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Herczeg G, Somogyi A, Herold M, Fodor A, Rosta K, Dank M, Lang Z, Herold Z. Does diabetes affect paraneoplastic thrombocytosis in colorectal cancer? Open Med (Wars) 2022; 17:160-173. [PMID: 35071777 PMCID: PMC8760180 DOI: 10.1515/med-2021-0407] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2021] [Revised: 11/05/2021] [Accepted: 11/15/2021] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Background A large variety of factors can affect colorectal cancer (CRC) survival, including type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and paraneoplastic thrombocytosis. Although several common factors play a role in their development and platelets are damaged in both diseases, the combined relationship of the three conditions was never investigated previously. Methods A prospective, real-life observational cohort study was conducted with the inclusion of 108 CRC patients and 166 voluntary non-CRC subjects. Plasma interleukin-6 and thrombopoietin levels were measured. Results Study participants were divided into cohorts based on the presence of T2DM. Platelet count (p < 0.0500) and interleukin-6 (p < 0.0100) level were significantly higher in the CRC groups. Thrombopoietin level was higher in the T2DM, CRC, and CRC + T2DM groups (p < 0.0500). Analysis of parameter changes over time and survival models revealed that neither platelet count, interleukin-6, nor thrombopoietin levels were affected by T2DM. Death of patients was associated with higher baseline platelet count (p = 0.0042) and interleukin-6 level (p < 0.0001). Conclusion Although the independent, disease-worsening effect of paraneoplastic thrombocytosis and T2DM is known, the coexistence of the two did not further impair the survival of CRC patients, suggesting that T2DM has no significant effect over paraneoplastic thrombocytosis.
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- Gyorgy Herczeg
- Department of General Surgery, Szent Imre University Teaching Hospital, Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Internal Medicine and Haematology, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Internal Medicine and Haematology, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of General Surgery, Szent Imre University Teaching Hospital, Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Internal Medicine and Oncology, Division of Oncology, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Biomathematics and Informatics, University of Veterinary Medicine Budapest, Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Internal Medicine and Haematology, Semmelweis University, Szentkiralyi utca 46., H-1088 Budapest, Hungary
- Department of Internal Medicine and Oncology, Division of Oncology, Semmelweis University, Tomo utca 25-29., H-1083 Budapest, Hungary
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The predictive value of hematologic parameters in the risk of thyroid malignancy in cases with atypia/follicular lesion of undetermined significance. Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol 2022; 279:4077-4084. [PMID: 35006341 DOI: 10.1007/s00405-021-07248-9] [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: 09/12/2021] [Accepted: 12/30/2021] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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BACKGROUND Atypia/follicular lesion of undetermined significance (AUS/FLUS) is still the most challenging category in the Bethesda System for Reporting Thyroid Cytopathology. Therefore, the aim of the current study was to investigate the value of the neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR), platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio (PLR), and mean platelet volume (MPV) in predicting malignancy in cases with AUS/FLUS nodules. METHODS A total of 200 patients with AUS/FLUS nodules who underwent thyroidectomy were included in this study. Preoperative hemogram parameters, ultrasonographic findings, fine-needle aspiration results, and postoperative final histopathological diagnoses of the patients were recorded retrospectively. RESULTS Thyroid malignancies were detected in 122 of the patients (61.0%). Patients in the benign group (BG) were older than those in the malignancy group (MG) (52.0 ± 11.3 vs. 45.9 ± 12.3 years, p < 0.001). The median TSH values of the two groups were comparable. Statistically significant differences were obtained between the two groups in respect of mean WBC of 7.53 ± 1.44 in MG and 6.87 ± 1.35 (103/mm3) in BG, mean neutrophil of 4.65 ± 1.12 in MG and 3.95 ± 0.99 (103/mm3) in BG, and median NLR of 2.18 (0.71-4.57) in MG and 1.75 (0.80-3.42) in BG (p < 0.001). The median PLR and MPV values of the two groups were similar. When NLR cut-off point was designated as 2.24, the accuracy of NLR in distinguishing malignancy from the benign condition was 0.65 in ROC analysis (area under the curve, 0.665; specificity, 0.808; sensitivity, 0.492). CONCLUSION High NLR values may provide limited help in predicting thyroid malignancy in the AUS/FLUS nodule population, while PLR and MPV are not reliable parameters.
