长链非编码RNA PVT1在肝癌组织中的表达与临床意义

目的:探讨长链非编码RNA PVT1 (lncRNA-PVT1)在肝癌组织中的表达以及在肝癌诊治中的临床意义。方法:采用qRT-PCR法检测肝癌组织和癌旁肝组织中lncRNA-PVT1的表达情况,通过x2检验分析lncRNA-PVT1的表达水平与肝癌患者临床病理指标之间的相关性,采用Kaplan-Meier法绘制患者术后生存曲线,Log-rank检验比较生存率的差异,单因素和多因素分析评估影响肝癌患者预后的独立危险因素。结果:肝癌组织中lncRNA-PVT1的表达水平显著高于癌旁肝组织(P0.05)。肝癌组织lncRNA-PVT1的表达水平与其Edmondson分级、TNM分期、分化程度和是否发生血管转移具有显著相关性(P0.05),而与患者的年龄、性别、血AFP水平、肿瘤直径、肿瘤数目以及是否有肝炎病史无关(P0.05)。lncRNA-PVT1高表达组患者的术后生存率明显低于lncRNA-PVT1低表达组患者,高表达水平的lncRNA-PVT1、Edmondson分级、TNM分期、分化程度和是否发生血管转移均是影响肝癌患者预后的独立危险因素。结论:lncRNA-PVT1在肝癌组织中呈高表达,高表达水平的lncRNA-PVT1与肝癌患者的临床预后不良密切相关,有望成为今后肝癌治疗的新靶点。     

影响肝切除术后行TACE患者预后因素的分析

目的：对原发性肝细胞肝癌（HCC）肝部分切除术后行经肝动脉化疗栓塞（TACE）的病人和未行TACE病人影响其预后的多种因素进行分析和评价,为肝切除术后是否行TACE治疗寻找筛选条件。方法：对我院2003～2008年期间在我院肝胆外科行原发性肝细胞肝癌手术治疗221例（术后介入治疗103例,术后非介入治疗118例）患者进行全面随访了解患者的预后情况,分别对术后接受介入治疗和非介入治疗两组通过Kaplan-Meier及COX回归分析影响预后的因素,包括：年龄、性别、血清HBsAg、肿瘤直径、肿瘤大体分型、有无癌栓形成,肿瘤分期（TNM）共7项指标。结果：在1年生存期内介入治疗组中的性别、年龄、血清HBsAg、肿瘤直径、肿瘤大体分型无统计学意义（p〉0.05）,有无癌栓形成及肿瘤分期有意义（p〈0.05）;非介入组内年龄、性别、血清HBsAg无统计学意义,肿瘤直径、肿瘤大体分型、有无癌栓形成,肿瘤分期有意义;在3年生存期内介入治疗组中的以上指标无统计学意义,而非介入组在肿瘤直径、有癌栓形成及肿瘤分期方面与统计学意义。结论：对于肿瘤直径〉5cm及术后病理证实为低分化的患者给予积极TACE治疗可明显提高近期生存率。     

影响肝切除术后行TACE 患者预后因素的分析

目的:对原发性肝细胞肝癌(HCC)肝部分切除术后行经肝动脉化疗栓塞(TACE)的病人和未行TACE病人影响其预后的多种因素进行分析和评价,为肝切除术后是否行TACE治疗寻找筛选条件。方法:对我院2003～2008年期间在我院肝胆外科行原发性肝细胞肝癌手术治疗221例(术后介入治疗103例,术后非介入治疗118例)患者进行全面随访了解患者的预后情况,分别对术后接受介入治疗和非介入治疗两组通过Kaplan-Meier及COX回归分析影响预后的因素,包括:年龄、性别、血清HBsAg、肿瘤直径、肿瘤大体分型、有无癌栓形成,肿瘤分期(TNM)共7项指标。结果:在1年生存期内介入治疗组中的性别、年龄、血清HBsAg、肿瘤直径、肿瘤大体分型无统计学意义(p>0.05),有无癌栓形成及肿瘤分期有意义(p<0.05);非介入组内年龄、性别、血清HBsAg无统计学意义,肿瘤直径、肿瘤大体分型、有无癌栓形成,肿瘤分期有意义;在3年生存期内介入治疗组中的以上指标无统计学意义,而非介入组在肿瘤直径、有癌栓形成及肿瘤分期方面与统计学意义。结论:对于肿瘤直径>5cm及术后病理证实为低分化的患者给予积极TACE治疗可明显提高近期生存率。     

