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Wan J, Zeng Y. Prediction of hepatic metastasis in esophageal cancer based on machine learning. Sci Rep 2024; 14:14507. [PMID: 38914571 PMCID: PMC11196737 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-63213-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2024] [Accepted: 05/27/2024] [Indexed: 06/26/2024] Open
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This study aimed to establish a machine learning (ML) model for predicting hepatic metastasis in esophageal cancer. We retrospectively analyzed patients with esophageal cancer recorded in the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) database from 2010 to 2020. We identified 11 indicators associated with the risk of liver metastasis through univariate and multivariate logistic regression. Subsequently, these indicators were incorporated into six ML classifiers to build corresponding predictive models. The performance of these models was evaluated using the area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUC), accuracy, sensitivity, and specificity. A total of 17,800 patients diagnosed with esophageal cancer were included in this study. Age, primary site, histology, tumor grade, T stage, N stage, surgical intervention, radiotherapy, chemotherapy, bone metastasis, and lung metastasis were independent risk factors for hepatic metastasis in esophageal cancer patients. Among the six models developed, the ML model constructed using the GBM algorithm exhibited the highest performance during internal validation of the dataset, with AUC, accuracy, sensitivity, and specificity of 0.885, 0.868, 0.667, and 0.888, respectively. Based on the GBM algorithm, we developed an accessible web-based prediction tool (accessible at https://project2-dngisws9d7xkygjcvnue8u.streamlit.app/ ) for predicting the risk of hepatic metastasis in esophageal cancer.
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- Jun Wan
- Department of Emergency surgery, Yangtze University Jingzhou Hospital, jingzhou, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, China-Japan Union Hospital of Jilin University, No. 126 Xiantai street, Changchun, Jilin, China.
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Wang B, Xiong Y, Li R, Zhang S. Age-related nomogram revealed optimal therapeutic option for older patients with primary liver cancer: less is more. Aging (Albany NY) 2024; 16:9824-9845. [PMID: 38848143 PMCID: PMC11210251 DOI: 10.18632/aging.205901] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2023] [Accepted: 05/03/2024] [Indexed: 06/09/2024]
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BACKGROUND Age bias in therapeutic decisions for older patients with cancer exists. There is a clear need to individualize such decisions. METHODS Based on the Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) database, 5081 primary liver cancer (PLC) patients between 2010 and 2014 were identified and divided into <64, 64-74 and >74 years group. Each group was randomly divided into training and internal validation cohorts, and patients who were diagnosed between 2015 and 2016 were included as an external validation. The nomogram model predicting overall survival (OS) was generated and evaluated based on the Cox regression for the influencing factors in prognosis. The K-M analysis was used to compare the difference among different treatments. RESULTS KM analysis showed a significant difference for OS in three age groups (P < 0.001). At the same time, we also found different prognostic factors and their importance in different age groups. Therefore, we created three nomograms based on the results of Cox regression results for each age group. The c-index was 0.802, 0.766, 0.781 respectively. The calibration curve and ROC curve show that our model has a good predictive efficacy and the reliability was also confirmed in the internal and external validation set. An available online page was established to simplify and visualize our model (http://124.222.247.135/). The results of treatment analysis revealed that the optimal therapeutic option for PLCs was surgery alone. CONCLUSIONS The optimal therapeutic option for older PLCs was surgery alone. The generated dynamic nomogram in this study may be a useful tool for personalized clinical decisions.
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- Bo Wang
- Department of Geriatric Digestive Surgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, China
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- Department of Geriatric Digestive Surgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, China
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- Department of Geriatric Digestive Surgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, China
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- Department of Geriatric Digestive Surgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, China
- Experimental Teaching Center for Clinical Skills, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, China
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Wang D, Deng Q, Peng Y, Tong Z, Li Z, Huang L, Zeng J, Li J, Miao J, Chen S. Prognositic value of anoikis and tumor immune microenvironment-related gene in the treatment of osteosarcoma. ZHONG NAN DA XUE XUE BAO. YI XUE BAN = JOURNAL OF CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY. MEDICAL SCIENCES 2024; 49:758-774. [PMID: 39174890 PMCID: PMC11341232 DOI: 10.11817/j.issn.1672-7347.2024.230519] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2023] [Indexed: 08/24/2024]
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OBJECTIVES Osteosarcoma is a highly aggressive primary malignant bone tumor commonly seen in children and adolescents, with a poor prognosis. Anchorage-dependent cell death (anoikis) has been proven to be indispensable in tumor metastasis, regulating the migration and adhesion of tumor cells at the primary site. However, as a type of programmed cell death, anoikis is rarely studied in osteosarcoma, especially in the tumor immune microenvironment. This study aims to clarify prognostic value of anoikis and tumor immune microenvironment-related gene in the treatment of osteosarcoma. METHODS Anoikis-related genes (ANRGs) were obtained from GeneCards. Clinical information and ANRGs expression profiles of osteosarcoma patients were sourced from the therapeutically applicable research to generate effective therapies and Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) databases. ANRGs highly associated with tumor immune microenvironment were identified by the estimate package and the weighted gene coexpression network analysis (WGCNA) algorithm. Machine learning algorithms were performed to construct long-term survival predictive strategy, each sample was divided into high-risk and low-risk subgroups, which was further verified in the GEO cohort. Finally, based on single-cell RNA-seq from the GEO database, analysis was done on the function of signature genes in the osteosarcoma tumor microenvironment. RESULTS A total of 51 hub ANRGs closely associated with the tumor microenvironment were identified, from which 3 genes (MERTK, BNIP3, S100A8) were selected to construct the prognostic model. Significant differences in immune cell activation and immune-related signaling pathways were observed between the high-risk and low-risk groups based on tumor microenvironment analysis (all P<0.05). Additionally, characteristic genes within the osteosarcoma microenvironment were identified in regulation of intercellular crosstalk through the GAS6-MERTK signaling pathway. CONCLUSIONS The prognostic model based on ANRGs and tumor microenvironment demonstrate good predictive power and provide more personalized treatment options for patients with osteosarcoma.
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- Dong Wang
- Department of Spine Surgery, Third Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha 410013.
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- Department of Spine Surgery, Third Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha 410013.
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- Department of Spine Surgery, Third Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha 410013
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- Department of Spine Surgery, Third Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha 410013
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- Department of Spine Surgery, Third Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha 410013
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- Department of Spine Surgery, Third Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha 410013
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- Department of Spine Surgery, Third Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha 410013
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- Department of Spine Surgery, Third Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha 410013
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- Department of Spine Surgery, Third Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha 410013
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- Department of Spine Surgery, Third Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha 410013.
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Regulatory Biology; Institute of Biomedical Sciences, School of Life Sciences, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, China.
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Tan J, Yu Y, Lin X, He Y, Jin W, Qian H, Li Y, Xu X, Zhao Y, Ning J, Zhang Z, Chen J, Wu X. OHCCPredictor: an online risk stratification model for predicting survival duration of older patients with hepatocellular carcinoma. Hepatol Int 2024; 18:550-567. [PMID: 37067674 PMCID: PMC11014809 DOI: 10.1007/s12072-023-10516-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2022] [Accepted: 03/07/2023] [Indexed: 04/18/2023]
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BACKGROUND Although the elderly constitute more than a third of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) patients, they have not been adequately represented in treatment and prognosis studies. Thus, there is not enough evidence to guide the treatment of such patients. The objective of this study is to identify the prognostic factors of older patients with HCC and to construct a new prognostic model for predicting their overall survival (OS). METHODS 2,721 HCC patients aged ≥ 65 were extracted from the public database-Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) and randomly divided into a training set and an internal validation set with a ratio of 7:3. 101 patients diagnosed from 2008 to 2017 in the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine were identified as the external validation set. Univariate cox regression analyses and multivariate cox regression analyses were adopted to identify these independent prognostic factors. A predictive nomogram-based risk stratification model was proposed and evaluated using area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUC), calibration curves, and a decision curve analysis (DCA). RESULTS These attributes including age, sex, marital status, T stage, N stage, surgery, chemotherapy, tumor size, alpha-fetoprotein level, fibrosis score, bone metastasis, lung metastasis, and grade were the independent prognostic factors for older patients with HCC while predicting survival duration. We found that the nomogram provided a good assessment of OS at 1, 3, and 5 years in older patients with HCC (1-year OS: (training set: AUC = 0.823 (95%CI 0.803-0.845); internal validation set: AUC = 0.847 (95%CI 0.818-0.876); external validation set: AUC = 0.732 (95%CI 0.521-0.943)); 3-year OS: (training set: AUC = 0.813 (95%CI 0.790-0.837); internal validation set: AUC = 0.844 (95%CI 0.812-0.876); external validation set: AUC = 0.780 (95%CI 0.674-0.887)); 5-year OS: (training set: AUC = 0.839 (95%CI 0.806-0.872); internal validation set: AUC = 0.800 (95%CI 0.751-0.849); external validation set: AUC = 0.821 (95%CI 0.727-0.914)). The calibration curves showed that the nomogram was with strong calibration. The DCA indicated that the nomogram can be used as an effective tool in clinical practice. The risk stratification of all subgroups was statistically significant (p < 0.05). In the stratification analysis of surgery, larger resection (LR) achieved a better survival curve than local destruction (LD), but a worse one than segmental resection (SR) and liver transplantation (LT) (p < 0.0001). With the consideration of the friendship to clinicians, we further developed an online interface (OHCCPredictor) for such a predictive function ( https://juntaotan.shinyapps.io/dynnomapp_hcc/ ). With such an easily obtained online tool, clinicians will be provided helpful assistance in formulating personalized therapy to assess the prognosis of older patients with HCC. CONCLUSIONS Age, sex, marital status, T stage, N stage, surgery, chemotherapy, tumor size, AFP level, fibrosis score, bone metastasis, lung metastasis, and grade were independent prognostic factors for elderly patients with HCC. The constructed nomogram model based on the above factors could accurately predict the prognosis of such patients. Besides, the developed online web interface of the predictive model provide easily obtained access for clinicians.
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- Juntao Tan
- Operation Management Office, Affiliated Banan Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, 401320, China
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- Senior Bioinformatician Department of Quantitative, Health Sciences Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, 55905, US
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- State Key Laboratory for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, National Clinical Research Centre for Infectious Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, 79 Qing Chun Road, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310003, China
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- Department of Medical Administration, Affiliated Banan Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, 401320, China
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- Medical Records Department, The First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, 310003, China
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- Medical Records Department, The First Hospital of Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, China
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- Department of Medical Administration, The First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, 310003, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Chengdu Fifth People's Hospital, Chengdu, 611130, China
- Department of Infectious Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, 404000, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, National Clinical Research Centre for Infectious Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, 79 Qing Chun Road, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310003, China
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- Emergency Department, The First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, 310003, China
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- Medical Records Department, The First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, 310003, China.
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- Department of Digital Urban Governance, Zhejiang University City College, Hangzhou, 310015, China.
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- State Key Laboratory for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, National Clinical Research Centre for Infectious Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, 79 Qing Chun Road, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310003, China.
