplan-Meier analysis revealed that both OS and DFS of the total cohort, as well as of the stage II and III patients, were higher in the hypofibrinogen group compared to the hyperfibrinogen group (all P < 0.05). In contrast, there was no significant difference between OS and DFS in stage I patients with low or high fibrinogen levels. Cox regression analysis indicated preoperative fibrinogen levels, TNM stage, mGPS score, CEA, and AFP levels correlated with both OS and DFS.
CONCLUSION: Preoperative fibrinogen levels can serve as an independent prognostic marker to evaluate patient response to colon cancer treatment.
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Pichler M, Dalpiaz O, Ehrlich GC, Stojakovic T, Martín Hernández JM, Mannweiler S, Pummer K, Zigeuner R, Hutterer GC. Validation of the Preoperative Plasma Fibrinogen Level as a Prognostic Factor in a European Cohort of Patients with Localized Upper Tract Urothelial Carcinoma. J Urol 2014; 191:920-5. [DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2013.10.073] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 10/21/2013] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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- Martin Pichler
- Division of Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
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- Department of Urology, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
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- Department of Urology, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
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- Clinical Institute of Medical and Chemical Laboratory Diagnostics, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
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- Department of Urology, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
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- Department of Urology, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
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Rybinski B, Franco-Barraza J, Cukierman E. The wound healing, chronic fibrosis, and cancer progression triad. Physiol Genomics 2014; 46:223-44. [PMID: 24520152 PMCID: PMC4035661 DOI: 10.1152/physiolgenomics.00158.2013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 158] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2013] [Accepted: 02/04/2014] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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For decades tumors have been recognized as "wounds that do not heal." Besides the commonalities that tumors and wounded tissues share, the process of wound healing also portrays similar characteristics with chronic fibrosis. In this review, we suggest a tight interrelationship, which is governed as a concurrence of cellular and microenvironmental reactivity among wound healing, chronic fibrosis, and cancer development/progression (i.e., the WHFC triad). It is clear that the same cell types, as well as soluble and matrix elements that drive wound healing (including regeneration) via distinct signaling pathways, also fuel chronic fibrosis and tumor progression. Hence, here we review the relationship between fibrosis and cancer through the lens of wound healing.
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- Brad Rybinski
- Cancer Biology Program, Fox Chase Cancer Center/Temple Health, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Kuzmanov U, Musrap N, Kosanam H, Smith CR, Batruch I, Dimitromanolakis A, Diamandis EP. Glycoproteomic identification of potential glycoprotein biomarkers in ovarian cancer proximal fluids. Clin Chem Lab Med 2014; 51:1467-76. [PMID: 23241603 DOI: 10.1515/cclm-2012-0642] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2012] [Accepted: 11/07/2012] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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BACKGROUND Ovarian cancer is the leading cause of death among all gynecological disorders. Aberrant glycosylation, or more specifically, increased sialylation of proteins has been observed in ovarian cancer. Several sialyltransferase genes have been shown to be up-regulated at both the mRNA and protein levels in a number of cancers, including that of the ovary. ST6GAL1 (β-galactosamide α2,6-sialyltranferase 1) gene expression has previously been shown to be upregulated in ovarian cancers of all major subtypes. METHODS We have identified the sialome (i.e., sialic acid containing glycoproteins) of biological fluids from ovarian cancer patients and ovarian cancer cell lines utilizing tandem mass spectrometry as a potential pool of novel biomarker candidates. The sialoglycopeptides from four ovarian cancer cell lines, pooled ascites (n=13) and ovarian cyst (n=14) fluids from ovarian cancer patients were enriched utilizing affinity to agarose-immobilized Elderberry lectin (Sambucus nigra agglutinin) and magnetic hydrazide beads folowing periodate-mediated oxidation of sialic acids. Benign ovarian cyst (n=10) and peritoneal effusion (n=20) fluids were analyzed in the same fashion to serve as controls. PNGase F deglycosylated peptides were identified using electrospray ionization-LTQ Orbitrap tandem mass spectrometry. RESULTS In all of the samples analyzed in the glycoproteomic portion of the study, we have identified 579 glycosylation sites on 333 proteins. Of these, 13 were exclusively identified in biological fluids from ovarian cancer patients, and another eight were common to these fluids and the ovarian cancer cell line supernatants. CONCLUSIONS The proteins identified in the present study could form the basis for future studies examining and quantifying their sialylation status as biomarkers of ovarian cancer.