乳腺癌基因分型及其临床病理意义

乳腺癌是一类高度异质性的肿瘤,组织学类型、TNM分期都相同的肿瘤如采取相同的治疗方案,患者对治疗的反应和预后并不一致,这种差异被认为是由于肿瘤的分子差异所造成的。最近研究人员应用基因芯片技术,通过对乳腺癌基因表达谱的检测分析,提出了乳腺癌的5个基因亚型,即LuminalA、LuminalB、ERBB2＋、basal-like和normal-like亚型,初步研究显示乳腺癌的基因分型与病人的预后、化疗反应等具有更好的相关性。     

HIF-1α的表达在肝移植后肝癌复发与转移中的意义

目的:探讨肝癌组织中低氧诱导因子-1α(HIF-1α)表达与肝癌行肝移植治疗后肿瘤复发与转移之间的关系.方法:选择肝癌行全肝移植患者45例,应用免疫组化方法检测其切除的肝癌组织、癌旁组织中HIF-1α的表达,分析其表达与移植后肝癌复发与转移之间的关系和意义.结果:肝癌组织中HIF-1α阳性表达率明显高于癌旁组织(X<'2>=6.39,P<0.01).HIF-1α在肝癌组织中的表达与肿瘤直径、TNM分期、有无淋巴结转移、有无门静脉癌栓及肿瘤播散灶密切相关(P<0.01).复发转移组和未复发转移组HIF-1α阳性表达率比较,差异存在显著性(X<'2>=8.46,P<0.01).Cox回归多因素分析表明HIF-1α高表达是影响肝癌患者肝移植后肿瘤复发和转移的独立预后因素(P<0.01).结论:HIF-1α蛋白有望成为一个预测肝癌患者肝移植后复发和转移的重要指标.     

PAX-5、CD117、PDGFRA在胃肠道神经内分泌肿瘤中的表达及意义

目的研究PAX-5、CD117、PDGFRA在胃肠道神经内分泌肿瘤中的表达,并分析与肿瘤生物学特点及患者生存时间的关系。方法应用组织芯片及免疫组化法,对96例胃肠道神经内分泌肿瘤的免疫表型和预后进行分析。结果 PAX-5、CD117、PDGFRA蛋白的阳性率分别为31.3%、19.8%、53.1%。PAX-5和PDGFRA表达与胃肠道神经内分泌肿瘤类型、肿瘤大小、TNM分期及淋巴结转移有显著相关性,CD117表达与TNM分期及淋巴结转移有显著相关性。TNM分期、淋巴结转移、肿瘤大小、CD117、P53、Ki-67表达与生存时间呈负相关,但只有TNM分期、CD117表达和Ki-67高表达为影响预后的独立因素。结论 PAX-5、CD117、PDGFRA的表达可能与胃肠道神经内分泌肿瘤的发生发展有关,CD117表达和Ki-67高表达是独立预后因子,PAX-5可以作为潜在的分子治疗靶点。     

肝癌干细胞分子标志物和干性维持机制研究进展

原发性肝癌是一种发生在肝脏的侵袭性肿瘤,具有极易发生转移和复发的特点。原发性肝癌主要包括肝细胞癌、肝内胆管癌、混合肝细胞胆管癌和纤维板层型肝细胞癌等。目前,手术切除、放射性和化学治疗仍是肝癌治疗的主要手段,但其特异性差、临床效果有限,肝癌患者5年总生存率仅为18%。肝癌干细胞是存在于肝癌组织中特定的细胞亚群,具有自我更新能力和强致瘤性,驱动肝癌起始、转移、耐药和复发。因此,肝癌干细胞分子标志物的鉴定及其干性维持机制的阐明,不仅能够揭示肝癌发病的分子机理,也为肝癌的分子分型、预后评估和靶向治疗奠定了理论基础。最新研究表明,5-氟尿嘧啶与CD13抑制剂联合使用,能够抑制CD13+肝癌干细胞的增殖,从而减少肿瘤体积。因此,肝癌干细胞是非常有前景的治疗靶标。文中将从分子标志物、干性维持机制及靶向治疗方面总结肝癌干细胞的最新进展。     