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Nakharutai N, Chitapanarux I, Traisathit P, Srikummoon P, Pojchamarnwiputh S, Inmutto N, Na Chiangmai W. Prediction of survival and analysis of prognostic factors for hepatocellular carcinoma: a 20-year of imaging diagnosis in Upper Northern Thailand. BMC Cancer 2023; 23:1063. [PMID: 37923991 PMCID: PMC10625219 DOI: 10.1186/s12885-023-11429-6] [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: 04/14/2023] [Accepted: 09/21/2023] [Indexed: 11/06/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND To evaluate survival rates of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), the Chiang Mai Cancer Registry provided characteristics data of 6276 HCC patients diagnosed between 1998-2020 based on evolution of imaging diagnosis. Evolution can be separated into four cohorts, namely, cohort 1 (1990-2005) when we had ultrasound (US) and single-phase computed tomography (CT), cohort 2 (2006-2009) when one multi-phase CT and one magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) were added, cohort 3 (2010-2015) when MRI with LI-RADS was added, and finally, cohort 4 (2016-2020) when two upgraded MRIs with LI-RADS were added. METHODS Cox proportional hazard models were used to determine the relation between death and risk factors including methods of imagining diagnosis, gender, age of diagnosis, tumor stages, history of smoking and alcohol-use, while Kaplan-Meier curves were used to calculate survival rates. RESULTS The median age of diagnosis was 57.0 years (IQR: 50.0-65.0) and the median survival time was 5.8 months (IQR: 1.9-26.8) during the follow-up period. In the univariable analysis, all factors were all associated with a higher risk of death in HCC patients except age of diagnosis. In a multivariable analysis, elderly age at diagnosis, regional and metastatic stages and advanced methods of imagining diagnosis during cohorts 2 and 3 were independently associated with the risk of death in HCC patients. The survival rate of patients diagnosed during cohort 4 was significantly higher than the other cohorts. CONCLUSION As a significantly increasing survival rate of HCC patients in cohort 4, advanced methods of diagnostic imaging can be a part of the recommendation to diagnose HCC.
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- Nawapon Nakharutai
- Department of Statistics, Faculty of Science, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand
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- Chiang Mai Cancer Registry, Maharaj Nakorn Chiang Mai Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand
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- Department of Statistics, Faculty of Science, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand
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- Department of Statistics, Faculty of Science, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand
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- Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand
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- Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
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Zhong X, Lin Y, Zhang W, Bi Q. Predicting diagnosis and survival of bone metastasis in breast cancer using machine learning. Sci Rep 2023; 13:18301. [PMID: 37880320 PMCID: PMC10600146 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-45438-z] [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: 05/25/2023] [Accepted: 10/19/2023] [Indexed: 10/27/2023] Open
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This study aimed at establishing more accurate predictive models based on novel machine learning algorithms, with the overarching goal of providing clinicians with effective decision-making assistance. We retrospectively analyzed the breast cancer patients recorded in the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) database from 2010 to 2016. Multivariable logistic regression analyses were used to identify risk factors for bone metastases in breast cancer, whereas Cox proportional hazards regression analyses were used to identify prognostic factors for breast cancer with bone metastasis (BCBM). Based on the identified risk and prognostic factors, we developed diagnostic and prognostic models that incorporate six machine learning classifiers. We then used the area under the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve (AUC), learning curve, precision curve, calibration plot, and decision curve analysis to evaluate performance of the machine learning models. Univariable and multivariable logistic regression analyses showed that bone metastases were significantly associated with age, race, sex, grade, T stage, N stage, surgery, radiotherapy, chemotherapy, tumor size, brain metastasis, liver metastasis, lung metastasis, breast subtype, and PR. Univariate and multivariate Cox regression analyses revealed that age, race, marital status, grade, surgery, radiotherapy, chemotherapy, brain metastasis, liver metastasis, lung metastasis, breast subtype, ER, and PR were closely associated with the prognosis of BCBM. Among the six machine learning models, the XGBoost algorithm predicted the most accurate results (Diagnostic model AUC = 0.98; Prognostic model AUC = 0.88). According to the Shapley additive explanations (SHAP), the most critical feature of the diagnostic model was surgery, followed by N stage. Interestingly, surgery was also the most critical feature of prognostic model, followed by liver metastasis. Based on the XGBoost algorithm, we could effectively predict the diagnosis and survival of bone metastasis in breast cancer and provide targeted references for the treatment of BCBM patients.
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- Xugang Zhong
- Center for Rehabilitation Medicine, Cancer Center, Department of Orthopedics, Zhejiang Provincial People's Hospital Affiliated to Qingdao University, Qingdao, Shandong, People's Republic of China
- Center for Rehabilitation Medicine, Cancer Center, Department of Orthopedics, Zhejiang Provincial People's Hospital, Affiliated People's Hospital, Hangzhou Medical College, Hangzhou, 310014, Zhejiang, People's Republic of China
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- Center for Rehabilitation Medicine, Cancer Center, Department of Orthopedics, Zhejiang Provincial People's Hospital, Affiliated People's Hospital, Hangzhou Medical College, Hangzhou, 310014, Zhejiang, People's Republic of China
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- Center for Rehabilitation Medicine, Cancer Center, Department of Orthopedics, Zhejiang Provincial People's Hospital Affiliated to Qingdao University, Qingdao, Shandong, People's Republic of China.
- Department of Orthopedics, Taizhou Hospital of Zhejiang Province Affiliated to Wenzhou Medical University, Linhai, Zhejiang, 317000, People's Republic of China.
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- Center for Rehabilitation Medicine, Cancer Center, Department of Orthopedics, Zhejiang Provincial People's Hospital Affiliated to Qingdao University, Qingdao, Shandong, People's Republic of China.
- Center for Rehabilitation Medicine, Cancer Center, Department of Orthopedics, Zhejiang Provincial People's Hospital, Affiliated People's Hospital, Hangzhou Medical College, Hangzhou, 310014, Zhejiang, People's Republic of China.
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Gong YQ, Lu TL, Chen CW. Long-term survival of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma with hepatic, pulmonary, peritoneal and rare colon metastasis: A case report. World J Gastrointest Surg 2023; 15:1819-1824. [PMID: 37701683 PMCID: PMC10494599 DOI: 10.4240/wjgs.v15.i8.1819] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2023] [Revised: 06/05/2023] [Accepted: 07/07/2023] [Indexed: 08/25/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a highly malignant cancer that often metastasizes and has a poor prognosis. Gastrointestinal tract metastases are rare, and colon metastases are even rarer. The long-term survival of patients with multiple intrahepatic and extrahepatic metastases, especially to the colon, has not been previously reported. CASE SUMMARY We present an atypical clinical case of a patient with liver, right lung, peritoneal, and colon metastases diagnosed successively following hepatic resection for primary HCC. Comprehensive treatment, including partial liver, lung and colon resection, palliative management such as systemic chemotherapy, trans-arterial chemoembolization, targeted therapy with sorafenib, and cryotherapy were attempted. Despite his early metastases, the patient remained relatively healthy for 8 years after diagnosis. CONCLUSION This case indicates that comprehensive treatment is beneficial for certain patients with metastatic HCC. Clinicians should be alert as to the possibility of rare site metastatic tumors that may be easily misdiagnosed as primary tumors.
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- Yong-Qiang Gong
- Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Hunan Provincial People’s Hospital, The First Affiliated Hospital of Hunan Normal University, Changsha 410005, Hunan Province, China
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- Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Hunan Provincial People’s Hospital, The First Affiliated Hospital of Hunan Normal University, Changsha 410005, Hunan Province, China
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- Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Hunan Provincial People’s Hospital, Changsha 410005, Hunan Province, China
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Shao G, Zhi Y, Fan Z, Qiu W, Lv G. Development and validation of a diagnostic and prognostic model for lung metastasis of hepatocellular carcinoma: a study based on the SEER database. Front Med (Lausanne) 2023; 10:1171023. [PMID: 37538313 PMCID: PMC10394832 DOI: 10.3389/fmed.2023.1171023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2023] [Accepted: 06/20/2023] [Indexed: 08/05/2023] Open
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Background Lung metastasis (LM) is a common occurrence in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), and it is associated with a poorer prognosis compared to HCC patients without LM. This study aimed to identify predictors and prognostic factors for LM in HCC patients as well as develop diagnostic and prognostic nomograms specifically tailored for LM in HCC patients. Methods A retrospective analysis was conducted on HCC patients from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) database, covering the period from 2010 to 2015. The study employed multivariate logistic regression analysis to identify risk factors associated with LM in HCC patients. Additionally, multivariate Cox proportional hazards regression analysis was utilized to investigate prognostic factors for HCC patients with LM. Subsequently, two nomograms were developed to predict the risk and prognosis of LM in HCC patients. The performance of the nomograms was evaluated through calibration curves, receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves, and decision curve analysis (DCA). Result This retrospective study included a total of 5,934 patients diagnosed with HCC, out of which 174 patients were diagnosed with LM. Through multivariate logistic regression analysis, several independent risk factors for LM in HCC patients were identified, including tumor grade, tumor size, American Joint Committee for Cancer (AJCC) T stage, and AJCC N stage. Furthermore, multivariate Cox analysis revealed that tumor grade, delayed treatment, surgery, and radiation were independent prognostic factors for HCC patients with LM. To assess the predictive power of the developed nomograms, calibration curves, receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis, and decision curve analysis (DCA) were employed. The findings demonstrated that the nomograms exhibited satisfactory performance in both the training and validation sets. Additionally, the prognostic nomogram effectively stratified HCC patients with LM into low- and high-risk groups for mortality. Conclusion These two nomograms optimally predicted the risk and prognosis of LM in HCC patients. Both nomograms have satisfactory performance. This would help clinicians to make accurate clinical decisions.
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Ozer M, Goksu SY, Lin RY, Ayasun R, Kahramangil D, Rogers SC, Fabregas JC, Ramnaraign BH, George TJ, Feely M, Cabrera R, Duarte S, Zarrinpar A, Sahin I. Effects of Clinical and Tumor Characteristics on Survival in Patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma with Bone Metastasis. J Hepatocell Carcinoma 2023; 10:1129-1141. [PMID: 37489126 PMCID: PMC10363394 DOI: 10.2147/jhc.s417273] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2023] [Accepted: 07/10/2023] [Indexed: 07/26/2023] Open
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Background Advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) generally has a dismal prognosis. Bone metastases from HCC are infrequent, with a poorer prognosis. However, the survival influencing factors are not yet well understood. Aim The aim of the present study was to assess the clinical features and tumor characteristics of HCC patients with bone metastasis. Methods A cohort of 170,576 adult patients with HCC was studied using the National Cancer Database (NCDB) spanning from 2010 to 2019, and within this group, 5285 patients (3.1%) were diagnosed with bone metastasis. We performed the Kaplan-Meier method to calculate the median overall survival (OS). We included demographics (age at diagnosis, gender, race, insurance status), comorbidity score, and treatment characteristics. Results Of a total of 5285 HCC patients with bone metastasis, 86.2% were male and 61.2% were non-Hispanic white. Most patients (55.1%) were below 65, and 89% had a total Charlson-Deyo comorbidity score of under 3. Among patients with known tumor grade, 24.8% had well-differentiated tumors, and 36.1% had poorly differentiated tumors. Chemotherapy was administrated to 39.5% of patients. In univariate analysis, patients with well-differentiated tumors had better OS compared to poorly differentiated tumors (5.4 months vs 3.0 months, p = 0.001). Patients who received single or multiagent chemotherapy were significantly associated with improved OS compared to patients who did not receive chemotherapy (7.0 and 8.5 months vs 1.94 months, respectively). We also found mortality difference between age, comorbidity scores, facility types and race groups. Conclusion In this cohort analysis of NCDB data, we found better OS in treatment receipt, lower tumor grade, younger age, non-Hispanic Black and Hispanic race, treatment at academic facility and lower comorbidity score in HCC patients with bone metastasis. The study results may have a consequential impact on the treatment decisions for HCC patients with bone metastasis.
