The clinical value of prognostic nutritional index in gastric cancer patients with peritoneal metastasis / 中华普通外科杂志

Objective To evaluate the prognostic value of prognostic nutritional index (PNI) in gastric cancer patients with peritoneal metastasis.Methods 287 gastric cancer patients with peritoneal metastasis were enrolled from Jan 2010 to Dec 2016.Results Compared with PNI ＞ 45,patients in PNI≤45 group were elder [(59 ± 11) vs.(54 ± 11),t =3.734,P =0.000],lower albumin [(35 ± 4) g/L vs.(42 ± 4)g/L,t =15.988,P =0.003)],lower plasm hemoglobin concentration [(110 ± 22)g/L vs.(129 ±24) g/L,t =6.245,P =0.000),higher platelet count/lymphocyte count ratio [PLR,(210 ± 89) vs.(150 ± 66),t =6.547,P =0.000],higher neutrophil count/lymphocyte count ratio [NLR,(3.7 ± 2.9)vs.(2.4 ± 1.2),t =4.628,P =0.000],lower percentage of pallative gastrectomy (45.5％ to 58.5％,x2 =4.45,P =0.035).Logistic regression analysis showed that age ＞ 58-years,NLR ＞ 2.87,PLR ＞ 170,hemoglobin ≤ 130 g/L,local organ infiltration were risk factors leading to low-PNI (all P ＜ 0.05).The median survival time for all patients was 8.7 months.Univariate analysis revealed that,PNI ＞ 45,serum albumin ＞ 40 g/L,no ascites,lower-grade of peritoneal metastasis,pallative gastrectomy,postoperation chemotherapy were positively associated with better prognosis (all P ＜ 0.05).Multivariate analysis demonstarted that,PNI (HR =0.717,P =0.039).Grade of peritoneal metastasis (HR =1.206,P =0.044),pallative gastrectomy (HR =1.529,P =0.001) were independent prognostic risk factors for the patients with peritoneal metastasis.Conclusion PNI are both predictors of nutrition assessment and of prognosis for gastric cancer patients with peritoneal metastasis.

Clinical significance of prognostic nutritional index in patients with advanced gastric cancer / 中华胃肠外科杂志

