A molecular graded prognostic assessment (molGPA) model specific for estimating survival in lung cancer patients with leptomeningeal metastases

2070 Background: The Graded Prognostic Assessment (GPA) is a commonly used index based on 5 prior randomized trials performed by the RTOG (Protocols 7916, 8528, 8905, 9104, and 9508). The purpose of this study was to validate GPA index in a recent cohort of lung cancer patients with brain metastases (LBM) at a larger tertiary care center. Methods: Cleveland Clinic Brain Tumor and Neuro-Oncology Center's database was used to identify LBM treated in the recent era (2000-12). A proportional hazards model was used to assess overall survival (OS), measured from the date of diagnosis of brain metastases to death or last follow-up. Results: 490 LBM (250 males) median age 61 years (range 35-86) were included. Histology included small cell (64, 13%) adenocarcinoma (289, 59%), squamous (53, 11%), large cell (26, 5%) and unknown (55, 11%). The median number of brain metastases was 1 (range, 1-47). Karnofsky Performance Scale (KPS) was 90-100 in 187 (41%), 70-80 in 238 (52%) and <70 in 33 (7%). Extracranial Metastases was present in 327 patients (67%). OS was 14.1 months (95% C.I. 12.3-15.7). GPA for lung cancer is derived from KPS, the number of brain mets, the presence/absence of extracranial metastases, and age. GPA was 0-1.0 in 83 patients, 1.5-2 in 211, 2.5-3 in 135 and 3.5-4 in 18 patients. Although overall GPA was prognostic for survival (p<.0001), not all of the factors used to derive it were significant (Table). Factors noted to be prognostic for survival included primary controlled (p=<.0001), squamous cell histology (p=.0001), age (p=.0002), KPS (p=.0002). The new index divided the patients into unfavorable, intermediate, favorable that was prognostic for survival in this cohort (p<.0001). Conclusions: New index developed based on a revised set of independent prognostic factors (primary controlled, squamous cell histology, age and performance status) is proposed. [Table: see text]

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BMET-06. IMPROVED SURVIVAL AND PROGNOSTIC ABILITY IN LUNG CANCER PATIENTS WITH BRAIN METASTASES: AN UPDATE OF THE GRADED PROGNOSTIC ASSESSMENT FOR LUNG CANCER USING MOLECULAR MARKERS (LUNG-molGPA)

Neuro-Oncology ◽

10.1093/neuonc/now212.106 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 18 (suppl_6) ◽

pp. vi27-vi27

Author(s):

Paul Sperduto ◽

T. Jonathan Yang ◽

Kathryn Beal ◽

Hubert Pan ◽

Paul Brown ◽

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Keyword(s):

Lung Cancer ◽

Molecular Markers ◽

Brain Metastases ◽

Cancer Patients ◽

Lung Cancer Patients ◽

Prognostic Assessment ◽

Graded Prognostic Assessment

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Circulating Exosomal Integrin β3 Is Associated with Intracranial Failure and Survival in Lung Cancer Patients Receiving Cranial Irradiation for Brain Metastases: A Prospective Observational Study

Cancers ◽

10.3390/cancers13030380 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 13 (3) ◽

pp. 380

Author(s):

Guann-Yiing Chen ◽

Jason Chia-Hsien Cheng ◽

Ya-Fang Chen ◽

James Chih-Hsin Yang ◽

Feng-Ming Hsu

Keyword(s):

Lung Cancer ◽

Cancer Patients ◽

Hazard Ratio ◽

Subdistribution Hazard ◽

Assessment Score ◽

Lung Cancer Patients ◽

Failure Patterns ◽

Integrin Β3 ◽

Prognostic Assessment ◽

Graded Prognostic Assessment

Brain metastasis (BM) is a major problem in patients with cancer. Exosomes or extracellular vesicles (EV) and integrins contribute to the development of BM, and exosomal integrins have been shown to determine organotropic metastasis. We hypothesized that circulating EV integrins are able to influence the failure patterns and outcomes in patients treated for BM. We prospectively enrolled 75 lung cancer patients with BM who received whole brain radiotherapy (WBRT). We isolated and quantified their circulating EV integrins, and analyzed the association of EV integrins with clinical factors, survival, and intracranial/extracranial failure. Circulating EV integrin levels were independent of age, sex, histology, number of BM, or graded prognostic assessment score. Age, histology, and graded prognostic assessment score correlated with survival. Patients with higher levels of circulating EV integrin β3 had worse overall survival (hazard ratio: 1.15 per 1 ng/mL increase; p = 0.04) following WBRT. Multivariate regression analysis also showed a higher cumulative incidence of intracranial failure (subdistribution hazard ratio: 1.216 per 1 ng/mL increase; p = 0.037). In conclusion, circulating EV integrin β3 levels correlated with survival and intracranial control of patients with lung cancer after WBRT for BM. This supports that EV integrin β3 mediates a brain-tropic metastasis pattern, and may serve as a novel prognostic biomarker for BM.

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