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- Muhammet Ozer
- Department of Medical Oncology, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Florida Health Cancer Center, Gainesville, FL, USA
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- Laura and Isaac Perlmutter Cancer Center, New York University Langone Medical Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
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- Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
- University of Florida Health Cancer Center, Gainesville, FL, USA
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- Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
- University of Florida Health Cancer Center, Gainesville, FL, USA
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- Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
- University of Florida Health Cancer Center, Gainesville, FL, USA
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- Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
- University of Florida Health Cancer Center, Gainesville, FL, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Immunology, and Laboratory Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
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- Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
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- Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
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- Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
- University of Florida Health Cancer Center, Gainesville, FL, USA
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He JH, Cao C, Ding Y, Yi Y, Lv YQ, Wang C, Chang Y. A nomogram model for predicting distant metastasis of newly diagnosed colorectal cancer based on clinical features. Front Oncol 2023; 13:1186298. [PMID: 37397373 PMCID: PMC10311479 DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2023.1186298] [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: 03/16/2023] [Accepted: 05/18/2023] [Indexed: 07/04/2023] Open
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Objective Colorectal cancer is one of the most common primary malignancies and the third most common cause of cancer death in both men and women in the United States. Among people diagnosed with initial colorectal cancer, 22% had metastatic colorectal cancer, while the 5-year survival rate was less than 20%. The purpose of this study is to develop a nomogram for predicting distant metastasis in newly diagnosed colorectal cancer patients and to identify high-risk groups. Methods We retrospectively reviewed the data of patients who were diagnosed with colorectal cancer at Zhong nan Hospital of Wuhan University and People's Hospital of Gansu Province between January 2016 and December 2021. Risk predictors for distant metastasis from colorectal patients were determined by the univariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses. Nomograms were developed to predict the probabilities of distant metastatic sites of colorectal cancer patients and evaluated by calibration curves, receiver operating characteristic curves, and decision curve analysis (DCA). Results A total of 327 cases were included in this study: 224 colorectal cancer patients from Zhong nan Hospital of Wuhan University were incorporated into the training set, and 103 colorectal cancer patients from Gansu Provincial People's Hospital were incorporated into the testing set. By univariate logistic regression analysis, platelet (PLT) level (p = 0.009), carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) level (p = 0.032), histological grade (p < 0.001), colorectal cancer tumor markers (p < 0.001), N stage (p < 0.001), and tumor site (p = 0.005) were associated with distant metastasis in colorectal cancer patients. Multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that N stage (p < 0.001), histological grade (p = 0.026), and colorectal cancer markers (p < 0.001) were independent predictors of distant metastasis in patients initially diagnosed with colorectal cancer. The above six risk factors were used to predict distant metastasis of newly diagnosed colorectal cancer. The C-indexes for the prediction of the nomogram were 0.902 (95% confidence interval (CI), 0.857-0.948). Conclusion The nomogram showed excellent accuracy in predicting distant metastatic sites, and clinical utility may facilitate clinical decision-making.
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- Jiang-Hua He
- Department of Gastroenterology, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Colorectal Surgery, Gansu Provincial People’s Hospital, Gansu, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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Qiu B, Shen Z, Yang D, Wang Q. Applying machine learning techniques to predict the risk of lung metastases from rectal cancer: a real-world retrospective study. Front Oncol 2023; 13:1183072. [PMID: 37293595 PMCID: PMC10247137 DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2023.1183072] [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: 03/09/2023] [Accepted: 05/11/2023] [Indexed: 06/10/2023] Open
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Background Metastasis in the lungs is common in patients with rectal cancer, and it can have severe consequences on their survival and quality of life. Therefore, it is essential to identify patients who may be at risk of developing lung metastasis from rectal cancer. Methods In this study, we utilized eight machine-learning methods to create a model for predicting the risk of lung metastasis in patients with rectal cancer. Our cohort consisted of 27,180 rectal cancer patients selected from the Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) database between 2010 and 2017 for model development. Additionally, we validated our models using 1118 rectal cancer patients from a Chinese hospital to evaluate model performance and generalizability. We assessed our models' performance using various metrics, including the area under the curve (AUC), the area under the precision-recall curve (AUPR), the Matthews Correlation Coefficient (MCC), decision curve analysis (DCA), and calibration curves. Finally, we applied the best model to develop a web-based calculator for predicting the risk of lung metastasis in patients with rectal cancer. Result Our study employed tenfold cross-validation to assess the performance of eight machine-learning models for predicting the risk of lung metastasis in patients with rectal cancer. The AUC values ranged from 0.73 to 0.96 in the training set, with the extreme gradient boosting (XGB) model achieving the highest AUC value of 0.96. Moreover, the XGB model obtained the best AUPR and MCC in the training set, reaching 0.98 and 0.88, respectively. We found that the XGB model demonstrated the best predictive power, achieving an AUC of 0.87, an AUPR of 0.60, an accuracy of 0.92, and a sensitivity of 0.93 in the internal test set. Furthermore, the XGB model was evaluated in the external test set and achieved an AUC of 0.91, an AUPR of 0.63, an accuracy of 0.93, a sensitivity of 0.92, and a specificity of 0.93. The XGB model obtained the highest MCC in the internal test set and external validation set, with 0.61 and 0.68, respectively. Based on the DCA and calibration curve analysis, the XGB model had better clinical decision-making ability and predictive power than the other seven models. Lastly, we developed an online web calculator using the XGB model to assist doctors in making informed decisions and to facilitate the model's wider adoption (https://share.streamlit.io/woshiwz/rectal_cancer/main/lung.py). Conclusion In this study, we developed an XGB model based on clinicopathological information to predict the risk of lung metastasis in patients with rectal cancer, which may help physicians make clinical decisions.
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- Binxu Qiu
- Department of Gastric and Colorectal Surgery, General Surgery Center, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China
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- Department of Gastric and Colorectal Surgery, General Surgery Center, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China
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- Department of Gastric and Colorectal Surgery, General Surgery Center, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China
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Chen J, Huang W, Xu X, Fan S, Zhang Q, Li X, Zeng Z, He J. Prognostic implications of systemic immune-inflammation index in patients with bone metastases from hepatocellular carcinoma treated with radiotherapy. Front Oncol 2023; 13:1076428. [PMID: 37251953 PMCID: PMC10218693 DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2023.1076428] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2022] [Accepted: 04/26/2023] [Indexed: 05/31/2023] Open
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Background Previous studies have shown that systemic inflammation indicators could predict the survival outcomes of patients with malignant tumors receiving various treatments. Radiotherapy, as a crucial treatment modality, effectively alleviates discomfort in patients with bone metastasis (BM) and greatly improves the quality of life for them. This study aimed to investigate the prognostic value of systemic inflammation index in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) patients with BM treated with radiotherapy. Methods We retrospectively analyzed clinical data collected from HCC patients with BM who received radiotherapy in our institution between January 2017 and December 2021. The pre-treatment neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR), platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio (PLR), and systemic immune-inflammation index (SII) were derived to determine their relationship with overall survival (OS) and progression-free survival (PFS), using the Kaplan-Meier survival curves. The optimal cut-off value of the systemic inflammation indicators for predicting prognosis was assessed by receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves. Univariate and multivariate analyses were performed to ultimately evaluate the factors associated with survival. Results The study included 239 patients with a median 14-month follow-up. The median OS was 18 months (95% confidence interval [CI] = 12.0-24.0) and the median PFS was 8.5 months (95% CI = 6.5-9.5). The optimal cut-off values for the patients were determined by ROC curve analysis as follows: SII =395.05, NLR=5.43 and PLR = 108.23. The area under the receiver operating characteristic curve values for SII, NLR and PLR in disease control prediction were 0.750, 0.665 and 0.676, respectively. Elevated systemic immune-inflammation index (SII>395.05) and higher NLR (NLR>5.43) were independently associated with poor OS and PFS. In multivariate analysis, Child-Pugh class (P = 0.038), intrahepatic tumor controlled (P = 0.019), SII (P = 0.001) and NLR (P = 0.007) were independent prognostic factors of OS and Child-Pugh class (P = 0.042), SII (P < 0.001) and NLR (P = 0.002) were independently correlated with PFS. Conclusion NLR and SII were associated with poor prognosis in HCC patients with BM receiving radiotherapy and might be considered reliable and independent prognostic biomarkers for HCC patients with BM.
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- Jingyao Chen
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Jinshan Hospital Center for Tumor Diagnosis & Therapy, Jinshan Hospital, Fudan University Shanghai Medical School, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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Feng C, Di J, Jiang S, Li X, Hua F. Machine learning models for prediction of invasion Klebsiella pneumoniae liver abscess syndrome in diabetes mellitus: a singled centered retrospective study. BMC Infect Dis 2023; 23:284. [PMID: 37142976 PMCID: PMC10157913 DOI: 10.1186/s12879-023-08235-7] [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: 10/10/2022] [Accepted: 04/09/2023] [Indexed: 05/06/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVE This study aimed to develop and validate a machine learning algorithm-based model for predicting invasive Klebsiella pneumoniae liver abscess syndrome(IKPLAS) in diabetes mellitus and compare the performance of different models. METHODS The clinical signs and data on the admission of 213 diabetic patients with Klebsiella pneumoniae liver abscesses were collected as variables. The optimal feature variables were screened out, and then Artificial Neural Network, Support Vector Machine, Logistic Regression, Random Forest, K-Nearest Neighbor, Decision Tree, and XGBoost models were established. Finally, the model's prediction performance was evaluated by the ROC curve, sensitivity (recall), specificity, accuracy, precision, F1-score, Average Precision, calibration curve, and DCA curve. RESULTS Four features of hemoglobin, platelet, D-dimer, and SOFA score were screened by the recursive elimination method, and seven prediction models were established based on these variables. The AUC (0.969), F1-Score(0.737), Sensitivity(0.875) and AP(0.890) of the SVM model were the highest among the seven models. The KNN model showed the highest specificity (1.000). Except that the XGB and DT models over-estimates the occurrence of IKPLAS risk, the other models' calibration curves are a good fit with the actual observed results. Decision Curve Analysis showed that when the risk threshold was between 0.4 and 0.8, the net rate of intervention of the SVM model was significantly higher than that of other models. In the feature importance ranking, the SOFA score impacted the model significantly. CONCLUSION An effective prediction model of invasion Klebsiella pneumoniae liver abscess syndrome in diabetes mellitus could be established by a machine learning algorithm, which had potential application value.
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- Chengyi Feng
- Department of Infection Control, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Changzhou, 213003, China
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- Department of Infection Control, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Changzhou, 213003, China
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- Department of Infection Control, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Changzhou, 213003, China
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- Department of Infection Control, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Changzhou, 213003, China
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- Department of Infection Control, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Changzhou, 213003, China.
