Prognostic factors for survival in patients with advanced oesophageal cancer treated with cisplatin-based combination chemotherapy

The objective of this study was to identify prognostic factors for survival in patients with advanced oesophageal cancer, who are treated with cisplatin-based combination chemotherapy. We analysed the baseline characteristics of 350 patients who were treated in six consecutive prospective trials with one of the following regimens: cisplatin/etoposide, cisplatin/etoposide/5-fluorouracil, cisplatin/paclitaxel (weekly) and cisplatin/paclitaxel (biweekly). Predictive factors in univariate analyses were further evaluated using multivariate analysis (Cox regression). The median survival of all patients was 9 months. The 1, 2 and 5-year survival rates were 33, 12 and 4%, respectively. The main prognostic factors were found to be WHO performance status (0 or 1 vs 2), lactate dehydrogenase (normal vs elevated), extent of disease (limited disease defined as locoregional irresectable disease or lymph node metastases confined to either the supraclavicular or celiac region vs extensively disseminated disease) in addition to the type of treatment (weekly or biweekly cisplatin/paclitaxel regimen vs 4-weekly cisplatin/etoposide with or without 5-fluorouracil). Although weight loss, liver metastases and alkaline phosphatase were significant prognostic factors in univariate analyses, these factors lost their significance in multivariate analyses. The median survival for patients without any risk factors was 12 months, compared to only 4 months in patients with WHO 2 plus elevated LDH and extensive disease. The performance status, extent of disease, LDH and the addition of paclitaxel to cisplatin are independent prognostic factors in patients with advanced oesophageal cancer, who are treated with cisplatin-based combination chemotherapy.     

双膦酸盐治疗乳腺癌骨转移患者的临床病理特征及预后分析*

目的:探讨乳腺癌骨转移患者的临床、病理、治疗及预后因素。方法:收集2005年1 月至2013年4 月天津医科大学肿瘤医院收治的183 例至少接受6 个月双膦酸盐治疗的乳腺癌骨转移患者的临床资料,根据双膦酸盐类型分为帕米膦酸二钠组、唑来膦酸组及帕米膦酸二钠序贯唑来膦酸组,探讨骨转移的特点、骨相关事件（skeletal-related events,SREs）、治疗及预后特征。结果:胸椎和肋骨为骨转移的常见转移部位,骨转移至发生首次SREs的中位时间为4.2 个月,51.9%（95/ 183）患者发生SREs,累计SREs事件数达167 次,其中110 次（65.9%）发生在骨转移后1 年内,SREs类型以骨放疗为主。患者在不同双膦酸盐药物组的SREs发生率差异无统计学意义（P > 0.05）。 183 例患者骨转移后的中位生存期为43.1 个月,激素受体状态、无病生存期、是否合并内脏转移及脊柱转移与否是乳腺癌骨转移患者的独立预后因素（P < 0.05）。 结论:胸椎和肋骨是乳腺癌骨转移的常见转移部位,SREs主要发生在骨转移后1 年内并以骨放疗为主。激素受体阴性、无病生存期短、合并内脏及脊柱转移是影响乳腺癌患者骨转移不良预后的独立因素。      

左、右半结肠癌骨转移病理特征及预后分析

目的:比较左半结肠癌（LSCC）和右半结肠癌（RSCC）骨转移的病理特征和临床预后差异。方法:对漯河市中心医院2007年1月至2015年12月收治的103例结肠癌骨转移病例资料进行回顾性分析，据解剖位置将64例纳入LSCC组，39例纳入RSCC组，对比分析其病理学特征,绘制并分析生存曲线,筛选预后因素。结果:RSCC骨转移相对LSCC表现为:CA199 阳性率高、年龄大、分化程度更差、分期更晚、预后更差。单因素分析结果示原发肿瘤位置、TNM分期、LDH水平、ALP水平是影响结肠癌骨转移3年生存的相关因素。Logistic多因素回归分析显示原发肿瘤位置、TNM分期、ALP水平是结肠癌骨转移的独立危险因素。结论:左、右半结肠癌在病理特点、临床表现、生物学行为、生存预后等方面存在差异，本文为区分左、右半结肠癌骨转移的不同病理特征及预后评价提供了依据。     

Prognostic factors in metastatic and hormonally unresponsive carcinoma of the prostate.

