Propensity score matching analysis of ovarian cancer patients with multiple primary malignant neoplasms using multicenter real-world data.

2021 ◽  
Vol 39 (15_suppl) ◽  
pp. e17501-e17501
Author(s):  
Qing-lei Gao ◽  
Xiaofei Jiao ◽  
Ruyuan Li ◽  
Shaoqing Zeng ◽  
Yingjun Zhao ◽  
...  

e17501 Background: Multiple primary malignant neoplasms (MPMNs) in patients with ovarian cancer is rare and has not attracted enough attention. It is unclear how the MPMNs affect the prognosis of ovarian cancer (OC) patients. Methods: This is a multicenter retrospective analysis of 5, 268 ovarian cancer patients from six centers who was diagnosed with ovarian cancer from January 1, 1989 to August 21, 2020. Propensity score matching was used to balance the baseline characteristics between patients with and without MPMNs. Cox regression analysis was utilized to analyze the influence of MPMNs on overall survival (OS). Results: After excluding unqualified medical record, totally 4, 848 patients were analyzed and 240 were concurrent at least one MPMNs other than OC. Ten patients had two MPMNs and one patient had three. The most common concurrent cancer was breast cancer (111/240, 46.25%), followed by endometrial cancer (37/240, 15.42%), and cervical cancer (30/240, 12.50%). Patients with MPMNs were elder than those without MPMNs (52 vs. 51, P = 0.03) when ovarian cancer was diagnosed. And the proportion of early-stage cases was lower in patients with MPMNs (25.8% vs. 27.2%, P < 0.001). Patients with breast cancer had a higher proportion of high-grade serous ovarian cancer (HGSOC) than those without MPMNs. After using the propensity score matching method adjusting age, pathological type, grade, and stage, concurrent MPMNs, including breast cancer, had no effect on OS of ovarian cancer patients. Among 240 patients with MPMNs, patients with breast cancer shared similar age and stage compared with the rest patients, while their proportion of HGSOC was higher than patients with other cancer (68.4% vs. 51.1%, P = 0.028). However, the median OS of those two groups were similar (27.3 m vs.27.1 m, P = 0.744). In addition, 94 patients were diagnosed with breast cancer prior to ovarian cancer, seven diagnosed posteriorly to ovarian cancer, four diagnosed simultaneously, and six had no precise diagnosed dates. There was no remarkable difference in clinical characteristics between the prior and posterior groups, however, the median OS of those seven patients was significantly longer than the prior group (76.0 m vs. 25.4 m, P = 0.002). Conclusions: The MPMNs showed no influence on the overall survival of ovarian cancer patients. The order of diagnosis of ovarian cancer and breast cancer might affect the prognosis.

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pei-Min Hsieh ◽  
Hung-Yu Lin ◽  
Chao-Ming Hung ◽  
Gin-Ho Lo ◽  
I-Cheng Lu ◽  
...  

Abstract Background: The benefits of surgical resection (SR) for various Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer (BCLC) stages of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) remain unclear. We investigated the risk factors of overall survival (OS) and survival benefits of SR over nonsurgical treatments in patients with HCC of various BCLC stages.Methods: Overall, 2316 HCC patients were included, and their clinicopathological data and OS were recorded. OS was analyzed by the Kaplan-Meier method and Cox regression analysis. Propensity score matching (PSM) analysis was performed.Results: In total, 66 (2.8%), 865 (37.4%), 575 (24.8%) and 870 (35.0%) patients had BCLC stage 0, A, B, and C disease, respectively. Furthermore, 1302 (56.2%) of all patients, and 37 (56.9%), 472 (54.6%), 313 (54.4%) and 480 (59.3%) of patients with BCLC stage 0, A, B, and C disease, respectively, died. The median follow-up duration time was 20 (range 0-96) months for the total cohort and was subdivided into 52 (8-96), 32 (1-96), 19 (0-84), and 12 (0-79) months for BCLC stages 0, A, B, and C cohorts, respectively. The risk factors for OS were 1) SR and cirrhosis; 2) SR, cirrhosis, and Child-Pugh (C-P) class; 3) SR, hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection, and C-P class; and 4) SR, HBV infection, and C-P class for the BCLC stage 0, A, B, and C cohorts, respectively. Compared to non-SR treatment, SR resulted in significantly higher survival rates in all cohorts. The 5-year OS rates for SR vs non-SR were 44.0% vs 28.7%, 72.2% vs 42.6%, 42.6% vs 36.2, 44.6% vs 23.5%, and 41.4% vs 15.3% (all p-values<0.05) in the total and BCLC stage 0, A, B, and C cohorts, respectively. After PSM, SR resulted in significantly higher survival rates compared to non-SR treatment in various BCLC stages.Conclusion: SR conferred significant survival benefits to patients with HCC of various BCLC stages and should be considered a recommended treatment for select HCC patients, especially patients with BCLC stage B and C disease.