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Jiang L, Tong Y, Jiang J, Zhao D. Individualized assessment predictive models for risk and overall survival in elderly patients of primary kidney cancer with bone metastases: A large population-based study. Front Med (Lausanne) 2023; 10:1127625. [PMID: 37181371 PMCID: PMC10167023 DOI: 10.3389/fmed.2023.1127625] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2022] [Accepted: 04/06/2023] [Indexed: 05/16/2023] Open
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Background Elderly people are at high risk of metastatic kidney cancer (KC), and, the bone is one of the most common metastatic sites for metastatic KC. However, studies on diagnostic and prognostic prediction models for bone metastases (BM) in elderly KC patients are still vacant. Therefore, it is necessary to establish new diagnostic and prognostic nomograms. Methods We downloaded the data of all KC patients aged more than 65 years during 2010-2015 from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) database. Univariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses were used to study independent risk factors of BM in elderly KC patients. Univariate and multivariate Cox regression analysis for the study of independent prognostic factors in elderly KCBM patients. Survival differences were studied using Kaplan-Meier (K-M) survival analysis. The predictive efficacy and clinical utility of nomograms were assessed by receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve, the area under curve (AUC), calibration curve, and decision curve analysis (DCA). Results A final total of 17,404 elderly KC patients (training set: n = 12,184, validation set: n = 5,220) were included to study the risk of BM. 394 elderly KCBM patients (training set: n = 278, validation set: n = 116) were included to study the overall survival (OS). Age, histological type, tumor size, grade, T/N stage and brain/liver/lung metastasis were identified as independent risk factors for developing BM in elderly KC patients. Surgery, lung/liver metastasis and T stage were identified as independent prognostic factors in elderly KCBM patients. The diagnostic nomogram had AUCs of 0.859 and 0.850 in the training and validation sets, respectively. The AUCs of the prognostic nomogram in predicting OS at 12, 24 and 36 months were: training set (0.742, 0.775, 0.787), and validation set (0.721, 0.827, 0.799), respectively. The calibration curve and DCA also showed excellent clinical utility of the two nomograms. Conclusion Two new nomograms were constructed and validated to predict the risk of developing BM in elderly KC patients and 12-, 24-, and 36-months OS in elderly KCBM patients. These models can help surgeons provide more comprehensive and personalized clinical management programs for this population.
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- Department of Orthopedics, The China-Japan Union Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin, China
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Wang L, Peng JL, Wu JZ. Nomogram to predict the prognosis of patients with AFP-negative hepatocellular carcinoma undergoing chemotherapy: A SEER based study. Medicine (Baltimore) 2023; 102:e33319. [PMID: 37000113 PMCID: PMC10063275 DOI: 10.1097/md.0000000000033319] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2022] [Revised: 01/27/2023] [Accepted: 02/27/2023] [Indexed: 04/01/2023] Open
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This study aimed to formulate reliable nomograms for predicting the outcomes of α-fetoprotein (AFP)-negative hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) patients after chemotherapy. HCC patients with normal AFP expression who received chemotherapy were screened and evaluated from the surveillance, epidemiology, and end results database. The prognostic factors for predicting outcomes of HCC patients undergoing chemotherapy were chosen by analyzing the results of Cox analyses. Then, a nomogram integrating the prognostic factors was established. The discrimination ability of the nomogram was evaluated with computation of area under the curve (AUC) and calibration curve. A total of 2424 patients with AFP-negative HCC undergoing chemotherapy were identified. The median overall survival (OS) for HCC patients undergoing chemotherapy was 33 months. Age, race, pathologic grade, N stage, M stage, surgery, and lung metastases were significantly linked to OS. These relevant factors were incorporated into the nomogram. AUC values of the prognostic nomogram for 3- and 5-year OS were 0.696 and 0.706 in the training groups, which were superior to those of the tumor node metastasis (TNM) stage (0.641 and 0.671) in training groups. The calibration curves indicated a high consistency between the predicted probability of nomograms and the actual observation. The validation groups produced AUC values of 0.674 and 0.736 for 3- and 5-year OS, which were superior to those of the TNM stage (0.601 and 0.637) in validation groups. The results revealed significantly unfavorable OS in the high-risk group (P < .001). Nomograms to accurately predict the OS for AFP-negative HCC patients after chemotherapy were established and exhibited a more accurate predication than the conventional TNM staging system.
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- Lei Wang
- Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Hunan Provincial People’s Hospital, The First Affiliated Hospital of Hunan Normal University, Changsha, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science & Technology, Wuhan, People’s Republic of China
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- The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, People’s Republic of China
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Ye TW, Wang DD, Lu WF, Xie YM, Xu FQ, Fu TW, Zhang KJ, Liu SY, Xie GL, Cheng J, Jiang K, Xiao ZQ, Yao WF, Shen GL, Liu JW, Huang DS, Zhang CW, Liang L. Survival benefit of adjuvant transcatheter arterial chemoembolization for patients with hepatocellular carcinoma after anatomical hepatectomy. Expert Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol 2023; 17:395-403. [PMID: 36939280 DOI: 10.1080/17474124.2023.2192479] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/21/2023]
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BACKGROUND & AIMS Although anatomical hepatectomy (AH) is widely used in the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), the prognosis is still unsatisfactory. The present study aimed to evaluate the survival benefit of adjuvant transcatheter arterial chemoembolization (TACE) for patients with HCC after AH. METHODS A total of 832 patients were stratified into with adjuvant TACE (443, 53.2%) and without adjuvant TACE group (389, 46.8%) AH. Propensity score matching (PSM) was performed to control for confounding factors, and multivariable Cox regression was performed to determine the independent risk factors. RESULTS After PSM, the results showed that the adjuvant TACE group had better overall survival (OS) and recurrence-free survival (RFS). Among the patients with tumor recurrence, adjuvant TACE was associated with a high rate of early-stage tumor at recurrence, a lower recurrence rate around the frontal margin and extrahepatic metastases, and a higher rate of receiving curative treatment. Multivariable Cox regression analysis showed that adjuvant TACE was an independent prognostic factor for OS (HR 0.673, P = 0.001) and RFS (HR 0.650, P = 0.001). CONCLUSIONS Patients with HCC after AH can benefit from postoperative adjuvant TACE. Therefore, adjuvant TACE should be considered for patients with a high risk of recurrence.
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- Tai-Wei Ye
- General Surgery, Cancer Center, Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery and Minimal Invasive Surgery, Zhejiang Provincial People's Hospital, Affiliated People's Hospital, Hangzhou Medical College, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.,The Second School of Clinical Medicine, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- General Surgery, Cancer Center, Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery and Minimal Invasive Surgery, Zhejiang Provincial People's Hospital, Affiliated People's Hospital, Hangzhou Medical College, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Eastern Hepatobiliary Surgery Hospital, Second Military Medical University (Navy Medical University), Shanghai, Zhejiang, China
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- General Surgery, Cancer Center, Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery and Minimal Invasive Surgery, Zhejiang Provincial People's Hospital, Affiliated People's Hospital, Hangzhou Medical College, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- General Surgery, Cancer Center, Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery and Minimal Invasive Surgery, Zhejiang Provincial People's Hospital, Affiliated People's Hospital, Hangzhou Medical College, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- General Surgery, Cancer Center, Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery and Minimal Invasive Surgery, Zhejiang Provincial People's Hospital, Affiliated People's Hospital, Hangzhou Medical College, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- General Surgery, Cancer Center, Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery and Minimal Invasive Surgery, Zhejiang Provincial People's Hospital, Affiliated People's Hospital, Hangzhou Medical College, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Medical, Lishui Municipal Central Hospital, Lishui, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Affiliated Hospital of Shaoxing University, Shaoxing, Zhejiang, China
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- General Surgery, Cancer Center, Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery and Minimal Invasive Surgery, Zhejiang Provincial People's Hospital, Affiliated People's Hospital, Hangzhou Medical College, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- General Surgery, Cancer Center, Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery and Minimal Invasive Surgery, Zhejiang Provincial People's Hospital, Affiliated People's Hospital, Hangzhou Medical College, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- General Surgery, Cancer Center, Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery and Minimal Invasive Surgery, Zhejiang Provincial People's Hospital, Affiliated People's Hospital, Hangzhou Medical College, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- General Surgery, Cancer Center, Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery and Minimal Invasive Surgery, Zhejiang Provincial People's Hospital, Affiliated People's Hospital, Hangzhou Medical College, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- General Surgery, Cancer Center, Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery and Minimal Invasive Surgery, Zhejiang Provincial People's Hospital, Affiliated People's Hospital, Hangzhou Medical College, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- General Surgery, Cancer Center, Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery and Minimal Invasive Surgery, Zhejiang Provincial People's Hospital, Affiliated People's Hospital, Hangzhou Medical College, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- General Surgery, Cancer Center, Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery and Minimal Invasive Surgery, Zhejiang Provincial People's Hospital, Affiliated People's Hospital, Hangzhou Medical College, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.,Key Laboratory of Tumor Molecular Diagnosis and Individualized Medicine of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.,Department of Clinical Medicine, Hangzhou Medical College, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- General Surgery, Cancer Center, Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery and Minimal Invasive Surgery, Zhejiang Provincial People's Hospital, Affiliated People's Hospital, Hangzhou Medical College, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- General Surgery, Cancer Center, Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery and Minimal Invasive Surgery, Zhejiang Provincial People's Hospital, Affiliated People's Hospital, Hangzhou Medical College, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.,Key Laboratory of Tumor Molecular Diagnosis and Individualized Medicine of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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Lu Y, Ren S, Jiang J. Development and validation of a nomogram for survival prediction in hepatocellular carcinoma after partial hepatectomy. BMC Surg 2023; 23:27. [PMID: 36717904 PMCID: PMC9885608 DOI: 10.1186/s12893-023-01922-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2022] [Accepted: 01/19/2023] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND The prognosis for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is complex due to its high level of heterogeneity, even after radical resection. This study was designed to develop and validate a prognostic nomogram for predicting the postoperative prognosis for HCC patients following partial hepatectomy. PATIENTS AND METHODS We extracted data on HCC patients and randomly divided them into two groups (primary and validation cohorts), using the Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) database. We developed the prediction model based on the data of the primary cohort and prognostic factors were evaluated using univariate and multivariate Cox regression analysis. A nomogram was constructed for predicting the 1-, 3-, and 5-year survival probability of HCC patients after surgery based on the results of the multivariate Cox regression analysis. The performance of the nomogram was evaluated in terms of its discrimination and calibration. To validated the model, discrimination and calibration were also evaluated in the validation cohort. Decision curve analysis (DCA) was performed to assess the clinical utility of the nomogram. RESULTS A total of 890 patients who underwent partial hepatectomy for HCC were included in the study. The primary cohort enrolled 628 patients with a median follow-up time of 39 months, the 1-, 3-, and 5-year survival rate were 95.4%, 52.7% and 25.8% during follow-up. Multivariate Cox regression analysis showed that differentiation, tumor size, AFP and fibrosis were independently association with the prognosis of HCC patients after partial hepatectomy. The nomogram showed a moderate discrimination ith a C-index of 0.705 (95% CI 0.669 to 0.742), and good calibration. Similar discrimination with a C-index of 0.681 (95% CI 0.625 to 0.737), and calibration were also observed in the validation cohort. Decision curve analysis showed that the nomogram could be useful to predicting the prognosis in HCC patients following partial hepatectomy. CONCLUSIONS The proposed nomogram is highly predictive and has moderate calibration and discrimination, potentially contributing to the process of managing HCC patients after partial hepatectomy in an individualized way.