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To investigate the relationship of prognostic nutritional index (PNI) with clinicopathological factors and the clinical significance of PNI in predicting the survival in patients with advanced gastric cancer.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Clinicopathological and follow-up data of 1150 patients with advanced gastric cancer who underwent radical gastrectomy from January 2007 to December 2010 at the Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Harbin Medical University Cancer Hospital were analyzed retrospectively. The PNI value was calculated [PNI=absolute value of lymphocyte(10/L)×5 + serum albumin (g/L)] and was grouped according to the mean value of PNI. Relationships of PNI with gender, age, tumor size, depth of invasion, tumor differentiation, tumor stage, tumor location, lymph node metastasis and tumor marker detection level were analyzed. At the same time, for the survival analysis of patients, log-rank method was used for univariate analysis, and Cox method was used for multivariate analysis.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>Of 1150 cases, 846 were males and 304 were females with an average age of 62 (24 to 88) years. The average maximum diameter of tumor was 5.4(1.0 to 20.0) cm. Tumor of 159 cases located in the gastric fundus, 221 cases in the gastric body, 705 cases in the gastric antrum and 65 cases in the whole stomach. Well differentiated tumors were found in 198 cases and poorly differentiated tumors in 952 cases. As for depth of tumor invasion, 165 cases were T2, 343 cases were T3 and 642 cases were T4. According to TNM stage, 53 cases were stage I(, 397 cases were stage II( and 700 cases were stage III(. The average lymph node metastasis rate was 25.0%, meanwhile lymph node metastasis was N0 in 296 cases, N1 in 246 cases, N2 in 277 cases and N3 in 331 cases. Blood examination showed hemoglobin ≤130 g/L in 544 cases and >130 g/L in 606 cases; carcinoembryonic antigen ≤5 μg/L in 903 cases and >5 μg /L in 247 cases; carbohydrate antigen 19-9 ≤37 kU/L in 927 cases and >37 kU/L in 223 cases. In whole patients, the mean value of PNI was 51.81(24.5 to 80.4), PNI ≤51.81 group had 563 cases, and PNI >51.81 group had 587 cases. Between PNI ≤51.81 group and PNI >51.81 group, age (χ=22.661, P=0.000), tumor location (χ=8.979, P=0.030), tumor size (χ=34.509, P=0.000), tumor stage (χ=11.644, P=0.003), depth of tumor invasion (χ=21.681, P=0.000) and hemoglobin (χ=112.262, P=0.000) were significantly different. Patients were followed up for an average of 45.1 months (4 to 108). The 5-year survival rate was 37.7% in PNI ≤51.81 group, while it was 47.0% in PNI >51.81 group, whose difference was statistically significant (χ=8.326, P=0.004). Univariate analysis showed that patients with PNI ≤51.81(P=0.004), deeper tumor invasion (P=0.000), more metastatic lymph nodes (P=0.000), later TNM stage (P=0.000), lymph node metastasis rate >25.02%(P=0.000), hemoglobin ≤130 g/L(P=0.011), the maximum tumor diameter >5.4 cm (P=0.000), tumor undifferentiated (P=0.001), CEA >5 μg /L (P=0.000), CA199 >37 kU/L(P=0.000) and tumors locating in whole stomach (P=0.000) had poorer prognosis. Multivariate analysis showed that the age (HR=1.195, 95%CI: 1.019 to 1.401, P=0.028), the depth of tumor invasion(HR=1.429, 95%CI: 1.231 to 1.658, P=0.000), the number of metastatic lymph node (HR=1.536, 95%CI:1.330 to 1.774, P=0.000), the lymph node metastasis rate (HR=1.376, 95%CI:1.102 to 1.717, P=0.005), tumor TNM stage (HR=1.387, 95%CI: 1.026 to 1.876, P=0.033) and tumor size(HR=1.182, 95%CI: 1.005 to 1.390, P=0.043) were independent prognostic factors of gastric cancer patients, while PNI (HR=0.913, 95%CI: 0.774 to 1.076, P=0.278) was not an independent risk prognostic factor of gastric cancer patients.</p><p><b>CONCLUSIONS</b>Although the PNI is not an independent risk factor of overall survival in patients with advanced gastric cancer, it is still an indicator of survival in patients with gastric cancer. Improving preoperative nutritional status in patients with gastric cancer may contribute to a better prognosis.</p>

The Fibrinogen to Mean Platelet Volume Ratio Can Predict Overall Survival of Patients with Non-Metastatic Gastric Cancer

PURPOSE: Fibrinogen and platelets have been reported to play important roles in tumorigenesis and cancer progression. The aim of this research was to investigate the combination of functions of fibrinogen, platelets, and mean platelet volume (MPV) in predicting the survival of patients with gastric cancer (GC). MATERIALS AND METHODS: A retrospective study was conducted with 1,946 patients with GC and 299 patients with benign gastric tumor to analyze their fibrinogen, platelet, and MPV levels, and other clinicopathological characteristics along with their prognoses. Several indicators were evaluated along with fibrinogen, platelets, and MPV and their prognostic abilities were assessed. Univariate and multivariate survival analyses were conducted to determine the independent risk factors for overall survival. RESULTS: Increased levels of fibrinogen, platelets, and MPV were observed with the progress of the GC stages. Elevated fibrinogen, platelets, and the combined indicators, including fibrinogen*MPV (FM), platelet*fibrinogen*MPV (PFM), fibrinogen/MPV (FMR), platelet*fibrinogen (PF), platelet*fibrinogen/MPV (PFMR), platelet*MPV (PM), and platelet/MPV (PMR), foreboded poor prognosis. Meanwhile fibrinogen and FMR can be considered as independent risk factors for overall survival in patients with non-metastatic GC. But these indicators can hardly predict survival of patients in stage IV. CONCLUSIONS: Elevated fibrinogen, platelets, and MPV levels were in accordance with advanced stages, and fibrinogen, platelet, and MPV, in combination, can be used to predict survival of patients with non-metastatic GC. FMR was an independent prognostic factor for overall survival of patients with GC.