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Rao XD, Zhang H, Xu ZS, Cheng H, Shen W, Wang XP. Poor prognostic role of the pretreatment platelet counts in colorectal cancer: A meta-analysis. Medicine (Baltimore) 2018; 97:e10831. [PMID: 29879017 PMCID: PMC5999498 DOI: 10.1097/md.0000000000010831] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2017] [Accepted: 04/30/2018] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Recently, a wide variety of studies have suggested that elevated platelet counts are associated with survival in patients with colorectal cancer. On one hand several studies suggest a negative connection in colorectal cancer patients with pre-operative thrombocytosis, on the other hand other studies contradicts this. However, it remains unknown whether elevated platelet counts are associated with survival in colorectal cancer patients. We therefore conducted this meta-analysis to evaluate the prognostic role of platelet counts in colorectal cancer. METHODS PubMed, Embase, and the Cochrane Library databases were searched from their inception to October 15, 2016 to identify relevant studies that have explored the prognostic role of platelet counts in colorectal cancer. Studies that examined the association between platelet counts and prognoses in colorectal cancer and that provided a hazard ratio (HR) and 95% confidence interval (CI) for overall survival (OS) and/or disease-free survival (DFS) were included. RESULTS This meta-analysis included 9 retrospective cohort studies involving 3413 patients with colorectal cancer. OS was shorter in patients with elevated platelet counts than in patients with normal counts (HR 2.11, 95% CI: 1.68-2.65). For DFS, an elevated platelet count was also a poor predictor (HR 2.51, 95% CI: 1.84-3.43). CONCLUSION In this meta-analysis, we suggest that an elevated platelet count is a negative predictor of survival in both primary colorectal cancer and resectable colorectal liver metastases.
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- Xu-Dong Rao
- Department of Breast Surgery, The Forth Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi
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- Department of General Surgery, GuangRen Hospital of Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an No. 4 Hospital, Xi’an, Shaanxi
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- Department of General Surgery, GuangRen Hospital of Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an No. 4 Hospital, Xi’an, Shaanxi
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- Department of General Surgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi, China
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- Department of General Surgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi, China
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- Department of General Surgery, GuangRen Hospital of Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an No. 4 Hospital, Xi’an, Shaanxi
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Machairas N, Kostakis ID, Prodromidou A, Stamopoulos P, Feretis T, Garoufalia Z, Damaskos C, Tsourouflis G, Kouraklis G. Trends in white blood cell and platelet indices in a comparison of patients with papillary thyroid carcinoma and multinodular goiter do not permit differentiation between the conditions. Endocr Res 2017; 42:311-317. [PMID: 28506088 DOI: 10.1080/07435800.2017.1319859] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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AIM Carcinogenesis has been related to systematic inflammatory response. Our aim was to study white blood cell and platelet indices as markers of this inflammatory response in thyroid cancer and to associate them with various clinicopathological parameters. METHODS We included 228 patients who underwent thyroidectomy within a period of 54 months, 89 with papillary thyroid carcinoma and 139 with multinodular hyperplasia. We examined potential links between white blood cell and platelet indices on the one hand and the type thyroid pathology and various clinicopathological parameters on the other. RESULTS No significant differences were detected between thyroid cancer and multinodular hyperplasia and no significant associations were detected with regard to lymphovascular invasion and tumor size. However, the mean platelet volume was higher in multifocal tumors, while the platelet count, plateletcrit, and platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio were increased in cases with extrathyroidal extension and in T3 tumors. Additionally, T3 tumors had lower platelet distribution width. These associations demonstrated low accuracy in predicting these pathological features, but they were found to provide a satisfying negative predictive value, with the exception of the mean platelet volume. CONCLUSIONS White blood cell and platelet indices cannot assist in distinguishing benign goiter from thyroid cancer. However, they can provide information about tumor multifocality, extrathyroidal extension, and presence of a T3 tumor, and they may be used as a means to exclude these pathological characteristics, especially the last two, in papillary thyroid carcinoma.