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- Yang Lu
- grid.412594.f0000 0004 1757 2961Department of Infectious Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, 530021 Guangxi China ,grid.413431.0Department of Comprehensive Internal Medicine, The Affiliated Tumor Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, China
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- grid.413431.0Department of Comprehensive Internal Medicine, The Affiliated Tumor Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, China
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- grid.412594.f0000 0004 1757 2961Department of Infectious Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, 530021 Guangxi China
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Yang S, Zhou H, Feng C, Xu N, Fan Y, Zhou Z, Xu Y, Fan G, Liao X, He S. Web-Based Nomograms for Overall Survival and Cancer-Specific Survival of Bladder Cancer Patients with Bone Metastasis: A Retrospective Cohort Study from SEER Database. J Clin Med 2023; 12:jcm12020726. [PMID: 36675655 PMCID: PMC9865586 DOI: 10.3390/jcm12020726] [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: 12/25/2022] [Revised: 01/10/2023] [Accepted: 01/13/2023] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Our study aimed to explore the prognostic factors of bladder cancer with bone metastasis (BCBM) and develop prediction models to predict the overall survival (OS) and cancer-specific survival (CSS) of BCBM patients. METHODS A total of 1438 patients with BCBM were obtained from the SEER database. Patients from 2010 to 2016 were randomly divided into training and validation datasets (7:3), while patients from 2017 were divided for external testing. Nomograms were established using prognostic factors identified through Cox regression analyses and validated internally and externally. The concordance index (C-index), calibration plots, and time-dependent receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves were used to evaluate the discrimination and calibration of nomogram models, while decision curve analyses (DCA) and Kaplan-Meier (KM) curves were used to estimate the clinical applicability. RESULTS Marital status, tumor metastasis (brain, liver, and lung), primary site surgery, and chemotherapy were indicated as independent prognostic factors for OS and CSS. Calibration plots and the overall C-index showed a novel agreement between the observed and predicted outcomes. Nomograms revealed significant advantages in OS and CSS predictions. AUCs for internal and external validation were listed as follows: for OS, 3-month AUCs were 0.853 and 0.849; 6-month AUCs were 0.873 and 0.832; 12-month AUCs were 0.825 and 0.805; for CSS, 3-month AUCs were 0.849 and 0.847; 6-month AUCs were 0.870 and 0.824; 12-month AUCs were 0.815 and 0.797, respectively. DCA curves demonstrated good clinical benefit, and KM curves showed distinct stratification performance. CONCLUSION The nomograms as web-based tools were proved to be accurate, efficient, and clinically beneficial, which might help in patient management and clinical decision-making for BCBM patients.
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- Sheng Yang
- Department of Orthopedics, Shanghai Tenth People’s Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200072, China
- Spinal Pain Research Institute, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200072, China
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- Department of Urology, Shanghai Tenth People’s Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200072, China
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- Department of Orthopedics, Shanghai Tenth People’s Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200072, China
- Spinal Pain Research Institute, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200072, China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Shanghai Tenth People’s Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200072, China
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- Department of Orthopedics, Shanghai Tenth People’s Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200072, China
- Spinal Pain Research Institute, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200072, China
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- Department of Orthopedics, Shanghai Tenth People’s Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200072, China
- Spinal Pain Research Institute, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200072, China
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- Department of Urology, Shanghai Tenth People’s Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200072, China
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- National Key Clinical Pain Medicine of China, Huazhong University of Science and Technology Union Shenzhen Hospital, Shenzhen 518052, China
- Guangdong Key Laboratory for Biomedical Measurements and Ultrasound Imaging, School of Biomedical Engineering, Shenzhen University Health Science Center, Shenzhen 518060, China
- Department of Spine Surgery, Third Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510630, China
- Correspondence: (G.F.); (X.L.); (S.H.)
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- National Key Clinical Pain Medicine of China, Huazhong University of Science and Technology Union Shenzhen Hospital, Shenzhen 518052, China
- Correspondence: (G.F.); (X.L.); (S.H.)
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- Department of Orthopedics, Shanghai Tenth People’s Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200072, China
- Spinal Pain Research Institute, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200072, China
- Correspondence: (G.F.); (X.L.); (S.H.)
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Cao BY, Tong F, Zhang LT, Kang YX, Wu CC, Wang QQ, Yang W, Wang J. Risk factors, prognostic predictors, and nomograms for pancreatic cancer patients with initially diagnosed synchronous liver metastasis. World J Gastrointest Oncol 2023; 15:128-142. [PMID: 36684042 PMCID: PMC9850760 DOI: 10.4251/wjgo.v15.i1.128] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2022] [Revised: 11/17/2022] [Accepted: 12/08/2022] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Liver metastasis (LM) remains a major cause of cancer-related death in patients with pancreatic cancer (PC) and is associated with a poor prognosis. Therefore, identifying the risk and prognostic factors in PC patients with LM (PCLM) is essential as it may aid in providing timely medical interventions to improve the prognosis of these patients. However, there are limited data on risk and prognostic factors in PCLM patients.
AIM To investigate the risk and prognostic factors of PCLM and develop corresponding diagnostic and prognostic nomograms.
METHODS Patients with primary PC diagnosed between 2010 and 2015 were reviewed from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and Results Database. Risk factors were identified using multivariate logistic regression analysis to develop the diagnostic mode. The least absolute shrinkage and selection operator Cox regression model was used to determine the prognostic factors needed to develop the prognostic model. The performance of the two nomogram models was evaluated using receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves, calibration plots, decision curve analysis (DCA), and risk subgroup classification. The Kaplan-Meier method with a log-rank test was used for survival analysis.
RESULTS We enrolled 33459 patients with PC in this study. Of them, 11458 (34.2%) patients had LM at initial diagnosis. Age at diagnosis, primary site, lymph node metastasis, pathological type, tumor size, and pathological grade were identified as independent risk factors for LM in patients with PC. Age > 70 years, adenocarcinoma, poor or anaplastic differentiation, lung metastases, no surgery, and no chemotherapy were the independently associated risk factors for poor prognosis in patients with PCLM. The C- index of diagnostic and prognostic nomograms were 0.731 and 0.753, respectively. The two nomograms could accurately predict the occurrence and prognosis of patients with PCLM based on the observed analysis results of ROC curves, calibration plots, and DCA curves. The prognostic nomogram could stratify patients into prognostic groups and perform well in internal validation.
CONCLUSION Our study identified the risk and prognostic factors in patients with PCLM and developed corresponding diagnostic and prognostic nomograms to help clinicians in subsequent clinical evaluation and intervention. External validation is required to confirm these results.
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- Bi-Yang Cao
- Department of Radiation Oncology, First Medical Center of Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing 100853, China
- Medical School of Chinese PLA, Beijing 100853, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, First Medical Center of Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing 100853, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, First Medical Center of Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing 100853, China
- Medical School of Chinese PLA, Beijing 100853, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, First Medical Center of Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing 100853, China
- Medical School of Chinese PLA, Beijing 100853, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, First Medical Center of Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing 100853, China
- Medical School of Chinese PLA, Beijing 100853, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, First Medical Center of Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing 100853, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, First Medical Center of Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing 100853, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, First Medical Center of Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing 100853, China
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Li MP, Liu WC, Sun BL, Zhong NS, Liu ZL, Huang SH, Zhang ZH, Liu JM. Prediction of bone metastasis in non-small cell lung cancer based on machine learning. Front Oncol 2023; 12:1054300. [PMID: 36698411 PMCID: PMC9869148 DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2022.1054300] [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] [Accepted: 11/21/2022] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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Objective The purpose of this paper was to develop a machine learning algorithm with good performance in predicting bone metastasis (BM) in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and establish a simple web predictor based on the algorithm. Methods Patients who diagnosed with NSCLC between 2010 and 2018 in the Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) database were involved. To increase the extensibility of the research, data of patients who first diagnosed with NSCLC at the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University between January 2007 and December 2016 were also included in this study. Independent risk factors for BM in NSCLC were screened by univariate and multivariate logistic regression. At this basis, we chose six commonly machine learning algorithms to build predictive models, including Logistic Regression (LR), Decision tree (DT), Random Forest (RF), Gradient Boosting Machine (GBM), Naive Bayes classifiers (NBC) and eXtreme gradient boosting (XGB). Then, the best model was identified to build the web-predictor for predicting BM of NSCLC patients. Finally, area under receiver operating characteristic curve (AUC), accuracy, sensitivity and specificity were used to evaluate the performance of these models. Results A total of 50581 NSCLC patients were included in this study, and 5087(10.06%) of them developed BM. The sex, grade, laterality, histology, T stage, N stage, and chemotherapy were independent risk factors for NSCLC. Of these six models, the machine learning model built by the XGB algorithm performed best in both internal and external data setting validation, with AUC scores of 0.808 and 0.841, respectively. Then, the XGB algorithm was used to build a web predictor of BM from NSCLC. Conclusion This study developed a web predictor based XGB algorithm for predicting the risk of BM in NSCLC patients, which may assist doctors for clinical decision making.
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- Meng-Pan Li
- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China,The First Clinical Medical College of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China,The First Clinical Medical College of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China,Department of Orthopaedics, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China,Institute of Spine and Spinal Cord, Nanchang University, Nanchang, China
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China,Institute of Spine and Spinal Cord, Nanchang University, Nanchang, China
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China,Institute of Spine and Spinal Cord, Nanchang University, Nanchang, China
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China,Institute of Spine and Spinal Cord, Nanchang University, Nanchang, China
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China,Institute of Spine and Spinal Cord, Nanchang University, Nanchang, China,*Correspondence: Jia-Ming Liu, ; Zhi-Hong Zhang,
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China,Institute of Spine and Spinal Cord, Nanchang University, Nanchang, China,*Correspondence: Jia-Ming Liu, ; Zhi-Hong Zhang,
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Long Z, Yi M, Qin Y, Ye Q, Che X, Wang S, Lei M. Development and validation of an ensemble machine-learning model for predicting early mortality among patients with bone metastases of hepatocellular carcinoma. Front Oncol 2023; 13:1144039. [PMID: 36890826 PMCID: PMC9986604 DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2023.1144039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2023] [Accepted: 01/30/2023] [Indexed: 02/22/2023] Open
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Purpose Using an ensemble machine learning technique that incorporates the results of multiple machine learning algorithms, the study's objective is to build a reliable model to predict the early mortality among hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) patients with bone metastases. Methods We extracted a cohort of 124,770 patients with a diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) program and enrolled a cohort of 1897 patients who were diagnosed as having bone metastases. Patients with a survival time of 3 months or less were considered to have had early death. To compare patients with and without early mortality, subgroup analysis was used. Patients were randomly divided into two groups: a training cohort (n = 1509, 80%) and an internal testing cohort (n = 388, 20%). In the training cohort, five machine learning techniques were employed to train and optimize models for predicting early mortality, and an ensemble machine learning technique was used to generate risk probability in a way of soft voting, and it was able to combine the results from the multiply machine learning algorithms. The study employed both internal and external validations, and the key performance indicators included the area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUROC), Brier score, and calibration curve. Patients from two tertiary hospitals were chosen as the external testing cohorts (n = 98). Feature importance and reclassification were both operated in the study. Results The early mortality was 55.5% (1052/1897). Eleven clinical characteristics were included as input features of machine learning models: sex (p = 0.019), marital status (p = 0.004), tumor stage (p = 0.025), node stage (p = 0.001), fibrosis score (p = 0.040), AFP level (p = 0.032), tumor size (p = 0.001), lung metastases (p < 0.001), cancer-directed surgery (p < 0.001), radiation (p < 0.001), and chemotherapy (p < 0.001). Application of the ensemble model in the internal testing population yielded an AUROC of 0.779 (95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.727-0.820), which was the largest AUROC among all models. Additionally, the ensemble model (0.191) outperformed the other five machine learning models in terms of Brier score. In terms of decision curves, the ensemble model also showed favorable clinical usefulness. External validation showed similar results; with an AUROC of 0.764 and Brier score of 0.195, the prediction performance was further improved after revision of the model. Feature importance demonstrated that the top three most crucial features were chemotherapy, radiation, and lung metastases based on the ensemble model. Reclassification of patients revealed a substantial difference in the two risk groups' actual probabilities of early mortality (74.38% vs. 31.35%, p < 0.001). Patients in the high-risk group had significantly shorter survival time than patients in the low-risk group (p < 0.001), according to the Kaplan-Meier survival curve. Conclusions The ensemble machine learning model exhibits promising prediction performance for early mortality among HCC patients with bone metastases. With the aid of routinely accessible clinical characteristics, this model can be a trustworthy prognostic tool to predict the early death of those patients and facilitate clinical decision-making.