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chih-Wen Lin ◽  
Yaw-Sen Chen ◽  
Gin-Ho Lo ◽  
Yao-Chun Hsu ◽  
Chia-Chang Hsu ◽  
...  

Abstract Background: Patients with Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer (BCLC) stage B hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) are recommended to undergo transcatheter arterial chemoembolization (TACE). However, TACE in combination with radiofrequency ablation (RFA) is not inferior to surgical resection (SR), and the benefits of surgical resection (SR) for BCLC stage B HCC remain unclear. Hence, this study aims to compare the impact of SR, TACE+RFA, and TACE on analyzing overall survival (OS) in BCLC stage B HCC. Methods: Overall, 428 HCC patients were included in BCLC stage B, and their clinical data and OS were recorded. OS was analyzed by the Kaplan-Meier method and Cox regression analysis. Results: One hundred forty (32.7%) patients received SR, 231 (53.9%) received TACE+RFA, and 57 (13.3%) received TACE. The OS was significantly higher in the SR group than that in the TACE+RFA group [hazard ratio (HR): 1.78; 95% confidence incidence (CI): 1.15-2.75, p=0.009]. The OS was significantly higher in the SR group than that in the TACE group (HR: 3.17; 95% CI: 2.31-4.36, p<0.0001). Moreover, the OS was significantly higher in the TACE+RFA group than that in the TACE group (HR: 1.82; 95% CI: 1.21-2.74, p=0.004). The cumulative OS rates at 1, 3 and 5 years in the SR, TACE+RFA, and TACE groups were 89.2%, 69.4% and 61.2%, 86.0%, 57.9% and 38.2%, and 69.5%, 37.0% and 15.2%, respectively. After propensity score matching, the SR group still had a higher OS than those of the TACE+RFA and TACE groups. The TACE+RFA group had a higher OS than that of the TACE group. Conclusion: The SR group had higher OS than the TACE+RFA and TACE groups in BCLC stage B HCC. Furthermore, the TACE+RFA group had higher OS than the TACE group.


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jie Zhang ◽  
Sujie Zhang ◽  
Xiaoyan Li ◽  
Fan Zhang ◽  
Lei Zhao

Abstract Background: Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women in the world. NKX6.1 is proved to be involved in several human cancers, but fewer researches have reported the functional roles of NKX6.1 in breast cancer. In this study, we investigated the clinical significance of NKX6.1 expression in breast cancer prognosis.Methods: The expression level of NKX6.1 in breast cancer tissues and paired non-cancerous tissues were detected by quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR). Chi-square test was applied to evaluate the relationship between NKX6.1 expression and clinicopathologic parameters. The overall survival of breast cancer patients were analyzed by Kaplan-Meier method with log rank test. Additionally, cox regression analysis was used for prognosis analysis.Results: NKX6.1 expression level is increased in breast cancer tissues (P<0.001). Moreover, the elevated levels were significantly correlated with tumor size (P=0.002), TNM stage (P=0.018) and lymph node metastasis (P=0.007). In addition, breast cancer patients with high NKX6.1 level had a poorer overall survival than those with low level (log rank test, P=0.001). NKX6.1 was an independent prognostic factor for breast cancer (HR=2.961, 95%CI=1.368-6.411, P=0.006).Conclusions: NKX6.1 is up-regulated in breast cancer, which may be a potential prognostic biomarker for the cancer.