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- Uros Kuzmanov
- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Ghanim B, Hoda MA, Klikovits T, Winter MP, Alimohammadi A, Grusch M, Dome B, Arns M, Schenk P, Jakopovic M, Samarzija M, Brcic L, Filipits M, Laszlo V, Klepetko W, Berger W, Hegedus B. Circulating fibrinogen is a prognostic and predictive biomarker in malignant pleural mesothelioma. Br J Cancer 2014; 110:984-90. [PMID: 24434429 PMCID: PMC3929892 DOI: 10.1038/bjc.2013.815] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2013] [Revised: 12/05/2013] [Accepted: 12/10/2013] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Background: To investigate the clinical utility of pretreatment plasma fibrinogen levels in malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) patients. Methods: A retrospective multicenter study was performed in histologically proven MPM patients. All fibrinogen levels were measured at the time of diagnosis and clinical data were retrospectively collected after approval of the corresponding ethics committees. Results: In total, 176 MPM patients (mean age: 63.5 years±10.4 years, 38 females and 138 males) were analysed. Most patients (n=154, 87.5%) had elevated (⩾390 mg dl−1) plasma fibrinogen levels. When patients were grouped by median fibrinogen, patients with low level (⩽627 mg dl−1) had significantly longer overall survival (OS) (19.1 months, confidence interval (CI) 14.5–23.7 months) when compared with those with high level (OS 8.5; CI 6.2–10.7 months). In multivariate survival analyses, fibrinogen was found to be an independent prognostic factor (hazard ratio 1.81, CI 1.23–2.65). Most interestingly, fibrinogen (cutoff 75th percentile per 750 mg dl−1) proved to be a predictive biomarker indicating treatment benefit achieved by surgery within multimodality therapy (interaction term: P=0.034). Accordingly, only patients below the 75th percentile benefit from surgery within multimodality therapy (31.3 vs 5.3 months OS). Conclusions: Fibrinogen is a novel independent prognostic biomarker in MPM. Most importantly, fibrinogen predicted treatment benefit achieved by surgery within multimodality therapy.
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- B Ghanim
- 1] Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Medical University of Vienna 1090, Vienna, Austria [2] Institute of Cancer Research, Department of Internal Medicine I, Medical University of Vienna 1090, Vienna, Austria
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- 1] Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Medical University of Vienna 1090, Vienna, Austria [2] Institute of Cancer Research, Department of Internal Medicine I, Medical University of Vienna 1090, Vienna, Austria
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- Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Medical University of Vienna 1090, Vienna, Austria
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- Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Medical University of Vienna 1090, Vienna, Austria
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- Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Medical University of Vienna 1090, Vienna, Austria
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- Institute of Cancer Research, Department of Internal Medicine I, Medical University of Vienna 1090, Vienna, Austria
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- 1] Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Medical University of Vienna 1090, Vienna, Austria [2] National Koranyi Institute of Pulmonology, Budapest 1121, Hungary [3] Department of Thoracic Surgery, National Institute of Oncology, Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Pulmonology, LKH Hochegg, 2803 Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Pulmonology, LKH Hochegg, 2803 Vienna, Austria
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- University of Zagreb, School of Medicine, Department for Respiratory Diseases Jordanovac, University Hospital Center, Zagreb 10000, Croatia
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- University of Zagreb, School of Medicine, Department for Respiratory Diseases Jordanovac, University Hospital Center, Zagreb 10000, Croatia
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- University of Zagreb, School of Medicine, Institute of Pathology, Zagreb 10000, Croatia
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- Institute of Cancer Research, Department of Internal Medicine I, Medical University of Vienna 1090, Vienna, Austria
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- 1] Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Medical University of Vienna 1090, Vienna, Austria [2] Department of Biological Physics, Eötvös University, Budapest 1117, Hungary