Eighty-eight patients with hormone-resistant Stage IV prostate cancer were treated with a five-drug chemotherapy program. Patient demographic data, prior therapy, symptoms, extent of disease, and laboratory studies were analyzed statistically to evaluate the association of these parameters with survival from the onset of chemotherapy. Factors associated with short survival included age greater than 65, severe bone pain, poor performance status, presence of soft tissue metastases, anemia, elevation of serum LDH, SGOT, alkaline and acid phosphatases, and prolactin, and hypoalbuminemia. Race, stage at initial diagnosis, prior radiation therapy, prior orchiectomy, and elevation of CEA had no prognostic association. We suggest that clinical trials of new therapies of hormone-resistant prostate cancer take into account the presence of these prognostic factors in the analysis of the results of therapeutic programs.     

Factors affecting survival in breast cancer patients following bone metastasis

AIMS AND BACKGROUND: The purpose of the study was to identify prognostic factors that affect survival following bone metastasis in breast cancer patients with first metastases in the skeletal system. METHODS AND STUDY DESIGN: We analyzed retrospectively the data of 248 metastatic breast cancer patients whose first distant metastasis was in the skeleton. RESULTS: The median age of the patients at diagnosis was 46 years (range, 23-76). Nearly half of the patients were premenopausal (52.4%). The median disease-free survival was 24 months. For most of the patients (221), bone was the sole first metastatic site, and the disease remained confined to the bone in 99 of them. The remaining patients (n = 27) had both bone and visceral metastasis at the time of first relapse. One hundred and fourteen of the patients (46%) had died by the time of analysis. With the median follow-up of 50.5 months from diagnosis, median survival after bone metastasis was 32 months. In univariate analyses, statistically significant predictors for survival after bone metastasis were axillary lymph node status, T stage of disease, hormone receptor status of the primary tumor, the presence of lymphovascular invasion, involvement of skin, the presence of additional nonosseous metastatic sites at the time of bone relapse, and disease-free interval. In multivariate analyses, the presence of additional non-osseous metastatic sites at the time of bone relapse, T stage of disease, hormone receptor status of the primary tumor, and the presence of lymphovascular invasion were found to be significant independent prognostic factors. CONCLUSIONS: In the result of study, for patients with breast cancer, survival following bone metastasis is affected by secondary prognostic factors such as disease-free interval and extent of metastasis besides primary prognostic factors related to the primary tumor.     

Weekly low-dose docetaxel in advanced hormone-resistant prostate cancer patients previously exposed to chemotherapy

OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to evaluate the activity and tolerability of docetaxel in patients with hormone-resistant prostate cancer previously exposed to chemotherapy. METHODS: We enrolled 27 patients with hormone-resistant prostatic cancer that had progressed during first-line chemotherapy. The primary end-point was palliative response defined as a 2-point reduction in the 6-point present pain intensity scale, and an improvement in Karnofsky performance status of one 10-point category. The treatment consisted of weekly docetaxel 25 mg/m(2) body surface area administered by means of a 1-hour intravenous infusion with corticosteroid premedication. RESULTS: The primary criterion of palliative response was met in 13 patients (48%) after eight treatment cycles; its median duration was 6 months (range 1-8). Mean global quality of life improved in 8 and 10 patients after respectively four and eight treatment cycles. After a median follow-up of 8 months, 21 patients had died: the median survival was 9+ months (range 2-18). Weekly docetaxel was very well tolerated: grade 3 neutropenia occurred in 1 patient and grade 3 anemia in 2. CONCLUSIONS: Weekly low-dose docetaxel is an effective and well-tolerated treatment for patients with hormone-resistant prostate cancer previously exposed to chemotherapy.     

Prognostic factors in patients with prostate cancer refractory to endocrine therapy: univariate and multivariate analyses including doubling times of prostate-specific antigen and prostatic acid phosphatase

Although several prognostic factors have been discussed, multivariate analysis that includes tumor marker doubling time has not yet been examined in patients with prostate cancer refractory to endocrine therapy. A number of conventional prognostic factors including doubling times of prostate-specific antigen and/or prostatic acid phosphatase were examined in 56 prostate cancer patients who were refractory to endocrine therapy, using univariate and multivariate analyses. On univariate analysis, 6 parameters (doubling times of prostate-specific antigen and prostatic acid phosphatase at the time of refractory status, performance status, duration from beginning of endocrine therapy to prostate-specific antigen/prostatic acid phosphatase failure, mode of recurrence, the presence or absence of prostate-specific antigen/prostatic acid phosphatase normalization, and alkaline phosphatase) were shown to be significant prognostic factors. On multivariate analysis, only performance status and doubling times of prostate-specific antigen and prostatic acid phosphatase were significant. These observations showed that the doubling times of prostate-specific antigen and prostatic acid phosphatase, calculated at the time of prostate-specific antigen/prostatic acid phosphatase failure by estimating serial prostate-specific antigen or prostatic acid phosphatase, were a valuable prognostic factor in patients with prostate cancer refractory to endocrine therapy.      