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chih-Wen Lin ◽  
Yaw-Sen Chen ◽  
Gin-Ho Lo ◽  
Yao-Chun Hsu ◽  
Chia-Chang Hsu ◽  
...  

Abstract Background: Patients with Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer (BCLC) stage B hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) are recommended to undergo transcatheter arterial chemoembolization (TACE). However, TACE in combination with radiofrequency ablation (RFA) is not inferior to surgical resection (SR), and the benefits of surgical resection (SR) for BCLC stage B HCC remain unclear. Hence, this study aims to compare the impact of SR, TACE+RFA, and TACE on analyzing overall survival (OS) in BCLC stage B HCC.Methods: Overall, 428 HCC patients were included in BCLC stage B, and their clinical data and OS were recorded. OS was analyzed by the Kaplan-Meier method and Cox regression analysis. Results: One hundred forty (32.7%) patients received SR, 231 (53.9%) received TACE+RFA, and 57 (13.3%) received TACE. The OS was significantly higher in the SR group than that in the TACE+RFA group [hazard ratio (HR): 1.78; 95% confidence incidence (CI): 1.15-2.75, p=0.009]. The OS was significantly higher in the SR group than that in the TACE group (HR: 3.17; 95% CI: 2.31-4.36, p<0.0001). Moreover, the OS was significantly higher in the TACE+RFA group than that in the TACE group (HR: 1.82; 95% CI: 1.21-2.74, p=0.004). The cumulative OS rates at 1, 3 and 5 years in the SR, TACE+RFA, and TACE groups were 89.2%, 69.4% and 61.2%, 86.0%, 57.9% and 38.2%, and 69.5%, 37.0% and 15.2%, respectively. After propensity score matching, the SR group still had a higher OS than those of the TACE+RFA and TACE groups. The TACE+RFA group had a higher OS than that of the TACE group. Conclusion: The SR group had higher OS than the TACE+RFA and TACE groups in BCLC stage B HCC. Furthermore, the TACE+RFA group had higher OS than the TACE group.


2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yaw-Sen Chen ◽  
Pei-Min Hsieh ◽  
Hung-Yu Lin ◽  
Chao-Ming Hung ◽  
Gin-Ho Lo ◽  
...  

Abstract Background The benefits of surgical resection (SR) for various Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer (BCLC) stages of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) remain unclear. We investigated the risk factors of overall survival (OS) and survival benefits of SR over nonsurgical treatments in patients with HCC of various BCLC stages. Methods Overall, 2316 HCC patients were included, and their clinicopathological data and OS were recorded. OS was analyzed by the Kaplan-Meier method and Cox regression analysis. Propensity score matching (PSM) analysis was performed. Results In total, 66 (2.8%), 865 (37.4%), 575 (24.8%) and 870 (35.0%) patients had BCLC stage 0, A, B, and C disease, respectively. Furthermore, 1302 (56.2%) of all patients, and 37 (56.9%), 472 (54.6%), 313 (54.4%) and 480 (59.3%) of patients with BCLC stage 0, A, B, and C disease, respectively, died. The median follow-up duration time was 20 (range 0–96) months for the total cohort and was subdivided into 52 (8–96), 32 (1–96), 19 (0–84), and 12 (0–79) months for BCLC stages 0, A, B, and C cohorts, respectively. The risk factors for OS were (1) SR and cirrhosis; (2) SR, cirrhosis, and Child–Pugh (C–P) class; (3) SR, hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection, and C–P class; and (4) SR, HBV infection, and C–P class for the BCLC stage 0, A, B, and C cohorts, respectively. Compared to non-SR treatment, SR resulted in significantly higher survival rates in all cohorts. The 5-year OS rates for SR vs. non-SR were 44.0% versus 28.7%, 72.2% versus 42.6%, 42.6% versus 36.2, 44.6% versus 23.5%, and 41.4% versus 15.3% (all P values < 0.05) in the total and BCLC stage 0, A, B, and C cohorts, respectively. After PSM, SR resulted in significantly higher survival rates compared to non-SR treatment in various BCLC stages. Conclusions SR conferred significant survival benefits to patients with HCC of various BCLC stages and should be considered a recommended treatment for select HCC patients, especially patients with BCLC stage B and C disease.