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- Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Medical University of Vienna 1090, Vienna, Austria
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- Institute of Cancer Research, Department of Internal Medicine I, Medical University of Vienna 1090, Vienna, Austria
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- 1] Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Medical University of Vienna 1090, Vienna, Austria [2] Institute of Cancer Research, Department of Internal Medicine I, Medical University of Vienna 1090, Vienna, Austria [3] MTA-SE Molecular Oncology Research Group, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest 1091, Hungary
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Kinoshita A, Onoda H, Imai N, Iwaku A, Oishi M, Tanaka K, Fushiya N, Koike K, Nishino H, Matsushima M, Tajiri H. Elevated plasma fibrinogen levels are associated with a poor prognosis in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma. Oncology 2013; 85:269-77. [PMID: 24217119 DOI: 10.1159/000355502] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2013] [Accepted: 08/30/2013] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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OBJECTIVES Elevated plasma fibrinogen levels are associated with tumor progression and poor outcomes in cancer patients. We investigated the prognostic value of pretreatment plasma fibrinogen levels in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). METHODS One hundred and thirteen patients with newly diagnosed HCC were retrospectively evaluated. We investigated the correlation between pretreatment plasma fibrinogen levels, clinicopathological parameters and overall survival. Both univariate and multivariate analyses were performed to identify the clinicopathological parameters associated with overall survival. RESULTS The median value of the pretreatment plasma fibrinogen level was 279 mg/dl. Elevated plasma fibrinogen levels were associated with larger tumor size, the presence of vascular invasion and higher Cancer Liver Italian Program scores. Lower plasma fibrinogen levels were associated with higher Child-Pugh grades. The overall survival rates in patients with pretreatment plasma fibrinogen levels ≥ 315 mg/dl were significantly lower than those with a pretreatment plasma fibrinogen level <315 mg/dl (p = 0.016). On multivariate analysis, the plasma fibrinogen levels (per 100 mg/dl) were found to be independently associated with overall survival (hazard ratio 1.236; p = 0.046). CONCLUSIONS This study demonstrates that elevated pretreatment plasma fibrinogen levels are associated with tumor progression and are independently associated with a poor prognosis in patients with HCC.
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- Akiyoshi Kinoshita
- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, The Jikei University Daisan Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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Seebacher V, Grimm C, Reinthaller A, Heinze G, Tempfer C, Hefler L, Polterauer S. The value of serum albumin as a novel independent marker for prognosis in patients with endometrial cancer. Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol 2013; 171:101-6. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejogrb.2013.07.044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2013] [Revised: 07/02/2013] [Accepted: 07/31/2013] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Matsuda S, Takeuchi H, Fukuda K, Nakamura R, Takahashi T, Wada N, Kawakubo H, Saikawa Y, Omori T, Kitagawa Y. Clinical significance of plasma fibrinogen level as a predictive marker for postoperative recurrence of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma in patients receiving neoadjuvant treatment. Dis Esophagus 2013; 27:654-61. [PMID: 23980622 DOI: 10.1111/dote.12115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [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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Among multidisciplinary therapies developed for advanced esophageal cancer, neoadjuvant chemotherapy and chemoradiotherapy have been established as standard treatments. To deliver cautious follow up and intense treatment for high-risk patients, a simple and instructive biomarker for the postoperative recurrence needs to be identified. Fibrinogen, a common component of hemostasis, has been suggested to not only play an important role in cancer metastasis, but also correlate with tumor recurrence. We aim to clarify the validity of plasma fibrinogen as a marker for predicting the postoperative recurrence of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma patients who received neoadjuvant treatment. We reviewed 72 consecutive patients with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma who received