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MESH Headings
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Algorithms
- Biomarkers/blood
- Carcinoma, Papillary/blood
- Carcinoma, Papillary/diagnosis
- Carcinoma, Papillary/immunology
- Carcinoma, Papillary/pathology
- Diagnosis, Differential
- Goiter, Nodular/blood
- Goiter, Nodular/diagnosis
- Goiter, Nodular/immunology
- Goiter, Nodular/pathology
- Humans
- Leukocyte Count
- Mean Platelet Volume
- Middle Aged
- Platelet Count
- Predictive Value of Tests
- ROC Curve
- Retrospective Studies
- Thyroid Cancer, Papillary
- Thyroid Gland/immunology
- Thyroid Gland/pathology
- Thyroid Neoplasms/blood
- Thyroid Neoplasms/diagnosis
- Thyroid Neoplasms/immunology
- Thyroid Neoplasms/pathology
- Tumor Burden
- Young Adult
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- Nikolaos Machairas
- a Second Department of Propedeutic Surgery , " Laiko" General Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Medical School , Athens , Greece
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- a Second Department of Propedeutic Surgery , " Laiko" General Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Medical School , Athens , Greece
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- a Second Department of Propedeutic Surgery , " Laiko" General Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Medical School , Athens , Greece
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- a Second Department of Propedeutic Surgery , " Laiko" General Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Medical School , Athens , Greece
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- a Second Department of Propedeutic Surgery , " Laiko" General Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Medical School , Athens , Greece
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- a Second Department of Propedeutic Surgery , " Laiko" General Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Medical School , Athens , Greece
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- a Second Department of Propedeutic Surgery , " Laiko" General Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Medical School , Athens , Greece
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- a Second Department of Propedeutic Surgery , " Laiko" General Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Medical School , Athens , Greece
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- a Second Department of Propedeutic Surgery , " Laiko" General Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Medical School , Athens , Greece
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Zhang J, Zhang HY, Li J, Shao XY, Zhang CX. The elevated NLR, PLR and PLT may predict the prognosis of patients with colorectal cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Oncotarget 2017; 8:68837-68846. [PMID: 28978160 PMCID: PMC5620300 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.18575] [Citation(s) in RCA: 100] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2017] [Accepted: 05/05/2017] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Recently, several studies have reported that inflammatory response and elevated platelet counts may be associated with the poor prognosis of colorectal cancer. This meta-analysis was designed to analyze and evaluate the prognostic role of elevated preoperative or pretreatment neutrophils-to-lymphocytes ratio, platelet-to-lymphocytes ratio or platelet counts in patients with colorectal cancer. We searched PubMed, EMBASE, Cochrane Library and Web of Science to April, 2016. A total of 23 studies (N = 11762 participants) were included for this meta-analysis. Elevated neutrophils-to-lymphocytes ratio have a close relationship with the poor Overall Survival of colorectal cancer with the pooled HR being 1.92 [95% CI 1.57–2.34; P < 0.00001]. This meta-analysis indicated that elevated neutrophils-to-lymphocytes ratio, platelet-to-lymphocytes ratio or platelet counts may be a cost-effective and noninvasive serum biomarker for poor prognosis for patients with colorectal cancer.