2020 ◽  
Vol 40 (11) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yufei Yuan ◽  
Fanfan Guo ◽  
Ruoran Wang ◽  
Yidan Zhang ◽  
Guiqin Bai

Abstract Purpose: Lung metastasis is an independent risk factor affecting the prognosis of ovarian cancer patients. We developed and validated a nomogram to predict the risk of synchronous lung metastases in newly diagnosed ovarian cancer patients. Methods: Data of ovarian cancer patients from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and Final Results (SEER) database between 2010 and 2015 were retrospectively collected. The model nomogram was built on the basis of logistic regression. The consistency index (C-index) was used to evaluate the discernment of the synchronous lung metastasis nomogram. Calibration plots were drawn to analyze the consistency between the observed probability and predicted probability of synchronous lung metastases. The Kaplan–Meier method was used to estimate overall survival rate, and influencing factors were included in multivariate Cox regression analysis (P&lt;0.05) to determine the independent prognostic factors of synchronous lung metastases. Results: Overall, 16059 eligible patients were randomly divided into training (n=11242) and validation cohorts (n=4817). AJCC T, N stage, bone metastases, brain metastases, and liver metastases were evaluated as predictors of synchronous lung metastases. Finally, a nomogram was constructed. The nomogram based on independent predictors was calibrated and showed good discriminative ability. Mixed histological types, chemotherapy, and primary site surgery were factors affecting the overall survival of patients with synchronous lung metastases. Conclusion: The clinical prediction model has high accuracy and can be used to predict lung metastasis risk in newly diagnosed ovarian cancer patients, which can guide the treatment of patients with synchronous lung metastases.


BMC Surgery ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuepeng Cao ◽  
Qing Chen ◽  
Zhizhan Ni ◽  
Feng Wu ◽  
Chenshen Huang ◽  
...  

Abstract Background Bridge to elective surgery (BTS) using self-expanding metal stents (SEMSs) is a common alternative to emergency surgery (ES) for acute malignant left-sided colonic obstruction (AMLCO). However, studies regarding the long-term impact of BTS are limited and have reported unclear results. Methods A multicenter observational study was performed at three hospitals from April 2012 to December 2019. Propensity score matching (PSM) was introduced to minimize selection bias. The primary endpoint was overall survival. The secondary endpoints included surgical approaches, primary resection types, total stent-related adverse effects (AEs), surgical AEs, length of hospital stay, 30-day mortality and tumor recurrence. Results Forty-nine patients in both the BTS and ES groups were matched. Patients in the BTS group more often underwent laparoscopic resection [31 (63.3%) vs. 8 (16.3%), p < 0.001], were less likely to have a primary stoma [13 (26.5%) vs. 26 (53.1%), p = 0.007] and more often had perineural invasion [25 (51.0 %) vs. 13 (26.5 %), p = 0.013]. The median overall survival was significantly lower in patients with stent insertion (41 vs. 65 months, p = 0.041). The 3-year overall survival (53.0 vs. 77.2%, p = 0.039) and 5-year overall survival (30.6 vs. 55.0%, p = 0.025) were significantly less favorable in the BTS group. In multivariate Cox regression analysis, stenting (hazard ratio(HR) = 2.309(1.052–5.066), p = 0.037), surgical AEs (HR = 1.394 (1.053–1.845), p = 0.020) and pTNM stage (HR = 1.706 (1.116–2.607), p = 0.014) were positively correlated with overall survival in matched patients. Conclusions Self-expanding metal stents as “a bridge to surgery” are associated with more perineural invasion, a higher recurrence rate and worse overall survival in patients with acute malignant left-sided colonic obstruction compared with emergency surgery.