neoadjuvant chemotherapy or chemoradiotherapy, followed by esophagectomy at the Keio University Hospital from 2001 to 2010. Of them, we retrospectively examined 68 patients who underwent plasma fibrinogen examination before and after neoadjuvant treatment and underwent transthoracic radical esophagectomy. We investigated patient characteristics, clinicopathological factors, neoadjuvant treatment effects, postoperative course, and plasma fibrinogen levels. We investigated pretreatment and preoperative (postneoadjuvant treatment) plasma fibrinogen levels, as well as changes in fibrinogen levels before and after neoadjuvant treatment. Patients with preoperative hyperfibrinogenemia (>350 mg/dL) and patients with increased plasma fibrinogen levels during neoadjuvant treatment showed significantly shorter postoperative disease-free survival (DFS) (P = 0.002 and P = 0.037, respectively). Moreover, we classified these patients into three classes on the basis of their preoperative fibrinogen levels and changes in fibrinogen levels during neoadjuvant treatment. Patients who had both high preoperative plasma fibrinogen and increased fibrinogen levels showed significantly shorter DFS than others. In contrast, patients who had normal preoperative plasma fibrinogen and decreased fibrinogen levels showed significantly longer DFS. Based on this fibrinogen classification, we could differentiate between significantly favorable and poor prognosis patients group. Overall, this classification (hazard ratio = 1.812, P = 0.013) and the response to neoadjuvant treatment (hazard ratio = 0.350, P = 0.007) were found to be significant determining factors for postoperative DFS. With the validity of preoperative plasma fibrinogen levels and changes in fibrinogen levels during neoadjuvant treatment, the plasma fibrinogen level was found to be a possible biomarker for postoperative recurrence in advanced esophageal cancer patients who received neoadjuvant treatment. Moreover, plasma fibrinogen classification could be a simple and valuable predictive marker for postoperative follow up.
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- S Matsuda
- Department of Surgery, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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Pichler M, Hutterer GC, Stojakovic T, Mannweiler S, Pummer K, Zigeuner R. High plasma fibrinogen level represents an independent negative prognostic factor regarding cancer-specific, metastasis-free, as well as overall survival in a European cohort of non-metastatic renal cell carcinoma patients. Br J Cancer 2013; 109:1123-9. [PMID: 23922109 PMCID: PMC3778296 DOI: 10.1038/bjc.2013.443] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2013] [Revised: 07/10/2013] [Accepted: 07/11/2013] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Background: In recent years, plasma fibrinogen has been ascribed an important role in the pathophysiology of tumour cell invasion and metastases. A relatively small-scale study has indicated that plasma fibrinogen levels may serve as a prognostic factor for predicting clinical outcomes in non-metastatic renal cell carcinoma (RCC) patients. Methods: Data from 994 consecutive non-metastatic RCC patients, operated between 2000 and 2010 at a single, tertiary academic centre, were evaluated. Analyses of plasma fibrinogen levels were performed one day before the surgical interventions. Patients were categorised using a cut-off value of 466 mg dl−1 according to a calculation by receiver-operating curve analysis. Cancer-specific (CSS), metastasis-free (MFS), as well as overall survival (OS) were assessed using the Kaplan–Meier method. To evaluate the independent prognostic impact of plasma fibrinogen level, a multivariable Cox regression model was performed for all three different endpoints. Results: High plasma fibrinogen levels were associated with various well-established prognostic factors, including age, advanced tumour stage, tumour grade and histologic tumour necrosis (all P<0.05). Furthermore, in multivariable analysis, a high plasma fibrinogen level was statistically significantly associated with a poor outcome for patients' CSS (hazard ratio (HR): 2.47, 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.49–4.11, P<0.001), MFS (HR: 2.15, 95% CI: 1.44–3.22, P<0.001) and OS (HR: 2.48, 95% CI: 1.80–3.40, P<0.001). Conclusion: A high plasma fibrinogen level seems to represent a strong and independent negative prognostic factor regarding CSS, MFS and OS in non-metastatic RCC patients. Thus, this easily determinable laboratory value should be considered as an additional prognostic factor for RCC patients' individual risk assessment.
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- M Pichler
- Division of Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Auenbruggerplatz 25, Graz A=8036, Austria.