腮腺肿瘤患者行游离保留SMAS术后的复发及预后影响因素分析

摘要 目的：探讨腮腺肿瘤患者行游离保留SMAS术后的复发及预后影响因素分析。方法：以我院2016年3月-2022年1月收治的60例腮腺肿瘤患者作为研究对象。所有患者均行游离保留SMAS联合全腮腺切除术治疗。术后进行随访。采用χ²检验和独立样本t检验进行腮腺肿瘤患者预后复发及预后存活情况的亚组分析。采用Pearson检验进行相关性分析;采用Cox回归模型计算腮腺肿瘤患者预后的独立危险因素。结果：复发和未复发患者性别、年龄、BMI、糖尿病病史和高血压病史无显著差异（P＞0.05）;复发和未复发患者的淋巴结转移、病理类型、TNM分期、AJCC临床分期差异显著（P<0.05）;预后死亡和预后存活患者性别、年龄、BMI、糖尿病病史和高血压病史无显著差异（P＞0.05）;预后死亡和预后存活患者的淋巴结转移、病理类型、TNM分期、AJCC临床分期和复发情况差异显著（P<0.05）;淋巴结转移、病理类型、TNM分期、复发、AJCC临床分期与腮腺肿瘤患者预后存活情况密切相关（P<0.05）;多因素Cox分析结果显示,淋巴结转移、病理类型、TNM分期、复发、AJCC临床分期是独立危险因素（P<0.05）。结论：疾病相关因素是导致腮腺恶性肿瘤患者复发和死亡的重要因素,临床早期可针对性调整治疗方案以降低患者术后复发和恶性肿瘤。     

HIF-lα的表达在肝移植后肝癌复发与转移中的意义

目的：探讨肝癌组织中低氧诱导因子-lα（HIF-lα）表达与肝癌行肝移植治疗后肿瘤复发与转移之间的关系。方法：选择肝癌行全肝移植患者45例,应用免疫组化方法检测其切除的肝癌组织、癌旁组织中HIF-lα的表达,分析其表达与移植后肝癌复发与转移之间的关系和意义。结果：肝癌组织中HIF-1α阳性表达率明显高于癌旁组织（X2=6.39,P〈0.01）。HIF-1α在肝癌组织中的表达与肿瘤直径、TNM分期、有无淋巴结转移、有无门静脉癌栓及肿瘤播散灶密切相关（P〈0.01）。复发转移组和未复发转移组HIF-1α阳性表达率比较,差异存在显著性（X2=8.46,P〈0.01）。Cox回归多因素分析表明HIF-1α高表达是影响肝癌患者肝移植后肿瘤复发和转移的独立预后因素（P〈0.01）。结论：HIF-1α蛋白有望成为一个预测肝癌患者肝移植后复发和转移的重要指标。     

血清AFP、CEA与肝癌患者临床病理分期和预后的关系及其诊断价值分析

目的:探讨血清甲胎蛋白(AFP)、癌胚抗原(CEA)与肝癌患者临床病理分期和预后的关系及其诊断价值。方法:选取2010年3月至2014年4月期间我院就诊的90例肝癌患者作为肝癌组,并选择同期在我院进行体检的90例健康体检者作为健康组。统计两组的血清AFP、CEA水平及阳性率,比较不同TNM分期肝癌患者的血清AFP和CEA水平。分析肝癌患者的5年无复发生存率以及血清AFP和CEA水平对肝癌的诊断价值。结果:与健康组相比,肝癌组血清AFP、CEA水平及阳性率明显升高(P0.05)。Ⅳ期血清AFP和CEA水平最高,其次Ⅲ期,Ⅱ期次之,Ⅰ期最低(P0.05)。血清AFP、CEA阳性患者5年无复发生存率明显低于血清AFP、CEA阴性患者(P0.05),血清AFP、CEA联合诊断具有较高的敏感性和特异性。结论:肝癌患者的血清AFP和CEA水平升高,并随TNM分期增加而上调。血清AFP阳性以及CEA阳性患者的5年无复发生存率明显下降,血清AFP联合血清CEA检测在肝癌诊断中具有一定的临床价值。     