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- Ze Long
- Department of Orthopedics, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Institute of Medical Information and Library, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- Department of Joint and Sports Medicine Surgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China
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- Department of Oncology, Hainan Hospital of People's Liberation Army (PLA) General Hospital, Sanya, China
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- Department of Evaluation Office, Hainan Cancer Hospital, Haikou, China
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Shanghai Sixth People's Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Hainan Hospital of People's Liberation Army (PLA) General Hospital, Sanya, China.,Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Medical School, Beijing, China
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Chen S, Li X, Liang Y, Lu X, Huang Y, Zhu J, Li J. Short-term prognosis for hepatocellular carcinoma patients with lung metastasis: A retrospective cohort study based on the SEER database. Medicine (Baltimore) 2022; 101:e31399. [PMID: 36397445 PMCID: PMC9666127 DOI: 10.1097/md.0000000000031399] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Our study aimed to develop a prediction model to predict the short-term mortality of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) patients with lung metastasis. The retrospective data of HCC patients with lung metastasis was from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results registration database between 2010 and 2015. 1905 patients were randomly divided into training set (n = 1333) and validation set (n = 572). There were 1092 patients extracted from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results database 2015 to 2019 as the validation set. The variable importance was calculated to screen predictors. The constructed prediction models of logistic regression, random forest, broad learning system, deep neural network, support vector machine, and naïve Bayes were compared through the predictive performance. The mortality of HCC patients with lung metastasis was 51.65% within 1 month. The screened prognostic factors (age, N stage, T stage, tumor size, surgery, grade, radiation, and chemotherapy) and gender were used to construct prediction models. The area under curve (0.853 vs. 0.771) of random forest model was more optimized than that of logistic regression model in the training set. But, there were no significant differences in testing and validation sets between random forest and logistic regression models. The value of area under curve in the logistic regression model was significantly higher than that of the broad learning system model (0.763 vs. 0.745), support vector machine model (0.763 vs. 0.689) in the validation set, and higher than that of the naïve Bayes model (0.775 vs. 0.744) in the testing model. We further chose the logistic regression prediction model and built the prognostic nomogram. We have developed a prediction model for predicting short-term mortality with 9 easily acquired predictors of HCC patients with lung metastasis, which performed well in the internal and external validation. It could assist clinicians to adjust treatment strategies in time to improve the prognosis.
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- Shicheng Chen
- Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanfang Hospital, Guangzhou, P. R. China
- School of Chinese Medicine, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, P. R. China
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- Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanfang Hospital, Guangzhou, P. R. China
- School of Chinese Medicine, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, P. R. China
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- Department of Hepatology, TCM-Integrated Hospital of Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, P. R. China
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- Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanfang Hospital, Guangzhou, P. R. China
- School of Chinese Medicine, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, P. R. China
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- Department of Neurology, Guangzhou First People’s Hospital, Guangzhou, P. R. China
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- Department of Neurology, Nanfang Hospital, Guangzhou, P. R. China
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- Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanfang Hospital, Guangzhou, P. R. China
- School of Chinese Medicine, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, P. R. China
- *Correspondence: Jun Li, Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanfang Hospital of Southern Medical University, No. 1838 North Guangzhou Avenue, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510515, P. R. China (e-mail: )
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Yang D, Su Y, Zhao F, Hu Y, Zhao K, Xiong X, Zhu M, Pei J, Ding Y. Low-grade hepatocellular carcinoma characteristics, a practical nomogram and risk stratification system: a SEER population-based study. Expert Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol 2022; 16:1115-1123. [PMID: 36412566 DOI: 10.1080/17474124.2022.2150610] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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BACKGROUND The purpose of this study is to establish a nomogram and risk stratification system to predict OS in patients with low-grade HCC. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS Data were extracted from the SEER database. C-index, time-dependent AUCs, and calibration plots were used to evaluate the effective performance of the nomogram. NRI, IDI, and DCA curves were adopted to compare the clinical utility of nomogram with AJCC. RESULTS 3415 patients with low-grade HCC were available. The C-indices for the training and validation cohorts were 0.773 and 0.772. The time-dependent AUCs in the training cohort were 0.821, 0.817, and 0.846 at 1, 3 and 5 years. Calibration plots for 1-, 3- and 5-year OS showed good consistency between actual observations and that predicted by the nomogram. The values of NRI at 1, 3, and 5 years were 0.37, 0.66, and 0.64. The IDI values at 1, 3, and 5 years were 0.11, 0.16, and 0.23 (P< 0.001). DCA curves demonstrated that the nomogram showed better ability of predicting 1-, 3-, and 5-year OS probabilities than AJCC. CONCLUSIONS A nomogram and risk stratification system for predicting OS in patients with low-grade HCC were established and validated.
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- Dashuai Yang
- Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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- Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College in Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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- Department of Oncology, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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- Departments of Orthopedics, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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Establishment of the diagnostic and prognostic nomograms for pancreatic cancer with bone metastasis. Sci Rep 2022; 12:18085. [PMID: 36302941 PMCID: PMC9613896 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-21899-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2022] [Accepted: 10/05/2022] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Bone metastasis (BM) is rare in patients with pancreatic cancer (PC), but often neglected at the initial diagnosis and treatment. Bone metastasis is associated with a worse prognosis. This study was aimed to perform a large data analysis to determine the predictors and prognostic factors of BM in PC patients and to develop two nomograms to quantify the risks of BM and the prognosis of PC patients with BM. In the present study, we reviewed and collected the data of patients who were diagnosed as PC from 2010 to 2015 in the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) database. Univariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses were used together to screen and validate the risk factors for BM in PC patients. The independent prognostic factors for PC patients with BM were identified by Cox regression analysis. Finally, two nomograms were established via calibration curves, receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve, and decision curve analysis (DCA). This study included 16,474 PC patients from the SEER database, and 226 of them were diagnosed with BM. The risk factors of BM for PC patients covered age, grade, T stage, N stage, tumor size, and primary site. The independent prognostic factors for PC patients with BM included age, race, grade, surgery, and lung metastasis. The AUC of the diagnostic nomogram was 0.728 in the training set and 0.690 in the testing set. In the prognostic nomogram, the AUC values of 6/12/18 month were 0.781/0.833/0.849 in the training set and 0.738/0.781/0.772 in the testing set. The calibration curve and DCA furtherly indicated the satisfactory clinical consistency of the nomograms. These nomograms could be accurate and personalized tools to predict the incidence of BM in PC patients and the prognosis of PC patients with BM. The nomograms can help clinicians make more personalized and effective treatment choices.
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Bone metastasis of hepatocellular carcinoma: facts and hopes from clinical and translational perspectives. Front Med 2022; 16:551-573. [DOI: 10.1007/s11684-022-0928-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2022] [Accepted: 04/21/2022] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Chen R, Hou B, Qiu S, Shao S, Yu Z, Zhou F, Guo B, Li Y, Zhang Y, Han T. Development and Validation of Nomogram for Predicting Survival of Primary Liver Cancers Using Machine Learning. Front Oncol 2022; 12:926359. [PMID: 35814464 PMCID: PMC9258303 DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2022.926359] [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] [Received: 04/22/2022] [Accepted: 05/23/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Background and Aims Primary liver cancer (PLC) is a common malignancy with poor survival and requires long-term follow-up. Hence, nomograms need to be established to predict overall survival (OS) and cancer-specific survival (CSS) from different databases for patients with PLC. Methods Data of PLC patients were downloaded from Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) and the Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) databases. The Kaplan Meier method and log-rank test were used to compare differences in OS and CSS. Independent prognostic factors for patients with PLC were determined by univariate and multivariate Cox regression analyses. Two nomograms were developed based on the result of the multivariable analysis and evaluated by calibration curves and receiver operating characteristic curves. Results OS and CSS nomograms were based on age, race, TNM stage, primary diagnosis, and pathologic stage. The area under the curve (AUC) was 0.777, 0.769, and 0.772 for 1-, 3- and 5-year OS. The AUC was 0.739, 0.729 and 0.780 for 1-, 3- and 5-year CSS. The performance of the two new models was then evaluated using calibration curves. Conclusions We systematically reviewed the prognosis of PLC and developed two nomograms. Both nomograms facilitate clinical application and may benefit clinical decision-making.
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- Rui Chen
- Department of Hepatology and Gastroenterology, Tianjin Union Medical Center, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China
- Department of Hepatology and Gastroenterology, The Third Central Clinical College of Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China
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- School of Computer Science and Technology, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, China
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- Department of Hepatology and Gastroenterology, Tianjin Union Medical Center Affiliated to Nankai University, Tianjin, China
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- Department of Hepatology and Gastroenterology, Tianjin Union Medical Center Affiliated to Nankai University, Tianjin, China
- Department of Hepatology and Gastroenterology, Tianjin Third Central Hospital Affiliated to Nankai University, Tianjin, China
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- Department of Hepatology and Gastroenterology, Tianjin Union Medical Center, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China
- Department of Hepatology and Gastroenterology, The Third Central Clinical College of Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China
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- Department of Hepatology and Gastroenterology, Tianjin Union Medical Center, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China
- Department of Hepatology and Gastroenterology, The Third Central Clinical College of Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China
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- Department of Hepatology and Gastroenterology, Tianjin Union Medical Center, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China
- Department of Hepatology and Gastroenterology, The Third Central Clinical College of Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China
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- Department of Hepatology and Gastroenterology, Tianjin Union Medical Center, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China
- Department of Hepatology and Gastroenterology, The Third Central Clinical College of Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Mobile Computing and Pervasive Device, Institute of Computing Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- *Correspondence: Yingwei Zhang, ; Tao Han,
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- Department of Hepatology and Gastroenterology, Tianjin Union Medical Center, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China
- Department of Hepatology and Gastroenterology, The Third Central Clinical College of Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China
- Department of Hepatology and Gastroenterology, Tianjin Union Medical Center Affiliated to Nankai University, Tianjin, China
- Department of Hepatology and Gastroenterology, Tianjin Third Central Hospital Affiliated to Nankai University, Tianjin, China
- *Correspondence: Yingwei Zhang, ; Tao Han,
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Bai S, Wang Z, Wang M, Li J, Wei Y, Xu R, Du J. Tumor-Derived Exosomes Modulate Primary Site Tumor Metastasis. Front Cell Dev Biol 2022; 10:752818. [PMID: 35309949 PMCID: PMC8924426 DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2022.752818] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2021] [Accepted: 02/10/2022] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Tumor-derived exosomes (TDEs) are actively produced and released by tumor cells and carry messages from tumor cells to healthy cells or abnormal cells, and they participate in tumor metastasis. In this review, we explore the underlying mechanism of action of TDEs in tumor metastasis. TDEs transport tumor-derived proteins and non-coding RNA to tumor cells and promote migration. Transport to normal cells, such as vascular endothelial cells and immune cells, promotes angiogenesis, inhibits immune cell activation, and improves chances of tumor implantation. Thus, TDEs contribute to tumor metastasis. We summarize the function of TDEs and their components in tumor metastasis and illuminate shortcomings for advancing research on TDEs in tumor metastasis.