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Functional binding analysis of human fibrinogen as an iron- and heme-binding protein. Biometals 2013; 26:789-94. [DOI: 10.1007/s10534-013-9657-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2013] [Accepted: 07/08/2013] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Seebacher V, Hofstetter G, Polterauer S, Reinthaller A, Grimm C, Schwameis R, Taucher S, Wagener A, Marth C, Concin N. Does thyroid-stimulating hormone influence the prognosis of patients with endometrial cancer? A multicentre trial. Br J Cancer 2013; 109:215-8. [PMID: 23764750 PMCID: PMC3708572 DOI: 10.1038/bjc.2013.282] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2013] [Revised: 05/03/2013] [Accepted: 05/10/2013] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Background: Thyroid function has been suggested to interfere with tumour biology and prognosis in different cancers. The present study was performed to investigate the impact of pre-therapeutic serum thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) levels on the prognosis of patients with endometrial cancer. Methods: Pre-therapeutic serum TSH was investigated in 199 patients with endometrial cancer. After stratification in TSH risk groups, univariate and multivariable survival analyses were performed. Results: Elevated TSH was independently associated with poor disease-specific survival in univariate/multivariable survival analyses (P=0.01 and P=0.03, respectively). Conclusion: Thyroid-stimulating hormone may serve as a novel and independent prognostic parameter for disease-specific survival in patients with endometrial cancer.
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- V Seebacher
- Department of Gynaecology and Gynaecological Oncology, Comprehensive Cancer Centre Vienna, Medical University of Vienna, Waehringer Guertel 18-20, 1090 Vienna, Austria
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Zhao J, Zhao M, Jin B, Yu P, Hu X, Teng Y, Zhang J, Luo Y, Zhang L, Zheng S, Zhou Q, Li H, Liu Y, Qu X. Tumor response and survival in patients with advanced non-small-cell lung cancer: the predictive value of chemotherapy-induced changes in fibrinogen. BMC Cancer 2012; 12:330. [PMID: 22852778 PMCID: PMC3492194 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2407-12-330] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2012] [Accepted: 07/19/2012] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Hyperfibrinogenemia is a common problem associated with various carcinomas, and is accompanied by hypercoagulablity. In advanced non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) it remains unclear whether or not chemotherapy-induced changes in fibrinogen level relate to chemotherapeutic response and prognosis. The purposes of this study were to: 1) analyze the association between chemotherapy-induced changes in plasma fibrinogen level and the chemotherapeutic response after the first two courses of standard first-line platinum-based chemotherapy; and 2) evaluate the prognostic significance of the basal plasma fibrinogen level in patients with advanced NSCLC. METHODS In this retrospective study, the data from 160 patients with advanced NSCLC were collected. The association between the changes in fibrinogen and the response to chemotherapy, or between the pre-and post-chemotherapy fibrinogen levels and patient clinical characteristics, were analyzed using SPSS software. In addition, the prognostic value of pre-chemotherapy fibrinogen levels was assessed. RESULTS The median pre-chemotherapy plasma fibrinogen level was 4.4 g/L. Pre-chemotherapy plasma fibrinogen levels correlated significantly with gender (p = 0.041). Post-chemotherapy plasma fibrinogen levels correlated with gender (p = 0.023), age (p = 0.018), ECOG (p = 0.002) and tumor response (p = 0.049). Plasma fibrinogen levels markedly decreased after chemotherapy in 98 (61.25 %) patients with pre-chemotherapy hyperfibrinogenemia (p = 0.008); and in this population there was a significant link between the decrease in fibrinogen level, and initial partial response (PR; p = 0.017) and stable disease (SD; p = 0.031). Univariate and multivariate analysis revealed that higher levels of fibrinogen (≥4.4 g/L) and ECOG 1 were positively associated with shorter overall survival (OS). CEA and CA125 also decreased significantly (p =0.015, p =0.000) in DCR group after chemotherapy. CONCLUSIONS This study showed that the reduction in plasma fibrinogen levels induced by chemotherapy might be as a promising biomarker as CEA and CA125 for evaluating the efficacy of chemotherapy in advanced NSCLC. In addition, basal plasma fibrinogen levels could be used as an independent prognostic parameter for the OS of patients with advanced NSCLC.