2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yan Ouyang ◽  
Kaide Xia ◽  
Xue Yang ◽  
Shichao Zhang ◽  
Li Wang ◽  
...  

AbstractAlternative splicing (AS) events associated with oncogenic processes present anomalous perturbations in many cancers, including ovarian carcinoma. There are no reliable features to predict survival outcomes for ovarian cancer patients. In this study, comprehensive profiling of AS events was conducted by integrating AS data and clinical information of ovarian serous cystadenocarcinoma (OV). Survival-related AS events were identified by Univariate Cox regression analysis. Then, least absolute shrinkage and selection operator (LASSO) and multivariate Cox regression analysis were used to construct the prognostic signatures within each AS type. Furthermore, we established a splicing-related network to reveal the potential regulatory mechanisms between splicing factors and candidate AS events. A total of 730 AS events were identified as survival-associated splicing events, and the final prognostic signature based on all seven types of AS events could serve as an independent prognostic indicator and had powerful efficiency in distinguishing patient outcomes. In addition, survival-related AS events might be involved in tumor-related pathways including base excision repair and pyrimidine metabolism pathways, and some splicing factors might be correlated with prognosis-related AS events, including SPEN, SF3B5, RNPC3, LUC7L3, SRSF11 and PRPF38B. Our study constructs an independent prognostic signature for predicting ovarian cancer patients’ survival outcome and contributes to elucidating the underlying mechanism of AS in tumor development.


2021 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tingshan He ◽  
Liwen Huang ◽  
Jing Li ◽  
Peng Wang ◽  
Zhiqiao Zhang

Background: The tumour immune microenvironment plays an important role in the biological mechanisms of tumorigenesis and progression. Artificial intelligence medicine studies based on big data and advanced algorithms are helpful for improving the accuracy of prediction models of tumour prognosis. The current research aims to explore potential prognostic immune biomarkers and develop a predictive model for the overall survival of ovarian cancer (OC) based on artificial intelligence algorithms.Methods: Differential expression analyses were performed between normal tissues and tumour tissues. Potential prognostic biomarkers were identified using univariate Cox regression. An immune regulatory network was constructed of prognostic immune genes and their highly related transcription factors. Multivariate Cox regression was used to identify potential independent prognostic immune factors and develop a prognostic model for ovarian cancer patients. Three artificial intelligence algorithms, random survival forest, multitask logistic regression, and Cox survival regression, were used to develop a novel artificial intelligence survival prediction system.Results: The current study identified 1,307 differentially expressed genes and 337 differentially expressed immune genes between tumour samples and normal samples. Further univariate Cox regression identified 84 prognostic immune gene biomarkers for ovarian cancer patients in the model dataset (GSE32062 dataset and GSE53963 dataset). An immune regulatory network was constructed involving 63 immune genes and 5 transcription factors. Fourteen immune genes (PSMB9, FOXJ1, IFT57, MAL, ANXA4, CTSH, SCRN1, MIF, LTBR, CTSD, KIFAP3, PSMB8, HSPA5, and LTN1) were recognised as independent risk factors by multivariate Cox analyses. Kaplan-Meier survival curves showed that these 14 prognostic immune genes were closely related to the prognosis of ovarian cancer patients. A prognostic nomogram was developed by using these 14 prognostic immune genes. The concordance indexes were 0.760, 0.733, and 0.765 for 1-, 3-, and 5-year overall survival, respectively. This prognostic model could differentiate high-risk patients with poor overall survival from low-risk patients. According to three artificial intelligence algorithms, the current study developed an artificial intelligence survival predictive system that could provide three individual mortality risk curves for ovarian cancer.Conclusion: In conclusion, the current study identified 1,307 differentially expressed genes and 337 differentially expressed immune genes in ovarian cancer patients. Multivariate Cox analyses identified fourteen prognostic immune biomarkers for ovarian cancer. The current study constructed an immune regulatory network involving 63 immune genes and 5 transcription factors, revealing potential regulatory associations among immune genes and transcription factors. The current study developed a prognostic model to predict the prognosis of ovarian cancer patients. The current study further developed two artificial intelligence predictive tools for ovarian cancer, which are available at https://zhangzhiqiao8.shinyapps.io/Smart_Cancer_Survival_Predictive_System_17_OC_F1001/ and https://zhangzhiqiao8.shinyapps.io/Gene_Survival_Subgroup_Analysis_17_OC_F1001/. An artificial intelligence survival predictive system could help improve individualised treatment decision-making.


