scholarly journals Prognostic significance of advanced lung cancer inflammation index (ALI) in multiple myeloma patients – a retrospective study

Author(s):  
Junxia Huang ◽  
Juanjuan Hu ◽  
Yan Gao ◽  
Fanjun Meng ◽  
Tianlan Li ◽  
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Abstract Background: Advanced lung cancer inflammation index (ALI) is known to predict the overall survival of patients having some solid tumors or B-cell lymphoma. The study investigates the predictive value of ALI in multiple myeloma (MM) patients and the correlation between ALI and prognosis.Methods: A database of 269 MM consecutive patients who underwent chemotherapy between December 2011 and June 2019 in the Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University was reviewed. ALI cut-off value calculated before the initial chemotherapy and post 4 courses treatment were identified according to the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve, and its association with clinical characteristics, treatment response, overall survival (OS), and progression-free survival (PFS) were assessed.Results: Patients in the low ALI group (n=147) had higher risk of β2 microglobulin elevation, more advanced ISS (International Classification System stage), and TP53 gene mutation, with significantly lower median overall survival (OS; 36.29 vs. 57.92 months, P = 0.010) and progression-free survival (PFS; 30.94 vs. 35.67 months, P = 0.013). Independent risk factors influencing the OS of MM patients were ALI (P = 0.007), extramedullary infiltration (P = 0.001), TP53 (P = 0.020), Plt (P = 0.005), and bone destruction (P = 0.024). ALI (P = 0.005), extramedullary infiltration (P = 0.004), TP53 (P = <0.001), Plt (P = 0.017), and complex chromosome karyotype (P = 0.010) were independent risk factors influencing the PFS of MM patients.Conclusions: ALI is a potential independent risk factor predicting the prognosis of newly diagnosed MM patients.

Author(s):  
Jérémy Tricard ◽  
Daniel Milad ◽  
Anaëlle Chermat ◽  
Serge Simard ◽  
Yves Lacasse ◽  
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Abstract OBJECTIVES The association of unstable heart disease and resectable lung cancer is rare. The impacts of staged management, cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) versus angioplasty, on long-term survival and cancer recurrence remain debated. We report our experience using staged management. METHODS From 1997 to 2016, 107 patients were treated at the Quebec Heart and Lung Institute: 72 underwent cardiac surgery with CPB (group 1), 35 were treated with angioplasty (group 2), followed by oncological pulmonary resection. RESULTS Two postoperative deaths (3%) and 1 ischaemic heart complication (1%) were reported in group 1. One death (3%) was reported in group 2. Two-year overall survival was 82% (59/72) in group 1 and 80% (28/35) in group 2; 5-year overall survival was 62% (33/53) in group 1 and 63% (19/30) in group 2. Two-year disease-free survival in group 1 was 79% (57/72) and 77% (27/35) in group 2; 5-year disease-free survival was 58% (31/53) in group 1 and 60% (18/30) in group 2. The independent risk factors for death after thoracic surgery were transfusions (P = 0.004) and grade ≥3 complications (P = 0.034). Independent risk factors for recurrence included the cancer stage (P &lt; 0.001) and, paradoxically, a shorter delay between cardiac and lung procedures (P = 0.031). CONCLUSIONS When a staged management remains feasible after cardiac procedure, oncological outcomes of patients with cardiopathy and lung cancer are satisfactory. CPB does not seem to be deleterious. The delay between procedures should intuitively be as small as possible but not at the expense of good recovery after the cardiac procedure.


2019 ◽  
Vol 37 (15_suppl) ◽  
pp. e20543-e20543
Author(s):  
Xiao Zhao ◽  
Qiong Sun ◽  
Sheng Jie Sun ◽  
Weiwei Shi ◽  
Shun Chang Jiao

e20543 Background: Immunotherapy has shown promising results for clinical management of various cancers. We reported our real world experience with PD-1 or PD-L1 immunotherapy in management of advanced lung cancer patients in China. Methods: This is a single-center retrospective study based on the de-identified electronic medical data collected in routine clinical practice. A total of 198 advanced lung cancer (stage IIIA-IV) patients who underwent anti-PD-1/PD-L1 therapy at Chinese People's Liberation Army General Hospital between 2015 and 2018 were included. Progression free survival and overall survival of patients were estimated by Kaplan-Meier methods. The treatment-related adverse events were also analyzed. Results: Median age of patients was 60.0 years (33.0-88.0 years). Most patients were male (150, 75.8%), smokers (116, 61.7%) and had a KPS score ≥70 (169, 97.7%). Of 198 patients, 106 (53.5%) had adenocarcinoma and 54 (17.3%) had squamous cell carcinoma. Thirty-one (15.7%) patients had CNS metastases. Seventy-one (38.8%) patients received two or more prior therapies. Estimated progression free survival was 5.6 months and overall survival was 24.5 months. One-hundred twenty-seven (64.1%) patients had documented to suffer adverse events, most commonly gastrointestinal adverse events and liver damage (Table). Conclusions: Our study showed survival benefits of PD-1/PD-L1 immunotherapy in advanced NSCLC patients in clinical practice. Safety profile was comparable to the previous studies. Our study supports the benefits of PD-1/PD-L1 immunotherapy in clinical management of advanced lung cancer patients. [Table: see text]


2019 ◽  
Vol 2019 ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Yi Zhang ◽  
Bo Chen

Background. The advanced lung cancer inflammation index (ALI) has been related to tumor survival in lung cancer (LC) patients. However, these findings regarding the prognostic relevance of ALI in LC were inconsistent. Our study is aimed at characterizing the prognostic significance of low pretreatment ALI in LC cases. Methods. Relevant published studies were systematically searched in several online databases. The combined hazard ratios (HRs) were applied to assess the correlation between ALI and overall/recurrence-free/progression-free survival (OS/PFS/RFS) in LC. Results. A total of 1587 LC patients from eight articles were recruited. Pooled results indicated that pretreatment ALI was significantly associated with prognosis in cases with LC. Compared to those with high-ALI, LC cases in the low-ALI group had a poorer OS (HR: 1.64, 95% CI: 1.34-1.93, p<0.001). Subgroup analyses further revealed the negative significant prognostic value of low ALI in LC. In addition, low ALI had obvious connection with inferior PFS/RFS (HR: 1.71, 95% CI: 1.35-2.07, p<0.001) in LC patients. Conclusions. Low ALI before treatments indicates poor prognosis in LC patients. Serum ALI may serve as a promising predictive tumor marker of survival in LC sufferers.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xin Zhao ◽  
Yan Zhang ◽  
Zhenlin Gao ◽  
Yaguang Han

Aim: This study aimed to investigate the prognostic value of peripheral naive and memory CD8+ and CD4+ T cells and other immune cells in patients with oligometastatic non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) undergoing radiotherapy (RT). Methods: A total of 142 patients with oligometastatic NSCLC treated with RT were enrolled, and their blood samples were collected within 3 days before RT. Immune cells were identified by flow cytometry. Results: Patients with high levels of naive CD8+ T cells had longer overall survival (p = 0.004) and progression-free survival (p = 0.001) than those with low levels of naive CD8+ T cells. Multivariate analyses revealed that naive CD8+ T cells were independently correlated with overall survival (p = 0.019) and progression-free survival (p = 0.024). Conclusion: The results suggest that peripheral naive CD8+ T cells may be an independent prognostic indicator for patients with oligometastatic NSCLC undergoing RT.


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