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- Jun Zhao
- Department of Medical Oncology, The First Hospital, China Medical University, Shenyang, China
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- Department of Medical Oncology, The First Hospital, China Medical University, Shenyang, China
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- Department of Medical Oncology, The First Hospital, China Medical University, Shenyang, China
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- Department of Medical Oncology, The First Hospital, China Medical University, Shenyang, China
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- Department of Medical Oncology, The First Hospital, China Medical University, Shenyang, China
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- Department of Medical Oncology, The First Hospital, China Medical University, Shenyang, China
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- Department of Medical Oncology, The First Hospital, China Medical University, Shenyang, China
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- Department of Medical Oncology, The First Hospital, China Medical University, Shenyang, China
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- Department of Medical Oncology, The First Hospital, China Medical University, Shenyang, China
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- Department of Medical Oncology, The First Hospital, China Medical University, Shenyang, China
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- Department of Medical Oncology, The First Hospital, China Medical University, Shenyang, China
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- Department of Medical Oncology, The First Hospital, China Medical University, Shenyang, China
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- Department of Medical Oncology, The First Hospital, China Medical University, Shenyang, China
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- Department of Medical Oncology, The First Hospital, China Medical University, Shenyang, China
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Tanaka N, Kikuchi E, Matsumoto K, Hayakawa N, Ide H, Miyajima A, Nakamura S, Oya M. Prognostic value of plasma fibrinogen levels in patients with localized upper tract urothelial carcinoma. BJU Int 2012; 111:857-64. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410x.2012.11353.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Nobuyuki Tanaka
- Department of Urology; Keio University School of Medicine; Japan
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- Department of Urology; Keio University School of Medicine; Japan
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- Department of Urology; Keio University School of Medicine; Japan
- Department of Urology; Saiseikai Central Hospital; Tokyo Japan
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- Department of Urology; Keio University School of Medicine; Japan
- Department of Urology; Saiseikai Central Hospital; Tokyo Japan
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- Department of Urology; Keio University School of Medicine; Japan
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- Department of Urology; Keio University School of Medicine; Japan
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- Department of Urology; Saiseikai Central Hospital; Tokyo Japan
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- Department of Urology; Keio University School of Medicine; Japan
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Qiu J, Yu Y, Fu Y, Ye F, Xie X, Lu W. Preoperative plasma fibrinogen, platelet count and prognosis in epithelial ovarian cancer. J Obstet Gynaecol Res 2012; 38:651-7. [PMID: 22413879 DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0756.2011.01780.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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AIM The aim of the present study was to investigate the correlation between fibrinogen level, platelet count and prognosis in patients with epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC). MATERIAL AND METHODS Preoperative fibrinogen level and platelet count in 136 EOC patients and 146 patients with benign ovarian tumor, and their associations with clinicopathologic parameters and survival in EOC patients, were retrospectively analyzed. RESULTS The fibrinogen level in EOC was higher than that in benign patients (3.95 ± 1.37 g/L versus 2.88 ± 0.6 g/L, P < 0.001), and 36.0% (49/136) of EOC patients had hyperfibrinogenemia (fibrinogen >4.0 g/L). The platelet count in EOC was higher than that in benign patients (251.5 ± 89.4 × 10(9) /L versus 206.7 ± 49.0 × 10(9) /L P < 0.001), and 7.4% (10/136) of EOC patients had thrombocytosis (platelet count >400 × 10(9) /L). Hyperfibrinogenemia was associated with International Federation of Gynecologists and Obstetricians (FIGO) stage, non-optimal cytoreduction and poor chemo-response, but not with histologic type and grade, CA-125 level, chemotherapy method, and age. EOC patients with advanced disease showed higher rate of elevated thrombocyte count than patients with early disease (30.7% versus 8.3%, P = 0.002). The rate of thrombocytosis was higher in patients with hyperfibrinogenemia than in those with normal fibrinogen (9/10 versus 1/10, P < 0.001). A significant correlation between platelet count and fibrinogen level was observed in EOC patients (P < 0.001). In multivariate analysis, overall survival was influenced by tumor stage (P < 0.001), chemotherapy with taxane (P < 0.001) and fibrinogen level (P = 0.004), and disease-free survival was only influenced by tumor stage (P < 0.001). CONCLUSION Our findings suggest that hyperfibrinogenemia may be a predictor for poor chemo-response and have a potential role as independent prognostic factors in EOC patients.