Metastatic breast cancer: clinical course, prognosis and therapy related to the first site of metastasis

Although metastasis is a frequent event in breast cancer patients, insight into the clinical course, prognosis and therapy with respect to the site of the first metastases has been poor and contradictory in former investigations. Follow-up data from 648 patients with metastatic breast cancer were statistically analyzed. Patients with bone metastases at first relapse had better overall survival (median 71 vs. 48 months; p<0.001) and survival after first metastases (median 24 vs 12 months; p<0.001) than patients with visceral metastases at first relapse. Bone was the site of first metastasis in 46%, and 71% of patients with metastatic breast cancer developed bone metastases. The localization of the second metastatic site was of prognostic relevance in patients with first visceral metastases, but not in patients with first bone metastases. The presence of osseous metastases correlated significantly with estrogen and progesterone receptor positivity, tumor grading I/II and S-phase fraction <5%. The better prognosis of patients with bone metastases is not determined exclusively by hormone receptor status. The disease is significantly more stable in patients with first bone metastases than in those with first visceral metastases.     

Predictive factors of response to cisplatin-based chemotherapy and the relation of response to survival in patients with metastatic urothelial cancer

Purpose: To identify pretreatment variables predicting overall and complete response to cisplatin-based chemotherapy for metastatic urothelial cancer, and to study the relation between response and the duration of survival. Patients and methods: A total of 119 evaluable patients with recurrent locally advanced or metastatic urothelial cancer received cisplatin-based combination chemotherapy in four consecutive phase II studies from 1987 to 1997. The relationship of pretreatment variables and response was evaluated with logistic regression, and prognostic factors for survival were analyzed with Cox's multivariate model. Results: Response was achieved in 49% of the patients with a complete response rate of 15%. Good performance status and absence of bone metastases were independently predictive of overall response. Good performance status and normal hemoglobin were independently predictive of complete response. Median survival was 8.9 months. Performance status, alkaline phosphatase, s-creatinine, liver and bone metastases were independent prognostic factors for survival. Median survival was 12.4 months in responding patients and 6.3 in non-responding patients. Response to chemotherapy was included in the multivariate model and was the strongest prognostic factor for survival. Conclusion: The presence of bone metastases, low hemoglobin or poor performance status predicts decreased chance of response to chemotherapy. Response to chemotherapy is an independent prognostic factor for prolonged survival in patients with metastatic urothelial cancer. Received: 23 February 2000 / Accepted: 26 June 2000     

Pretreatment prognostic factors in colorectal cancer patients with synchronous liver metastases

Potential pretreatment prognostic variables for patients presenting with liver metastases at the time of resection of primary colorectal cancers were evaluated in 42 consecutive patients resected over two years. Survival was bimodal with 12 patients dead within 6 months of surgery and the remaining patients dead or alive at follow-up at 6 to 27 months (median 9 months). Preoperative peripheral lymphocytes (P = 0.0008), alkaline phosphatase (P = 0.0056), and serum glutamic oxaloacetic and pyruvic transaminases (SGOT, P = 0.0048, and SGPT, P = 0.0031) were significant prognostic factors. The transaminases were prognostic within the normal ranges for the hospital laboratory. Age, sex, hematocrit, platelet count, bilirubin, cholesterol, albumin, protein, creatinine, tumor differentiation, bowel penetration, nodal involvement, operative blood loss, transfusions and chemotherapy were not related to survival. These results indicate that normal liver function tests in patients with colorectal liver metastases have significant prognostic value. Immune function as reflected by lymphocyte count may also play a role in these patients' survivals.     