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- Suwen Bai
- Longgang District People´s Hospital of Shenzhen, The Second Affiliated Hospital of The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, China.,School of Basic Medical Sciences, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China
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- School of Basic Medical Sciences, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China
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- Longgang District People´s Hospital of Shenzhen, The Second Affiliated Hospital of The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, China
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- Longgang District People´s Hospital of Shenzhen, The Second Affiliated Hospital of The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, China
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- Longgang District People´s Hospital of Shenzhen, The Second Affiliated Hospital of The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, China
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- Longgang District People´s Hospital of Shenzhen, The Second Affiliated Hospital of The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, China
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- Longgang District People´s Hospital of Shenzhen, The Second Affiliated Hospital of The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, China
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Wen C, Tang J, Luo H. Development and Validation of a Nomogram to Predict Cancer-Specific Survival for Middle-Aged Patients With Early-Stage Hepatocellular Carcinoma. Front Public Health 2022; 10:848716. [PMID: 35296046 PMCID: PMC8918547 DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2022.848716] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2022] [Accepted: 02/07/2022] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Background Hepatocellular carcinoma is a common cause of death in middle-aged patients. We aimed to construct a new nomogram to predict cancer-specific survival (CSS) in middle-aged patients with hepatocellular carcinoma at an early stage. Method We collected clinicopathological information on early middle-aged patients with hepatocellular carcinoma from the SEER database. Univariate and multivariate Cox regression models were used to screen the independent risk factors for prognosis. These risk factors were used to construct predictions of CSS in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma. Consistency index (C- index), calibration curve, area under the receiver operating curve (AUC) were used. A decision analysis curve (DCA) was used to evaluate the clinical utility of the predictive model. Results A total of 6,286 patients with hepatocellular carcinoma in early middle age were enrolled. Univariate and multivariate Cox regression analysis showed that sex, marriage, race, histological tumor grade, T stage, surgery, chemotherapy, AFP, and tumor size were independent risk factors for prognosis. All independent risk factors were included in the nomogram to predict CSS at 1-, 3-, and 5-years in early middle age patients with hepatocellular carcinoma. In the training cohort and validation cohort, the C-index of the prediction model was 0.728 (95%CI: 0.716–0.740) and 0.733 (95%CI: 0.715–0.751), respectively. The calibration curve showed that the predicted value of the prediction model is highly consistent with the observed value. AUC also suggested that the model has good discrimination. DCA suggested that the nomogram had better predictive power than T staging. Conclusion We constructed a new nomogram to predict CSS in middle-aged patients with early-stage hepatocellular carcinoma. This prediction model has good accuracy and reliability, which can help patients and doctors to judge prognosis and make clinical decisions.
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- Chong Wen
- General Surgery Center, The General Hospital of Western Theater, Chengdu, China
- College of Medicine, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Shenyang Medical College, Shenyang, China
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- General Surgery Center, The General Hospital of Western Theater, Chengdu, China
- *Correspondence: Hao Luo
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Maeda H, Miura K, Morimoto N, Watanabe S, Tsukui M, Takaoka Y, Nomoto H, Goka R, Sato N, Morishima K, Sakuma Y, Sata N, Fukushima N, Isoda N, Yamamoto H. Conventional Therapies Do Not Prolong the Prognosis of Hepatocellular Carcinoma Patients with Extrahepatic Metastases under Receiving of Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors. Cancers (Basel) 2022; 14:cancers14030752. [PMID: 35159018 PMCID: PMC8833467 DOI: 10.3390/cancers14030752] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/24/2021] [Revised: 01/28/2022] [Accepted: 01/28/2022] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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Simple Summary Tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs), including sorafenib and lenvatinib, have been the current standard treatment for advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in cases where an immune checkpoint inhibitor cannot be used. The SHARP study showed that sorafenib tended to be less effective for extrahepatic metastases than for vascular invasion. Moreover, lenvatinib showed a response similar to that of sorafenib in such patients. The aforementioned data suggested that the addition of conventional therapies, including chemoembolization and radiation therapy, may improve the prognosis of such patients. Our retrospective study found that TKI promoted a longer overall survival in patients with extrahepatic metastases compared to conventional therapies. TKI plus conventional therapies did not promote a better prognosis compared to TKI alone. Thus, conventional therapies can be an option when events that worsen the quality of life occur in HCC patients with extrahepatic metastases. Abstract Background: Conventional therapies, including chemoembolization and radiation therapy, have been expected to prolong the prognosis of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) patients with extrahepatic metastases, which remains poor. However, little information is available on the efficacy of conventional therapies for such patients under tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) treatment. Methods: We retrospectively investigated 127 HCC patients with extrahepatic metastases, who were divided into the non-TKI (conventional therapies) and TKI groups and further subdivided into the TKI alone and TKI plus conventional therapies groups. Conventional therapies included transcatheter arterial chemoembolization, cisplatin-based chemotherapy, radiation, surgery, and UFT, an oral chemotherapeutic agent. Results: The median of the overall survival (OS) of the 127 patients with extrahepatic metastases was 7.0 months. Meanwhile, the median OS of the TKI and non-TKI groups was 12.1 and 4.1 months, respectively. Imitating TKI after diagnosing metastases promoted a favorable increase in OS. Among the TKI group, the median OS in the TKI alone group was 8.9 months. TKI plus conventional therapies promoted no improvement in OS after adjusting for the patients’ background data. Conclusion: TKI promoted a better OS in HCC patients with extrahepatic metastases compared to conventional therapies. However, TKI plus conventional therapies promoted no improvement in the prognosis of such patients.
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- Hiroshi Maeda
- Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Jichi Medical University, 3311-1 Yakushiji Shimotsuke, Tochigi 329-0498, Japan; (H.M.); (N.M.); (S.W.); (M.T.); (Y.T.); (H.N.); (R.G.); (N.S.); (N.I.); (H.Y.)
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Jichi Medical University, 3311-1 Yakushiji Shimotsuke, Tochigi 329-0498, Japan; (H.M.); (N.M.); (S.W.); (M.T.); (Y.T.); (H.N.); (R.G.); (N.S.); (N.I.); (H.Y.)
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +81-285-58-7348 (ext. 329-0498)
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Jichi Medical University, 3311-1 Yakushiji Shimotsuke, Tochigi 329-0498, Japan; (H.M.); (N.M.); (S.W.); (M.T.); (Y.T.); (H.N.); (R.G.); (N.S.); (N.I.); (H.Y.)
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Jichi Medical University, 3311-1 Yakushiji Shimotsuke, Tochigi 329-0498, Japan; (H.M.); (N.M.); (S.W.); (M.T.); (Y.T.); (H.N.); (R.G.); (N.S.); (N.I.); (H.Y.)
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Jichi Medical University, 3311-1 Yakushiji Shimotsuke, Tochigi 329-0498, Japan; (H.M.); (N.M.); (S.W.); (M.T.); (Y.T.); (H.N.); (R.G.); (N.S.); (N.I.); (H.Y.)
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Jichi Medical University, 3311-1 Yakushiji Shimotsuke, Tochigi 329-0498, Japan; (H.M.); (N.M.); (S.W.); (M.T.); (Y.T.); (H.N.); (R.G.); (N.S.); (N.I.); (H.Y.)
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Jichi Medical University, 3311-1 Yakushiji Shimotsuke, Tochigi 329-0498, Japan; (H.M.); (N.M.); (S.W.); (M.T.); (Y.T.); (H.N.); (R.G.); (N.S.); (N.I.); (H.Y.)
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Jichi Medical University, 3311-1 Yakushiji Shimotsuke, Tochigi 329-0498, Japan; (H.M.); (N.M.); (S.W.); (M.T.); (Y.T.); (H.N.); (R.G.); (N.S.); (N.I.); (H.Y.)
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Jichi Medical University, 3311-1 Yakushiji Shimotsuke, Tochigi 329-0498, Japan; (H.M.); (N.M.); (S.W.); (M.T.); (Y.T.); (H.N.); (R.G.); (N.S.); (N.I.); (H.Y.)
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- Department of Surgery, Division of Gastrointestinal, General and Transplant Surgery, Jichi Medical University, 3311-1 Yakushiji Shimotsuke, Tochigi 329-0498, Japan; (K.M.); (Y.S.); (N.S.)
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- Department of Surgery, Division of Gastrointestinal, General and Transplant Surgery, Jichi Medical University, 3311-1 Yakushiji Shimotsuke, Tochigi 329-0498, Japan; (K.M.); (Y.S.); (N.S.)
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- Department of Surgery, Division of Gastrointestinal, General and Transplant Surgery, Jichi Medical University, 3311-1 Yakushiji Shimotsuke, Tochigi 329-0498, Japan; (K.M.); (Y.S.); (N.S.)
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- Department of Pathology, Jichi Medical University, 3311-1 Yakushiji Shimotsuke, Tochigi 329-0498, Japan;
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Jichi Medical University, 3311-1 Yakushiji Shimotsuke, Tochigi 329-0498, Japan; (H.M.); (N.M.); (S.W.); (M.T.); (Y.T.); (H.N.); (R.G.); (N.S.); (N.I.); (H.Y.)
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Jichi Medical University, 3311-1 Yakushiji Shimotsuke, Tochigi 329-0498, Japan; (H.M.); (N.M.); (S.W.); (M.T.); (Y.T.); (H.N.); (R.G.); (N.S.); (N.I.); (H.Y.)