Prognosis of Patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma. Validation and Ranking of Established Staging-Systems in a Large Western HCC-Cohort

Background

HCC is diagnosed in approximately half a million people per year, worldwide. Staging is a more complex issue than in most other cancer entities and, mainly due to unique geographic characteristics of the disease, no universally accepted staging system exists to date. Focusing on survival rates we analyzed demographic, etiological, clinical, laboratory and tumor characteristics of HCC-patients in our institution and applied the common staging systems. Furthermore we aimed at identifying the most suitable of the current staging systems for predicting survival.

Methodology/Principal Findings

Overall, 405 patients with HCC were identified from an electronic medical record database. The following seven staging systems were applied and ranked according to their ability to predict survival by using the Akaike information criterion (AIC) and the concordance-index (c-index): BCLC, CLIP, GETCH, JIS, Okuda, TNM and Child-Pugh. Separately, every single variable of each staging system was tested for prognostic meaning in uni- and multivariate analysis. Alcoholic cirrhosis (44.4%) was the leading etiological factor followed by viral hepatitis C (18.8%). Median survival was 18.1 months (95%-CI: 15.2–22.2). Ascites, bilirubin, alkaline phosphatase, AFP, number of tumor nodes and the BCLC tumor extension remained independent prognostic factors in multivariate analysis. Overall, all of the tested staging systems showed a reasonable discriminatory ability. CLIP (closely followed by JIS) was the top-ranked score in terms of prognostic capability with the best values of the AIC and c-index (AIC 2286, c-index 0.71), surpassing other established staging systems like BCLC (AIC 2343, c-index 0.66). The unidimensional scores TNM (AIC 2342, c-index 0.64) and Child-Pugh (AIC 2369, c-index 0.63) performed in an inferior fashion.

Conclusions/Significance

Compared with six other staging systems, the CLIP-score was identified as the most suitable staging system for predicting prognosis in a large German cohort of predominantly non-surgical HCC-patients.     

Classifying the Stage IV Colorectal Cancer: Prognostic Impact of Radical Resection for Colorectal liver Metastases and Proposal for a New Staging System

Currently, there is no universally accepted system to classify the stage IV colorectal cancer. Here, we analyze the prognostic impact of radical resection for colorectal liver metastases and propose a new staging system for stage IV colorectal cancer. A retrospective review was undertaken of 126 consecutive patients who underwent surgical treatment for colorectal liver metastases from January 1997 to January 2004. Based on the overall survival rates (Kaplan–Meier method) and surgical outcomes, we propose a new staging system for stage IV colorectal cancer. Patients were divided into two groups: patients who underwent initial hepatic resections (R0 resection) for liver metastases (group 1, n = 22), and patients who underwent palliative resection for unresectable liver metastases (group 2, n = 104). The overall survival rates in group 1 at 1, 3, and 5 years were 68.2 % (15/22), 40.9 % (9/22), and 18.2 % (4/22), respectively. The overall survival rates in group 2 at 1, 3, and 5 years were 54.8 % (57/104), 16.3 % (17/104), and 0 % (0/104), respectively. There was a significant difference in overall survival rates between both groups (p < 0.05). Based on the study results, we propose a new staging system where all distant metastases are grouped within stage IV and subclassified into resectable (R0 resection) and unresectable stages. Curative surgical treatment is a critical prognostic factor in colorectal liver metastases. The proposed new staging system for stage IV colorectal cancer is simple and is clinically useful to estimate the prognosis.     