Analysis of clinical prognostic factors for survival and time to progression in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer treated with 5-fluorouracil-based chemotherapy

Colorectal cancer (CRC) is one of the most common malignant tumors in adults. Twenty-five percent of patients are not amenable to surgical resection because they have locally advanced or metastatic disease. For these patients, median survival time is between 4 and 13 months, and chemotherapy is used mainly with palliative intent. We conducted this study to evaluate potential prognostic factors for time to progression and survival. A retrospective review of 91 patients with metastatic CRC treated with bolus 5-fluorouracil-based chemotherapy (Mayo Clinic schedule) was performed. Univariate and multivariate analyses of clinical prognostic factors were carried out. Median follow-up time was 53 months (range, 17-107 months). Median time to disease progression was 9.6 months, and median survival time was 15.4 months. Actuarial 5-year survival was 17%. In the univariate analyses, factors predictive of time to progression were visceral metastases, elevated alkaline phosphatase (AP) levels, performance status (PS), and elevated carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) and CA 19-9 levels. Multivariate analyses confirmed the independent prognostic value of PS and AP levels. In the univariate analyses for survival, significant prognostic factors were visceral metastases, hypoalbuminemia, elevated lactate dehydrogenase levels, elevated AP levels, PS, and elevated CEA and CA 19-9 levels. In the multivariate analyses, only PS, elevated CEA and CA 19-9 levels, and liver involvement retained prognostic significance. This study confirms the prognostic value of PS for both time to progression and survival. AP levels are significantly related to time to progression. Additional factors influencing survival time are elevated tumor marker levels and the existence of liver metastases.     

乳腺癌多发性骨转移的预后和153Sm-EDTMP治疗结果

目的：分析乳腺癌多发性骨转移的预后和＾１５３Ｓｍ－乙二胺四甲基膦酸（ＥＤＴＭＰ）治疗效果。方法：回顾分析１９９２年至１９９８年１３１例接受了＾１５３Ｓｍ－ＥＤＴＭＰ治疗的乳腺癌多发性骨转移病人。所有病人经病理或细胞学证实为乳膛癌。骨转移灶经骨显像、Ｘ光片、ＣＴ和／或ＭＲＩ诊断证实。结果：全组病人总的５年生存率为５９％,骨转移后５年生存率和中位生存期分别为１８．５％和１５个月。转移局限于骨的病人比骨     

Clinical Characteristics and Survival Analysis of Breast Cancer Molecular Subtypes with Hepatic Metastases

Background: The liver is one of the most common metastatic sites of breast cancer, hepatic metastasesdeveloping in 6%-25% of patients with breast cancer and being associated with a poor prognosis. The aim ofthis study was to analyze the survival and clinical characteristics of patients with hepatic metastases from breastcancer of different molecular subtypes and to investigate the prognostic and predictive factors that effect clinicaloutcome. Methods: We retrospectively studied the charts of 104 patients with breast cancer hepatic metastasesdiagnosed at Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center from December 1990 to June 2009. Subtypes were definedas luminal A, luminal B, human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) enriched, triple-negative (TN).Prognostic factor correlations with clinical features and treatment approaches were assessed at the diagnosis ofhepatic metastases. Results: The median survival time was 16.0 months, and the one-, two- three-, four-, fiveyearsurvival rates were 63.5%, 31.7%, 15.6%, 10.8%, and 5.4%, respectively. Median survival periods afterhepatic metastases were 19.3 months (luminal A), 13.3 months (luminal B), 18.9 months (HER2-enriched), and16.1 months (TN, P=0.11). In multivariate analysis, a 2 year-interval from initial diagnosis to hepatic metastasis,treatment with endocrine therapy, and surgery were independent prognostic factors. Endocrine therapy couldimprove the survival of luminal subtypes (P=0.004) and was a favorable prognostic factor (median survival 23.4months vs. 13.8 months, respectively, P=0.011). Luminal A group of patients treated with endocrine therapy didsignificantly better than the Luminal A group of patients treated without endocrine therapy (median survivalof 48.9 vs. 13.8 months, P=0.003). Conclusions: Breast cancer subtypes were not associated with survival afterhepatic metastases. Endocrine therapy was a significantly favorable treatment for patients with luminal subtype.     

Clinical determinants of survival in patients with 5-fluorouracil-based treatment for metastatic colorectal cancer: results of a multivariate analysis of 3825 patients.