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Zhang Y, Xu Y, Ma W, Wu H, Xu G, Chekhonin VP, Peltzer K, Wang X, Wang G, Zhang C. The homogeneity and heterogeneity of occurrence, characteristics, and prognosis in hepatocellular carcinoma patients with synchronous and metachronous bone metastasis. J Cancer 2022; 13:393-400. [PMID: 35069889 PMCID: PMC8771510 DOI: 10.7150/jca.65308] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2021] [Accepted: 11/22/2021] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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Purpose: Based on the one of the largest hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) population with bone metastasis (BM) from the single center in Tianjin, China, the present study aimed to investigate the risk and survival of synchronous bone metastasis (sBM) and metachronous bone metastasis (mBM) in HCC, and to reveal characteristics and related factors of HCC patients with bone metastasis. Methods: HCC patients with bone metastasis between 2009 and 2017 from Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute & Hospital, Tianjin, China, were involved. Chi-square test/ Fisher's exact test and Logistic regression were used to estimate the risk factors of bone metastasis in HCC. Kaplan-Meier method was used to estimate the survival of HCC patients, and the Log-rank test was used to analyze the survival of HCC patients. The prognostic factors of HCC patients with BM were identified via Kaplan-Meier method and multivariable COX regression model. Results: Among 4421 HCC patients, 128 patients with BM were identified. Of the 128 patients with BM, 77 patients (60.16%) were with sBM and 51 patients (39.84%) were with mBM. The incidence of sBM in HCC was 1.74% at initial diagnosis. The most common metastatic site of sBM was rib, followed by lumbar, thoracic, and sacral. The median latency time from HCC diagnosis to mBM was six months. The most common site of mBM was thoracic, followed by lumbar, sacral and rib. Alcohol-drinking history (P=0.027), numbers (P=0.023) and size (P=0.008) of intrahepatic tumor, lymph node metastasis (P<0.001), serum ALP (P=0.004) and HGB (P=0.004) level were found to be correlated with the occurrence of BM. The overall survival between non-BM and BM were statistically different (P=0.028). Conclusion: The incidence of sBM in HCC was 1.74% at initial diagnosis. The median latency time from HCC diagnosis to mBM was 6 months. The characteristics between occurrence and prognosis showed significant difference between sBM and mBM. Early identification of high-risk BM population was essential for the improvement of both quality of life and prognosis. The revealed related factors can potentially guide sBM and mBM identification and early diagnosis in HCC.
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- Yanting Zhang
- Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, National Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Key Laboratory of Cancer Prevention and Therapy, Tianjin's Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Tianjin, China.,The Sino-Russian Joint Research Center for Bone Metastasis in Malignant Tumor, Tianjin, China
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- Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, National Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Key Laboratory of Cancer Prevention and Therapy, Tianjin's Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Tianjin, China.,The Sino-Russian Joint Research Center for Bone Metastasis in Malignant Tumor, Tianjin, China
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- Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, National Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Key Laboratory of Cancer Prevention and Therapy, Tianjin's Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Tianjin, China.,The Sino-Russian Joint Research Center for Bone Metastasis in Malignant Tumor, Tianjin, China
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- Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, National Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Key Laboratory of Cancer Prevention and Therapy, Tianjin's Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Tianjin, China.,The Sino-Russian Joint Research Center for Bone Metastasis in Malignant Tumor, Tianjin, China
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- The Sino-Russian Joint Research Center for Bone Metastasis in Malignant Tumor, Tianjin, China.,Department of Orthopedics, Tianjin Hospital, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China
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- The Sino-Russian Joint Research Center for Bone Metastasis in Malignant Tumor, Tianjin, China.,Department of Basic and Applied Neurobiology, Federal Medical Research Center for Psychiatry and Narcology, Moscow, Russian Federation
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- The Sino-Russian Joint Research Center for Bone Metastasis in Malignant Tumor, Tianjin, China.,Department of Psychology, University of the Free State, Turfloop, South Africa
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- The Sino-Russian Joint Research Center for Bone Metastasis in Malignant Tumor, Tianjin, China.,Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, West China School of Public Health, Sichuan University, South Renmin Road, Wuhou District, Chengdu, China
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- Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, National Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Key Laboratory of Cancer Prevention and Therapy, Tianjin's Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Tianjin, China
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- Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, National Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Key Laboratory of Cancer Prevention and Therapy, Tianjin's Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Tianjin, China.,The Sino-Russian Joint Research Center for Bone Metastasis in Malignant Tumor, Tianjin, China
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Construction, Validation, and Visualization of Two Web-Based Nomograms to Predict Overall and Cancer-Specific Survival in Patients with Gastric Cancer and Lung Metastases. JOURNAL OF ONCOLOGY 2021; 2021:5495267. [PMID: 34759968 PMCID: PMC8575630 DOI: 10.1155/2021/5495267] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2021] [Accepted: 10/21/2021] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Background The lung is one of the most common sites of metastasis in gastric cancer. Our study developed two nomograms to achieve individualized prediction of overall survival (OS) and cancer-specific survival (CSS) in patients with gastric cancer and lung metastasis (GCLM) to better guide follow-up and planning of subsequent treatment. Methods We reviewed data of patients diagnosed with GCLM in the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) database from 2010 to 2015. The endpoints of the study were the OS and CSS. We used the “caret” package to randomly divide patients into training and validation cohorts in a 7 : 3 ratio. Multivariate Cox regression analysis was performed using univariate Cox regression analysis to confirm the independent prognostic factors. Afterward, we built the OS and CSS nomograms with the “rms” package. Subsequently, we evaluated the two nomograms through calibration curves, receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves, and decision curve analysis (DCA). Finally, two web-based nomograms were built on the basis of effective nomograms. Results The OS analysis included 640 patients, and the results of the multivariate Cox regression analysis showed that grade, chemotherapy, and liver metastasis were independent prognostic factors for patients with GCLM. The CSS analysis included 524 patients, and the results of the multivariate Cox regression analysis showed that the independent prognostic factors for patients with GCLM were chemotherapy, liver metastasis, marital status, and tumor site. The ROC curves, calibration curves, and DCA revealed favorable predictive power in the OS and CSS nomograms. We created web-based nomograms for OS (https://zhenghh.shinyapps.io/aclmos/) and CSS (https://zhenghh.shinyapps.io/aslmcss/). Conclusions We created two web-based nomograms to predict OS and CSS in patients with GCLM. Both web-based nomograms had satisfactory accuracy and clinical usefulness and may help clinicians make individualized treatment decisions for patients.
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Ji L, Cai X, Bai Y, Li T. Application of a Novel Prediction Model for Predicting 2-Year Risk of Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in the Non-Obese Population with Normal Blood Lipid Levels: A Large Prospective Cohort Study from China. Int J Gen Med 2021; 14:2909-2922. [PMID: 34234521 PMCID: PMC8254414 DOI: 10.2147/ijgm.s319759] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2021] [Accepted: 06/11/2021] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Purpose The purpose of this study was to develop and validate a nomogram to better assess the 2-year risk of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) in non-obese population with normal blood lipid levels. Patients and Methods This study was a secondary analysis of a prospective study. We included 3659 non-obese adults with normal blood lipid levels without NAFLD at baseline. A total of 2744 participants were included in the development cohort and 915 participants were included in the validation cohort. The least absolute contraction selection operator (LASSO) regression model was used to identify the best risk factors. Multivariate Cox regression analysis was used to construct the prediction model. The performance of the prediction model was assessed using Harrell’s consistency index (C-index), area under the receiver operating characteristic (AUROC) curve and calibration curve. Decision curve analysis was applied to evaluate the clinical usefulness of the prediction model. Results After LASSO regression analysis and multivariate Cox regression analysis on the development cohort, BMI, TG, DBIL, ALT and GGT were found to be risk predictors and were integrated into the nomogram. The C-index of development cohort and validation cohort was 0.819 (95% CI, 0.798 to 0.840) and 0.815 (95% CI, 0.781 to 0.849), respectively. The AUROC of 2-year NAFLD risk in the development cohort and validation cohort was 0.831 (95% CI, 0.811 to 0.851) and 0.797 (95% CI, 0.765 to 0.829), respectively. From calibration curves, the nomogram showed a good agreement between predicted and actual probabilities. The decision curve analysis indicated that application of the nomogram is more effective than the intervention-for-all-patients scheme. Conclusion We developed and validated a nomogram for predicting 2-year risk of NAFLD in the non-obese population with normal blood lipid levels.
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- Liwei Ji
- Department of Anesthesiology, The Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, Sichuan Province, People's Republic of China; Laboratory of Mitochondrial and Metabolism, Department of Anesthesiology, National Clinical Research Center for Geriatrics, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, People's Republic of China
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- Hypertension Center of People's Hospital of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Xinjiang Hypertension Institute, National Health Committee Key Laboratory of Hypertension Clinical Research, Urumqi, Xinjiang, People's Republic of China.,School of Medicine, Shihezi University, Shihezi, Xinjiang, People's Republic of China
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- School of Medicine, Shihezi University, Shihezi, Xinjiang, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, The Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, Sichuan Province, People's Republic of China; Laboratory of Mitochondrial and Metabolism, Department of Anesthesiology, National Clinical Research Center for Geriatrics, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, People's Republic of China
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Zhao C, Zhang Z, Hu X, Zhang L, Liu Y, Wang Y, Guo Y, Zhang T, Li W, Li B. Hyaluronic Acid Correlates With Bone Metastasis and Predicts Poor Prognosis in Small-Cell Lung Cancer Patients. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne) 2021; 12:785192. [PMID: 35154001 PMCID: PMC8826575 DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2021.785192] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2021] [Accepted: 12/24/2021] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Hyaluronan (HA) is one of the essential elements of the extracellular matrix (ECM), involved in the onset of metastasis in various tumors. The interaction and binding of the ligand-receptor HA/cluster of differentiation-44 (CD44) regulate the physical and biochemical properties of the ECM, which correlates with an increased propensity toward metastasis and poor survival outcome. Our study aimed to explore HA for predicting metastasis and survival rate in patients with small-cell lung cancer (SCLC). MATERIALS AND METHODS This prospective cohort study recruited 72 patients with SCLC. Plasma HA and CD44 levels were assayed by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for 72 cases before initial systematic treatment (baseline samples), and plasma HA was detected via after-2-cycle-chemotherapy (A-2-C-CT) in 48 samples. Logistic regression analysis and the Cox proportional risk model were used to determine the independent predictors of distant metastasis and survival rate of patients. RESULTS Baseline plasma HA was notably associated with bone metastasis (BM) [OR (95% CI = 1.015 (1.006-1.024), p = 0.001]. Multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that baseline plasma HA was chosen as an independent predictor of BM. Either baseline HA or CD44 or both were associated with BM. Dynamic alteration of HA was notably associated with A-2-C-CT clinical efficacy. Multivariate Cox regression analysis in forward likelihood ratio showed that A-2-C-CT HA was an independent predictor of progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS). CONCLUSIONS HA appears to be used as an independent predictive factor for BM, and the dynamic detection of HA can predict prognosis in SCLC patients. The mechanism of the HA/CD44 axis in BM of SCLC deserves further exploration.
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- Cong Zhao
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Tuberculosis and Thoracic Tumor Research Institute, Beijing Chest Hospital, Beijing, China
- General Department, Beijing Chest Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Tuberculosis and Thoracic Tumor Research Institute, Beijing Chest Hospital, Beijing, China
- General Department, Beijing Chest Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Medical Oncology, National Cancer Center, National Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Tuberculosis and Thoracic Tumor Research Institute, Beijing Chest Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Tuberculosis and Thoracic Tumor Research Institute, Beijing Chest Hospital, Beijing, China
- General Department, Beijing Chest Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- General Department, Beijing Chest Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Tuberculosis and Thoracic Tumor Research Institute, Beijing Chest Hospital, Beijing, China
- General Department, Beijing Chest Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- General Department, Beijing Chest Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
- *Correspondence: Weiying Li, ; Tongmei Zhang, ; Baolan Li,
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Tuberculosis and Thoracic Tumor Research Institute, Beijing Chest Hospital, Beijing, China
- *Correspondence: Weiying Li, ; Tongmei Zhang, ; Baolan Li,
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- General Department, Beijing Chest Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
- *Correspondence: Weiying Li, ; Tongmei Zhang, ; Baolan Li,
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