Expression of γ-H2AX and patient prognosis in breast cancer cohort

H2AX phosphorylation is a novel marker of DNA double-stranded breaks. In the present study, we assessed the γ-H2AX expression, its association with other clinicopathologic characteristics, and the prognosis in a cohort of 97 patients with breast cancer. Ninety-seven specimens of tumor tissue and 77 adjacent normal tissues from patients with breast cancer were examined. All patients underwent modified radical mastectomy or local tumor resection without lymph node dissection. γ-H2AX expression was assessed by standard immunohistochemistry. Patients were followed after surgery for a mean duration of 70.1 ± 18.7 months (range, 6-93 months). The γ-H2AX staining was positive in 27 (27.8%) patients. The positive rates of H2AX were 26.0% and 2.6% in tumor tissue and adjacent normal tissues, respectively. γ-H2AX positive status was negatively associated with TNM staging, with 24 positive cases (32.4%) in TNM staging I-II, while no positive cases in TNM staging III-IV (P = 0.026). Sixteen patients (16.5%) died during the follow-up. No significant association between γ-H2AX expression and patient survival was detected. The unadjusted HR (hazard ratio) for γ-H2AX positive was 0.84 (95% CI: 0.27, 2.60). In TNM staging subgroup analysis, death only occurred in γ-H2AX negative patients. Our study is the first study to demonstrate that expression of γ-H2AX is associated with TNM staging. Due to the small sample and limited follow-up time, we did not observe a significant association between γ-H2AX and patient survival. γ-H2AX expression could be a potential biomarker for cancer diagnosis and prediction, and further studies are in need.     

基于遗传算法特征选择的HBV再激活分类预测模型

探讨原发性肝癌患者精确放疗后乙型肝炎病毒(hepatitis b virus,HBV)再激活的危险特征和分类预测模型。提出基于遗传算法的特征选择方法,从原发性肝癌数据的初始特征集中选择HBV再激活的最优特征子集。建立贝叶斯和支持向量机的HBV再激活分类预测模型,并预测最优特征子集和初始特征集的分类性能。实验结果表明,基于遗传算法的特征选择提高了HBV再激活分类性能,最优特征子集的分类性能明显优于初始特征子集的分类性能。影响HBV再激活的最优特征子集包括:HBV DNA水平,肿瘤分期TNM,Child-Pugh,外放边界和全肝最大剂量。贝叶斯的分类准确性最高可达82.89%,支持向量机的分类准确性最高可达83.34%。     

Prognostic Implications of SLIT and ROBO1 Expression in Gallbladder Cancer

SLIT, a secretory glycoprotein, and its receptor roundabout (ROBO) are expressed in several types of cancer and have been implicated in tumor angiogenesis. The purpose of this study was to determine the prognostic implications of SLIT and ROBO1 expression and their association with clinicopathologic characteristics in gallbladder cancer. A retrospective analysis of 109 consecutive patients who underwent primary gallbladder cancer resection was conducted. Univariate and multivariate models were used to analyze the effect of clinicopathologic factors on survival. Expression of SLIT and ROBO1 was evaluated by immunohistochemistry, and their association with clinicopathologic characteristics was analyzed using mean testing. Multivariate linear regression analysis was also applied to investigate the independent predictors of ROBO1 expression. Seventy-five patients were included in the post-resection survival analysis, with 1-year and 3-year overall survival rates of 60 and 40 %, respectively. Univariate analysis revealed that pN classification, pT classification, pM classification, liver involvement, perineural invasion, TNM staging, Nevin staging, and microscopic resection margins affect prognosis. Multivariate analysis confirmed that pN classification, liver involvement, and perineural invasion are independent prognostic factors. In the mean tests of 109 cases, the mean difference of SLIT immunoreactivity was significant according to the presence of gallstones (P = 0.003) and liver involvement (P = 0.005), while the mean difference of ROBO1 immunoreactivity was significant according to liver involvement (P < 0.001), TNM staging (P < 0.001), and Nevin staging (P < 0.001). Multivariate analysis of ROBO1 immunoreactivity showed that SLIT immunoreactivity and TNM stage (adjusted R ² = 0.203) or SLIT immunoreactivity and Nevin stage (adjusted R ² = 0.195) were independent predictors of ROBO1 expression. pN classification, liver involvement, perineural invasion, and pathologic stage are significant prognostic factors for gallbladder cancer survival. SLIT expression is associated with cholelithiasis and liver involvement, and ROBO1 expression is associated with liver involvement and pathologic stage. In addition, SLIT expression and pathologic stage predict ROBO1 expression independently.     

