İleri Evre Gastrointestinal Kanserli Hastalarda Fibrin ile İlişkili Yeni Bir Biyobelirteç Olan Serum DR-70 Düzeyinin Prognostik ve Prediktif Değeri

Amaç: DR-70, kandaki fibrin yıkım ürünlerini tespit eden yeni geliştirilmiş bir testtir. Bu çalışmada ileri evre gastrointestinal (GI) kanserlerde DR- 70’in tedavi yanıtını izlemedeki etkinliğini değerlendirmeyi amaçladık. Gereç ve Yöntem: Çalışmaya farklı serilerdeki sistemik tedaviler ile tedavi edilen ileri evre GI kanserli hastalar dahil edildi. Görüntüleme çalışmaları, DR-70 ve geleneksel tümör belirteçleri [karsinoembriyonik antijen (CEA), karbonhidrat antijeni (CA) 19-9] başlangıçta ve tedavinin üçüncü ayında tekrarlandı. Bulgular: Çalışmaya kolorektal (%52,1), özofagogastrik (%32,4) ve pankreatikobiliyer kanser (%15,5) tanısı konan toplam 142 hasta alındı. Hastaların çoğu birinci basamak tedavi alıyordu (%56,3). Hastaların %57’sinde ikinci kan örneği alındı. Özofagogastrik kanseri olan hastalarda, DR-70 yanıtı tedavi yanıtı ile iyi korelasyon gösterdi (p=0,007) ve başlangıçta düşük serum DR-70 düzeyi, daha uzun genel sağkalım ile anlamlı şekilde ilişkiliydi (p=0,02). Kolorektal kanserli hastalarda tedavi öncesi DR-70 ile CEA düzeyleri arasında pozitif fakat zayıf bir korelasyon (p=0,03, r=0,244) varken, tedavi öncesi DR-70 ile CA 19-9 arasında özofagogastrik ve pankreatikobilier kanserlerde orta düzeyde pozitif bir korelasyon vardı (sırasıyla p=0,01, r=0,402 ve p=0,04, r=0,515). DR-70 konsantrasyonunda %25’ten fazla azalma, daha iyi genel ve progresyonsuz sağkalım ile ilişkiliydi. Sonuç: DR-70, özellikle özofagogastrik kanserde tedaviye yanıtı ve sağkalımı ön gören güçlü bir belirteçtir

Prognostic Factors in Operated Early Stage Lung Cancer Patients- Retrospective Single Center Data

Aim: Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) accounts for 85% of all lung cancers. Although curative treatment is surgery in the early stages, disease relapse is common. In this study, we retrospectively evaluated the prognostic factors and outcomes of operated NSCLC cases.Materials and Methods: Retrospective analysis of data from 166 patients with early stage NSCLC who presented after surgery and treated and followed in our clinic between 2006-2018 was performed. Histopathologic features and clinical findings were investigated as prognostic factors.The findings were analyzed using SPSS.Results: At the time of diagnosis, median age was 61 (39-82) and 84% of the patients were male. Most common pathologic subtype was adenocarcinoma. Median disease free survival (DFS) and overall survival (OS) were 76 months (%95CI:32.1-110.0) and 87 months (95%CI:59.8-114.1). ). In multivariate analysis, presence of vascular invasion was found to be independent prognostic factors for both DFS and OS (HR:2.5 and 2.3, respectively). Adenocarcinoma solid pattern was only associated with worse disease-free survival (HR: 1.7).Conclusion: In our study, we showed that the presence of vascular invasion and solid-type adenocarcinoma is associated with poor survival

Survivin expression and its potential clinical significance in gastrointestinal stromal sarcoma

This study was designed to determine the level of survivin expression and its clinical significance as a prognostic factor in gastrointestinal stromal sarcoma (GIST). Twenty patients (12 males and 8 females) ranging in age from 25 to 72, with a median age of 53 were evaluated. Failure of TKI treatment was higher in the survivin-positive group (p= 0.06). The rate of metastasis was significantly higher in the survivin positive group vs. the negative group (80% vs. 30%, p =0.18). The median overall survival (OS) time was 114 (range 29-199) months, and the median disease-free survival (DFS) time was 88 (range 40-135) months. The median progression-free survival (PFS) time was 40 (range 24-55) months. Further, a comparison of patients with survivin positive versus negative tumors, revealed no significant difference for OS, DFS, and PFS (p = 0.45, p = 0.19, p= 0.55, respectively), number of mitoses in 50 HPF (p =0.14), and tumor size (p = 0.94). In conclusion, survivin was highly expressed in GISTs, although we found no correlation between survivin expression and PFS, DFS and OS, survivin may be a predictive marker in GISTs for disease progression. We believe that additional studies are warranted to determine the clinical significance of survivin expression as a prognostic or predictive marker in patients with GIST. Crown Copyright (C) 2011 Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved

Pazopanib for metastatic soft-tissue sarcoma: A multicenter retrospective study

Purpose Soft tissue sarcomas are associated with a poor prognosis and low chemotherapeutic efficiency. Pazopanib is an orally available multi-tyrosine kinase inhibitor that was explored in patients with non-adipocytic advanced soft tissue sarcomas. The aim of this retrospective study was to evaluate the real life data of single-agent pazopanib efficacy and safety for soft tissue sarcomas in the Turkish population. Materials and methods We evaluated a total of 103 patients (41 males, 62 females) who received pazopanib for advanced non-adipocytic soft tissue sarcomas diagnosis in eight centers of Turkey, retrospectively. The pazopanib dose was 800 mg once daily. Progression-free survival, overall survival, and adverse events were analyzed. Results The median age was 50 years (range, 38-58). Majority of the patients had leimyosarcoma (41%). Median progression-free survival was 4.3 months, and the median overall survival was 10.1 months. The main common toxicities were fatigue, anorexia, weight loss, nausea, hypertension, and grade >= 3 toxicities were fatigue, anorexia, weight loss, and liver disorder. Conclusion Pazopanib is an efficient and tolerable agent and is well tolerated in good performance status patients with relapsed, advanced non-adipocytic soft tissue sarcomas