2021 ◽  
Vol 39 (15_suppl) ◽  
pp. e17543-e17543
Author(s):  
Xiaoxiang Chen ◽  
Jing Ni ◽  
Xia Xu ◽  
Wenwen Guo ◽  
Xianzhong Cheng ◽  
...  

e17543 Background: Homologous recombination deficiency (HRD) is the first phenotypically defined predictive biomarker for Poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase inhibitors (PARPi) in ovarian cancer. However, the proportion of HRD positive in real world and the relationship of HRD status with PARPi in Chinese ovarian cancer patients remains unknown. Methods: A total of sixty-four ovarian cancer patients underwent PARPi, both Olaparib and Niraparib, were enrolled from August 2018 to January 2021 in Jiangsu Institute of Cancer Hospital. HRD score which was the sum of loss of heterozygosity (LOH), telomeric allelic imbalance (TAI) and large-scale state transitions (LST) events were calculated using tumor DNA-based next generation sequencing (NGS) assays. HRD-positive was defined by either BRCA1/2 pathogenic or likely pathogenic mutation or HRD score ≥42. Progression-free survival (PFS) was analyzed with a log-rank test using HRD status and summarized using Kaplan-Meier methodology. Univariate and multiple cox-regression analysis were conducted to investigate all possible clinical factors. Results: 71.9% (46/64) patients were HRD positive and the rest 28.1% (18/64) were HRD negative, which was higher than the HRD positive proportion reported in Western countries. The PFS among HRD positive patients was significantly longer than those HRD negative patients (medium PFS 8.9 m vs 3.6 m, hazard ratio [HR]: 0.22, p < 0.001). Among them, 23 patients who were BRCA wild type but HRD positive had longer PFS than those with BRCA wild type and HRD negative (medium PFS 9.2 m vs 3.6 m, HR: 0.20, p < 0.001). Univariate cox-regression analysis found that HRD status, previous treatment lines, secondary cytoreductive surgery (SCS) were significantly associated with PFS after PARPi treatment. After multiple regression correction, HRD status (HR: 0.39, 95% CI: [0.20-0.76], p = 0.006), ECOG score (HR: 2.53, 95% CI: [1.24-5.17], p = 0.011) and SCS (HR: 2.21, 95% CI: [1.09-4.48], p = 0.028) were the independent factors. Subgroup analysis in ECOG = 0 subgroup (N = 36), HRD positive patients had significant longer PFS than HRD negative patients (medium PFS 10.3 m vs 5.8 m, HR: 0.14, p < 0.001). Also in the subgroup of patients without SCS, PFS in patients with HRD was longer than patients without HRD (medium PFS 10.2 m vs 5.7 m, HR: 0.29, p = 0.003). Conclusions: This is the first real-world data of HRD status in ovarian cancer patients from China and demonstrate that HRD is a valid biomarker for PARP inhibitors in Chinese ovarian cancer patients.


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