A Lymph Node Staging System for Gastric Cancer: A Hybrid Type Based on Topographic and Numeric Systems

Although changing a lymph node staging system from an anatomically based system to a numerically based system in gastric cancer offers better prognostic performance, several problems can arise: it does not offer information on the anatomical extent of disease and cannot represent the extent of lymph node dissection. The purpose of this study was to discover an alternative lymph node staging system for gastric cancer. Data from 6025 patients who underwent gastrectomy for primary gastric cancer between January 2000 and December 2010 were reviewed. The lymph node groups were reclassified into lesser-curvature, greater-curvature, and extra-perigastric groups. Presence of any metastatic lymph node in one group was considered positive. Lymph node groups were further stratified into four (new N0–new N3) according to the number of positive lymph node groups. Survival outcomes with this new N staging were compared with those of the current TNM system. For validation, two centers in Japan (large center, n = 3443; medium center, n = 560) were invited. Even among the same pN stages, the more advanced new N stage showed worse prognosis, indicating that the anatomical extent of metastatic lymph nodes is important. The prognostic performance of the new staging system was as good as that of the current TNM system for overall advanced gastric cancer as well as lymph node—positive gastric cancer (Harrell C-index was 0.799, 0.726, and 0.703 in current TNM and 0.799, 0.727, and 0.703 in new TNM stage). Validation sets supported these outcomes. The new N staging system demonstrated prognostic performance equal to that of the current TNM system and could thus be used as an alternative.     

The tumor-log odds of positive lymph nodes-metastasis staging system, a promising new staging system for gastric cancer after D2 resection in China

Background

In this study, we established a hypothetical tumor-lodds-metastasis (TLM) and tumor-ratio-metastasis (TRM) staging system. Moreover, we compared them with the 7^th edition of American Joint Committee on Cancer tumor-nodes-metastasis (AJCC TNM) staging system in gastric cancer patients after D2 resection.

Methods

A total of 1000 gastric carcinoma patients receiving treatment in our center were selected for the analysis. Finally, 730 patients who received D2 resection were retrospectively studied. Patients were staged using the TLM, TRM and the 7^th edition AJCC TNM system. Survival analysis was performed with a Cox regression model. We used two parameters to compare the TNM, TRM and TLM staging system, the −2log likelihood and the hazard ratio.

Results

The cut points of lymph node ratio (LNR) were set as 0, 0–0.3, 0.3–0.6, 0.6–1.0. And for the log odds of positive lymph nodes (LODDS), the cut points were established as≤−0.5, −0.5-0, 0-0.5, >0.5. There were significant differences in survival among patients in different LODDS classifications for each pN or LNR groups. When stratified by the LODDS classifications, the prognosis was highly homologous between those in the according pN or LNR classifications. Multivariate analysis showed that TLM staging system was better than the TRM or TNM system for the prognostic evaluation.

Conclusions

The TLM system was superior to the TRM or TNM system for prognostic assessment of gastric adenocarcinoma patients after D2 resection.     