BACKGROUND: Patients with metastatic colorectal cancer are usually offered systemic chemotherapy as palliative treatment. A multivariate analysis was performed in order to identify predictors and their constellation that allow a valid prediction of the outcome in patients treated with 5-fluorouracil (5-FU)-based therapy. PATIENTS AND METHODS: A total of 3825 patients treated with 5-FU within 19 prospective randomised and three phase II trials were separated into learning (n = 2549) and validation (n = 1276) samples. Data were analysed by tree analysis using the recursive partition and amalgamation method (RECPAM). A predictor could only enter the RECPAM analysis if the number of patients with missing values was < 33.3% within a node, and the minimal node size was set to 50 patients. Twenty-three potential predictors were grouped into subsets of laboratory variables (11 parameters), tumour-related variables (seven parameters) and clinical variables (five parameters). In the first step, tree analysis was performed separately for each predictor subset. The selected prognostic parameters of the resulting partial models (the 'winners') were entered into the general model. The classification rule from the data of the learning set was applied to the independent validation set. RESULTS: Winners of the subgroup analysis for laboratory variables were: platelets > or = 400 x 10(9)/l, alkaline phosphatase > or = 300 U/l, white blood cell (WBC) count > or = 10 x 10(9)/l and haemoglobin < 11 x 10(9)/l, and all predicted a worse outcome. Negative predictors within the subgroup of tumour parameters were: number of tumour sites more than one or more than two, presence of liver metastases or peritoneal carcinomatosis, which predicted a worse outcome. Furthermore, presence of lung metastases, a primary rectal cancer and presence of lymph node metastases all predicted a better outcome in the multivariate setting. Among the clinical parameters only performance status of ECOG 0 or 1 predicted better outcome. In the final regression tree, three risk groups could be identified: low risk group (n = 1111) with a median survival of 15 months for patients with ECOG 0/1 and only one tumour site; intermediate risk group (n = 904) with a median survival of 10.7 months for patients with ECOG 0/1 and more than one tumour site and alkaline phosphatase < 300 U/l or patients with ECOG > 1, WBC count < 10 x 10(9)/l and only one tumour site; high risk group (n = 534) with a median survival of 6.1 months for patients with ECOG 0/1 and more than one tumour site and alkaline phosphatase of > or = 300 U/l or patients with ECOG > 1 and more than one tumour site or WBC count > 10 x 10(9)/l. The median survival times for the good, intermediate and high risk groups in the validation sample were 14.7, 10.5 and 6.4 months, respectively. CONCLUSIONS: Patients can be divided into at least three risk groups depending on the four baseline clinical parameters: performance status, WBC count, alkaline phosphatase and number of metastatic sites. Any molecular or biological marker should be validated against these clinical parameters and decisions for more or less intensive treatments may be studied separately in these three risk groups. Also, clinical trials should be stratified according to the three risk groups.     

不同治疗方法对结直肠癌肝转移患者预后的影响

目的 探讨不同治疗方法对结直肠癌肝转移患者预后的影响.方法 对300例结直肠癌首发肝转移患者的诊治过程及肝转移后生存情况进行回顾性分析.结果 结直肠癌肝转移灶完全切除者、姑息切除者和无法切除者的肝转移后中位生存期分别为48、19和18个月(P=0.000).对于无法行肝转移灶完全切除的患者,肝转移后化疗联合局部治疗和不治疗患者的肝转移后中位生存期分别为23个月和6个月(P=0.000).一线治疗有效患者和无效患者的肝转移后中位生存期分别为24个月和16个月(P=0.000).单因素生存分析结果显示,原发肿瘤的治疗方式、肝转移灶的手术方式、肝转移后的综合治疗以及一线治疗的疗效均与预后相关(均P<0.05).多因素分析结果显示,肝转移灶的手术方式、肝转移后的综合治疗和肝转移后一线治疗的疗效是影响结直肠癌肝转移患者预后的独立因素(P<0.05).结论 肝转移灶完全切除、肝转移后进行综合治疗以及肝转移后一线治疗有效的结直肠癌肝转移患者预后好.     

肝细胞癌骨转移的临床特征及预后因素

目的 分析原发性肝细胞癌(以下简称肝癌)骨转移患者的临床特征及预后因素,以期为临床制定合适的放疗策略提供依据.方法 收集接受外照射治疗的肝癌骨转移患者205例,对其一般资料、实验室指标、肿瘤特性(原发灶及骨转移灶)及治疗措施进行回顾性分析.放射剂量范围为32 ～ 60 Gy,中位剂量50 Gy,照射区为骨转移灶区域.用Kaplan-Meier法进行生存分析,单因素分析用Log-rank方法,多因素分析采用Cox回归模型Backward-Wald法.结果 205例肝癌骨转移患者中位生存时间为7.4月,有80例(39.0％)骨转移灶周围伴有软组织肿块.发现在照射剂量32 -66 Gy范围内,其剂量与效应之间并不呈正相关.单因素分析发现较短的生存率和以下几方面有关:较低的Karnofsky评分、白蛋白水平,较高的骨转移时ALP水平、γ-GT水平、AFP水平、肝内肿瘤＞5 cm、肝内原发灶未控、多发骨转移灶等.多因素分析发现,较低的Kamofsky评分、骨转移时较高的AFP水平、AST水平、血小板计数、肝内原发灶未控制、前5年的治疗诸因素均为独立预后因子(P值均＜0.05).结论 本研究提供了有关肝癌骨转移患者的临床特征、生存结果、预后因素,这些预后因素将有助于制定合适的针对这类患者的放疗策略.     