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- Jian Qiu
- Department of Gynecologic Oncology, Women's Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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Seebacher V, Polterauer S, Grimm C, Tempfer C, Hefler-Frischmuth K, Reinthaller A, Hefler L. The impact of plasma fibrinogen levels on patients with vulvar cancer. Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol 2012; 161:88-91. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejogrb.2011.11.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2011] [Revised: 10/29/2011] [Accepted: 11/30/2011] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Prognostic significance of gamma-glutamyltransferase in patients with endometrial cancer: a multi-centre trial. Br J Cancer 2012; 106:1551-5. [PMID: 22315051 PMCID: PMC3341855 DOI: 10.1038/bjc.2012.16] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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Background: Gamma-glutamyltransferase (GTT), a known marker for apoptotic balance, seems to promote tumour progression, invasion and drug resistance. Recently, high GGT serum levels were shown to be associated with impaired prognosis in patients with cervical cancer. The aim of this study was to investigate the value of pre-therapeutic serum GGT levels as prognostic parameter in patients with endometrial cancer. Methods: Within the present multi-centre trial, clinical–pathological parameters and pre-therapeutic serum GGT levels were evaluated in 874 consecutive patients with endometrial cancer. Patients were stratified in GGT risk groups, and univariate and multivariable survival analyses were performed. Results: Mean pre-therapeutic serum GGT level was 30.8 (41.5) U l–1. Elevated and highly elevated serum GGT levels (P=0.03 and P=0.005), tumour stage (P<0.001 and P<0.001), grade (P<0.001 and P=0.02) and age (P<0.001 and P<0.001) were independently associated with progression-free survival in univariate and multivariable survival analyses. Pre-therapeutic GGT was not associated with advanced tumour stage (P=0.6), higher histological grade (P=0.6) or unfavourable histological subtype (P=0.3). Conclusion: Pre-therapeutic serum GGT is a novel and independent prognostic parameter for progression-free survival of patients with endometrial cancer. Stratifying patients into prognostic subgroups could be used for patient counselling and individualised treatment planning.
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- Clemens B Tempfer
- Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Marienhospital Herne, Ruhr University Bochum, Bochum, Hölkeskampring 40, D-44625 Herne, Germany.
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Hyperfibrinogenemia after preoperative chemoradiotherapy predicts poor response and poor prognosis in rectal cancer. Int J Colorectal Dis 2011; 26:45-51. [PMID: 20809424 DOI: 10.1007/s00384-010-1054-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 08/19/2010] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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PURPOSE Although hyperfibrinogenemia has been reported in patients with colorectal cancer, neither its clinical implications nor the effect of chemoradiotherapy (CRT) on the fibrinogen levels have been fully investigated. We investigated the clinical significance of pre- and post-CRT fibrinogen levels in patients with rectal cancer. METHODS The medical records of 82 patients with rectal cancer, who had received CRT followed by surgical resection, were retrospectively reviewed. The correlation between the clinicopathological variables and the pre- and post-CRT plasma fibrinogen levels, and that between the changes of fibrinogen, C-reactive protein (CRP), or carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) levels after CRT and the pathological tumor regression grading was analyzed. Furthermore, the impact of post-CRT fibrinogen levels on the prognosis of these patients was assessed. RESULTS Plasma fibrinogen markedly decreased after CRT. The post-CRT fibrinogen level significantly correlated with lymphatic invasion, venous invasion, tumor size, depth of invasion, and the pathological tumor regression grading. The CRT-induced pathological tumor regression grading well correlated with the decrease of fibrinogen level, but not with that of CRP or CEA. Furthermore, patients with high post-CRT fibrinogen had significantly shorter disease-free survival. CONCLUSIONS Reduction of plasma fibrinogen induced by CRT should be a promising biomarker for evaluating the efficacy of CRT in rectal cancer patients.
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Ghezzi F, Cromi A, Siesto G, Giudici S, Serati M, Formenti G, Franchi M. Prognostic significance of preoperative plasma fibrinogen in endometrial cancer. Gynecol Oncol 2010; 119:309-13. [PMID: 20688365 DOI: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2010.07.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2010] [Revised: 07/10/2010] [Accepted: 07/14/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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