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- Jie Zhang
- Department of Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian 116011, China
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- Department of Pathology and Forensic Medicine, College of Basic Medical Sciences, Dalian Medical University, Dalian 116044, China
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- Department of Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian 116011, China
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- Medical Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian 116000, China
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- Department of Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian 116011, China
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Periasamy S, Liu CT, Wu WH, Chien SP, Liu MY. Dietary Ziziphus jujuba Fruit Influence on Aberrant Crypt Formation and Blood Cells in Colitis-Associated Colorectal Cancer in Mice. Asian Pac J Cancer Prev 2016; 16:7561-6. [PMID: 26625762 DOI: 10.7314/apjcp.2015.16.17.7561] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Ziziphus jujuba (ZJ) fruit is rich in bioactive functional components such as polysaccharides, triterpenoid acid, flavonoids and oleamide. It has been commonly used in the treatment of various diseases including diabetes, digestive disorders, diarrhea, skin infections, liver and urinary complaints. However, dietary effects with regard to chemoprevention of colon cancer have not been studied. The present study was performed to evaluate the protective effects of dietary ZJ against colitis-associated colon carcinogenesis in azoxymethane (AOM)-dextran sodium sulphate (DSS)-treated mice. AOM was injected (10 mg/kg b.wt., i.p.) and three cycles of 2% DSS in drinking water for 7 days with 14 days of normal drinking water in-between were administered to induce colitis-associated colon cancer. ZJ fruit was supplemented into feed at levels of 5 and 10%. Dietary ZJ significantly attenuated aberrant crypt foci (ACF) formation and also decreased the progression of hyperplasia to dysplasia. In addition, it significantly reduced circulating white blood cells, lymphocytes, neutrophils, monocytes, eosinophils, basophils and platelets compared to colon cancer mice. We conclude that ZJ supplementation may delay the progression of colon cancer from hyperplasia to dysplasia and ultimately adenocarcinoma and cancer. In addition, it decreased circulating tumor-related leukocytes, main regulators of cancer inflammation. Dietary consumption of ZJ fruit attenuated the formation of ACF and delayed the progression of colon cancer.
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- Srinivasan Periasamy
- Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan E-mail :
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Vernmark K, Albertsson M, Björnsson B, Gasslander T, Sandström P, Sun XF, Holmqvist A. From palliative to curative treatment - stage IV mucinous adenocarcinoma, successfully treated with metronomic capecitabine in combination with Bevacizumab and surgery- a case report. BMC Cancer 2015; 15:884. [PMID: 26555668 PMCID: PMC4640161 DOI: 10.1186/s12885-015-1908-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2015] [Accepted: 11/04/2015] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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Background Mucinous adenocarcinoma (MAC) represents 6-19 % of all colorectal carcinoma. It is associated with poorer response to chemotherapy and chemoradiotherapy. Case presentation A 27-year-old Swedish woman presented with stomach pain and weight loss, and was diagnosed with locally advanced MAC in the transverse colon as well as 3 liver metastases. Neoadjuvant treatment with fluorouracil, folinic acid and oxaliplatin (FLOX) failed due to several infections, pulmonary embolism and deteriorated performance status. The patient was therefore considered palliative. Palliative treatment with metronomic capecitabine 500 mg × 2 daily and bevacizumab every other week were initiated. After 4 months of treatment the tumors had regressed and the patient was able to undergo radical surgery, thereby changing the treatment intention from palliative to curative. No adjuvant chemotherapy was given. There were no signs of recurrence 9 months later. Conclusions The role of the combination of metronomic capecitabine and bevacizumab in patients with MAC merits further investigation.
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- Karolina Vernmark
- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden. .,Department of Oncology, Linköping University, S-58185, Linköping, Sweden.
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden. .,Department of Oncology, Linköping University, S-58185, Linköping, Sweden.
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden. .,Departement of Surgery, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden.
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden. .,Departement of Surgery, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden.
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden. .,Departement of Surgery, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden.
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden.
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden. .,Department of Oncology, Linköping University, S-58185, Linköping, Sweden.
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