89Strontium in bone metastases from hormone resistant prostate cancer: palliation effect and biochemical changes.

Hematological and biochemical parameters were evaluated in 31 patients receiving 150 MBq 89Strontium (89Sr) intravenously due to painful skeletal metastases from hormone resistant prostate cancer. Two and 3 months after the injection prostate specific antigen (PSA) had increased by a median of 36% and 100%, respectively, as compared to the pretreatment value whereas alkaline phosphatase (APHOS) had decreased by about 20% (median). The leucocyte and platelet counts were reduced by about 20-35%, without reaching grade greater than or equal to 2 toxicity. Pain relief was reported in 14 of 29 evaluable patients at 2 months and in 11 of 23 patients at 3 months. It is concluded that 89Sr represents a worthwhile therapeutic modality in the palliation treatment of patients with hormone resistant prostate cancer, though the biological significance of frequently increasing PSA and decreasing APHOS is not yet completely understood.     

Prognostic factors in patients with advanced stage prostate cancer

The relationships of 13 potential prognostic factors to objective response to treatment and survival time were investigated, using data gathered on 1,020 patients with advanced stage prostate cancer who have participated in the clinical trials of the National Prostatic Cancer Project. Multivariate statistical analyses revealed that previous hormone response status, analgesics, pain, elevated acid phosphatase, and anemia were the important, independent prognostic factors for objective response to treatment. For survival time, the significant prognostic factors were previous hormone response status, anorexia, elevated acid phosphatase, pain, elevated alkaline phosphatase, obstructive symptoms, tumor grade, performance status, anemia, and age at diagnosis. It is recommended that future treatment protocols for advanced stage prostate cancer take into account heterogeneity of the treatment groups with respect to these factors, either through the design of the protocol, or at the time of analysis.     

Methylglyoxal-bis(guanylhydrazone) in hormone-resistant adenocarcinoma of the prostate

Methylglyoxal-bis(guanylhydrazone) (MGBG), an inhibitor of polyamine synthesis, was administered to 35 patients with hormone-resistant advanced adenocarcinoma of the prostate in doses of 500 or 600 mg/m2 per week intravenously. Of 31 patients with bidimensional measurable soft-tissue lesions, 25 had an adequate trial, defined as four or more doses. Six (24%; 95% confidence limits, 8% to 32%) patients achieved a partial remission (greater than or equal to 50% reduction in tumor size) in soft-tissue disease. Response was noted to start after one to two doses and persisted for a median of three months (range, 1 to 4 months). Toxicity was tolerable, and significant myelosuppression was not observed. The lack of response in osseous metastases may be secondary to the short duration of remission or to the presence or inducibility of the enzyme ornithine decarboxylase in bone. Since some animal prostatic cancer tumor models are sensitive to cytotoxic drugs that produce polyamine inhibition, clinical trials of MGBG combined with other inhibitors of the polyamine pathway should be explored.     

54例乳腺癌术后胸壁转移患者的临床特征及预后因素分析

目的：探讨乳腺癌术后局部胸壁转移患者的临床特征、治疗方式及影响预后的因素。方法收集54例术后以胸壁复发为首发转移部位的乳腺癌患者的临床资料,分析各项临床和病理因素同局部控制率及生存期之间的关系;并搜索万方及Pubmed数据库中的相关文献,进行汇总分析。结果54例患者原发肿瘤术后无病生存期（DFS）为4～277个月,中位DFS为50个月。单纯胸壁转移患者局部复发后无进展生存期（PFS）2～120个月,中位PFS为21个月。单纯胸壁转移组的单因素分析结果显示患者的原发肿瘤病理类型、脉管癌栓情况、激素受体水平、HER2表达情况是原发肿瘤术后DFS及OS的相关预后因素;多因素分析结果显示原发肿瘤的病理类型、脉管癌栓情况、术后辅助放疗、辅助内分泌治疗及原发肿瘤术后DFS是总生存期的独立预后因素。结论乳腺癌术后局部复发将增加远处转移及死亡风险,明确高复发风险因素,采取全身综合治疗及局部治疗可改善患者预后。