The prognostic value of whole blood SOX2 , NANOG and OCT4 mRNA expression in advanced small-cell lung cancer
Article Category: Research Article
Data publikacji: 23 kwi 2016
Zakres stron: 188 - 196
Otrzymano: 25 lut 2015
Przyjęty: 11 cze 2015
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/raon-2015-0027
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© 2016 Radiol Oncol
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Characteristics of small-cell lung cancer (SCLC) patients and healthy volunteers
| Age in years: median (range) | 65 (46-88) | 62 (47-78) |
| Gender, | ||
| Male | 34 (68) | 24 (71) |
| Female | 16 (32) | 10 (29) |
| PS East Cooperative Oncology Group performance status; CEV = cyclophosphamide-epirubicinvincristine; | ||
| 0–1 | 38(76) | |
| ≥ 2 | 12 (24) | |
| Number of distant metastatic sites, | ||
| < 3 | 34 (68) | |
| ≥ 3 | 16 (32) | |
| Type of first-line chemotherapy, | ||
| PE | 42 (84) | |
| CEV | 8 (16) |
Association between SOX2, NANOG and OCT4 mRNA expression and patients` characteristics
bmedian mRNA expression levels for each of the three markers analysed were used to stratify patients as either | bmedian mRNA expression levels for each of the three markers analysed were used to stratify patients as either | bmedian mRNA expression levels for each of the three markers analysed were used to stratify patients as either | bmedian mRNA expression levels for each of the three markers analysed were used to stratify patients as either | bmedian mRNA expression levels for each of the three markers analysed were used to stratify patients as either | bmedian mRNA expression levels for each of the three markers analysed were used to stratify patients as either | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age in years: median (range) | 63 (46–78) | 66 (47–88) | 0.301 Mann-Whitney U-test | 65 (47–79) | 65 (46–88) | 0.648 Mann-Whitney U-test | 64 (47–77) | 66 (46–88) | 0.466 Mann-Whitney U-test |
| Gender, | 0.756 Fisher’s exact test | 0.762 Fisher’s exact test | |||||||
| Male | 2 (35) | 22 (65) | 18 (53) | 16 (47) | 16 (47) | 18 (53) | 0.762 Fisher’s exact test | ||
| Female | 7 (44) | 9 (56) | 7 (44) | 9 (56) | 9 (56) | 7 (44) | |||
| PS East Cooperative Oncology Group performance status | 0.332 Fisher’s exact test | 0.742 Fisher’s exact test | 1.000 Fisher’s exact test | ||||||
| 0–1 | 16 (42) | 22 (58) | 20 (53) | 18 (47) | 19 (50) | 19 (50) | |||
| ≥ 2 | 3 (25) | 9 (75) | 5 (42) | 7 (58) | 6 (50) | 6 (50) | |||
| Number of distant metastatic sites, | Fisher’s exact test | 0.762d | 1.000 Fisher’s exact test | ||||||
| < 3 | 9 (26) | 25 (74) | 18 (53) | 16 (47) | 17 (50) | 17 (50) | |||
| ≥ 3 | 10 (62) | 6 (38) | 7 (44) | 9 (56) | 8 (50) | 8 (50 |
Progression-free survival (PFS) after first-line chemotherapy and overall survival (OS) according to SOX2, NANOG and OCT4 mRNA expression
| All patients ( | 6.2 | 8.4 | ||||
| | 7.4 | 0.377 | 9.9 | |||
| | 5.6 | 1.988 (1.011-3.922) | 1.054 (0.938-1.183) | 7.5 | 2.370 (1.164-4.831) | 3.205 (1.536-6.711) |
| | 5.7 | 0.221 | 0.299 | 7.4 | 0.347 | 0.376 |
| | 6.5 | 0.693 (0.384-1.247) | 0.864 (0.656-1.139) | 8.7 | 0.750 (0.412-1.366) | 0.884 (0.674-1.161) |
| | 5.6 | 0.156 | 0.227 | 7.8 | 0.251 | 0.416 |
| | 7.3 | 0.652 (0.362-1.178) | 0.780 (0.521-1.167) | 9.9 | 0.810 (0.446-1.471) | 0.891 (0.673-1.178) |