不同分子分型乳腺癌患者血清IGFBP-3、Angptl-2表达水平及其与骨转移、预后的相关性

摘要 目的：分析不同分子分型乳腺癌患者血清胰岛素样生长因子结合蛋白3（IGFBP-3）、生成素养蛋白2（Angptl-2）表达水平及其与骨转移、预后的相关性。方法：选取2018年3月-2021年3月东南大学附属中大医院收治的128例乳腺癌骨转移患者进行研究,其中包括Luminal A型50例、42例Luminal B型（HER-2阴性）42例、HER-2过表达型16例、三阴性乳腺癌（TNBC）20例,并分析4种分子分型乳腺癌的临床病理特征,同时采用酶联免疫吸附法检测其血清IGFBP-3、Angptl-2表达水平;随访24个月后记录两组患者的预后情况,并采用多因素Logistic模型分析影响4种分子分型乳腺癌骨转移患者预后的独立危险因素,以及血清IGFBP-3、Angptl-2与不同分子分型乳腺癌骨转移患者预后的相关性。结果：Luminal A型、Luminal B型、HER-2过表达型、TNBC型TNM分期、淋巴结转移比较,差异有统计学意义（P＜0.05）。与Luminal A型、Luminal B型、TNBC型乳腺癌骨转移患者相比,HER-2过表达型乳腺癌骨转移患者的血清IGFBP-3表达水平较低,Angptl-2表达水平较高（P＜0.05）。Luminal A型、Luminal B型、HER-2过表达型、TNBC型乳腺癌骨转移患者的死亡率分别为13.46%、38.46%、23.08%、25.00%。多因素Logistic结果显示,TNM分期、淋巴结转移、血清IGFBP-3、Angptl-2均是影响不同分子分型乳腺癌骨转移患者预后的独立危险因素（P＜0.05）。血清IGFBP-3异常高表达提示4种分子分型乳腺癌骨转移患者的不良预后,而Angptl-2表达水平与4种分子分型乳腺癌的预后呈正相关性（P＜0.05）。针对不同分子分型乳腺癌骨转移患者的预后预测中,血清IGFBP-3、Angptl-2、IGFBP-3+Angptl-2均呈现AUC＞0.75。结论：血清IGFBP-3、Angptl-2可作为HER-2过表达乳腺癌骨转移患者的潜在生物标志物;同时还可根据血清IGFBP-3、Angptl-2表达水平预测不同分子分型乳腺癌骨转移患者的预后。     

Prognostic Value of the Lymph Node Ratio in Stage III Gastric Cancer Patients Undergoing Radical Resection

Objective

The aim of this study was to investigate the prognostic value of metastatic lymph node ratio (LNR) in patients having radical resection for stage III gastric cancer.

Methods

A total of 365 patients with stage III gastric cancer who underwent radical resection between 2002 and 2008 at Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital were analyzed. The cut-point survival analysis was adopted to determine the appropriate cutoffs for LNR. Kaplan–Meier survival curves and log-rank tests were used for the survival analysis.

Results

By cut-point survival analysis, the LNR staging system was generated using 0.25 and 0.50 as the cutoff values. Pearson''s correlation test revealed that the LNR was related with metastatic lymph nodes but not related with total harvested lymph nodes. Cox regression analysis showed that depth of invasion and LNR were the independent predictors of survival (p<0.05). There was a significant difference in survival between each pN stages classified by the LNR staging, however no significant difference was found in survival rate between each LNR stages classified by the pN staging.

Conclusions

The LNR is an independent prognostic factor for survival in stage III gastric cancer and is superior to the pN category in TNM staging. It may be considered as a prognostic variable in future staging system.     

DNA grading of malignancy in breast cancer. Prognostic validity, reproducibility and comparison with other classifications

The prognostic significance of the "DNA malignancy grade" (DNA-MG) was tested in a series of 104 breast cancer patients in comparison with TNM staging, histomorphologic grading according to Bloom and Richardson, mean nuclear area (MNA) and DNA-histogram classification according to Auer. The reproducibility and representativity of the grading systems were investigated, and their results in primary tumors and lymph node metastases were compared. The scalar DNA-MG was assessed on monolayer smears prepared from paraffin-embedded tissues; the smears were automatically Feulgen stained and used for rapid interactive DNA cytometric evaluation by an automated microscope and a TV image-analysis system. TNM staging showed the highest correlation with survival, followed by histomorphologic grading and DNA-MG; MNA and the DNA-histogram classification failed to give statistically significant prognostic information. Both histomorphologic grading and DNA-MG were identified as parameters adding independent prognostic information to the TNM staging. However, only DNA-MG demonstrated an acceptable reliability, with small 95% ranges between repeated measurements within the primary tumor (+/- 0.3 DNA-MG) and a strong correlation between the results in the primary tumor and its lymph node metastases. These findings show that the DNA-MG is a valid and reliable prognostic index that adds significant prognostic information to TNM staging.