Expression of thrombolytic effect of urokinase plus heparin mixed with different sealing methods on long-term dialysis catheter / 中国生化药物杂志

Objective To investigate the effect of different sealing methods of urokinase plus heparin on long-term dialysis catheter thrombolysis.Methods63 patients were treated with maintenance hemodialysis from central venous catheters with catheter thrombosis as a clinical study.The patients were divided into observation group and control group by simple random method.In the observation group, 31 cases were treated with urokinase and heparin mixed solution from the ends of the arteriovenous catheter of permanent double-laryngeal dialysis tube for 24 hours for 3 consecutive days.32 patients in the control group, from the permanent dual-chamber dialysis catheter arterial and vein at both ends with a micro pump pumped urokinase, maintained for 2hours.ResultsThere was no significant difference in thrombolytic success rate between the two groups.The catheter retention time in the observation group was significantly longer than that in the control group, the dialysis blood flow rate, the solute clearance index and the urea clearance index were significantly higher than those in the control group.The incidence of venous pressure and hemorrhagic adverse events was significantly lower than that of the control group (P<0.05).ConclusionUrea kinase plus heparin mixture is simple and easy to operate, which avoids the risk of excessive localized or systemic hemorrhage caused by excessive urokinase into the blood circulation of patients.It is worthy of popularization.

The relationship between peritoneal lavage cytology in gastric carcinoma and lymph node metastasis / 中华普通外科杂志

Objective To explore the relationship between peritoneal lavage cytology in gastric carcinoma and lymph node metastasis.Methods From June 2012 to May 2014,intraoperative peritoneal lavage for cancer cells was carried out in 226 gastric cancer patients undergoing gastrectomy.During the process 63 patients were irrigated with 500 ml of normal saline,while the others were using 1 000 ml.D2+ lymph nodes dissection was performed to evaluate the relationship between peritoneal lavage cytology in gastric carcinoma and lymph nodes metastasis.Results The positive rates of exfoliative carcinoma cells were 11.1％ in the 500 ml group and 9.2％ in the 1 000 ml group (x2 =0.188,P=0.695).In both groups,rate of exforliative cancer cells were positively related to lymph node metastasis,the numbers of positive lymph nodes,the station of lymph nodes metastasis,the rate of the lymph nodes metastasis and that of the second station (all P ＜ 0.05),but not to the numbers of the lymph node cleaned (P ＞ 0.05).Conclusions Lymph nodes metastasis was an important risk factor that contribute to exfoliated carcinoma cells in patients with gastric carcinoma,and especially in those with lymph nodes metastasis at the second station.

Clinicopathological factor analysis of positive cells in peritoneal lavage of gastric carcinoma / 中华胃肠外科杂志

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To explore the clinicopathological factors affecting positive cells in peritoneal lavage of gastric carcinoma.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Clinicopathological data of 163 patients undergoing radical operation for gastric carcinoma and receiving cytology examination of peritoneal lavage (1000 ml normal saline) in our department from June 2013 to May 2014 were analyzed retrospectively. Pathology and immunohistochemistry were performed for resected lesions and harvested lymph nodes. Affecting factors of peritoneal lavage cytology were evaluated with univariate and multivariate logistic analyses.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>The positive rate of exfoliative carcinoma cells was 9.2%(15/163). Univariate analysis showed that pathologic staging, depth of invasion, N staging, lymph node metastasis, station of positive lymph node, metastatic rate of lymph node, metastatic rate of the second station of lymph node, and carcinoma differentiation degree were associated with the positive rate of peritoneal lavage cytology (all P<0.05). Multivariate analysis revealed only the metastatic rate of the second station of lymph node was independent risk factor of positive exfoliative cells in peritoneal lavage.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>The metastatic rate of the second station of lymph node is an independent risk factor of positive exfoliative cells in peritoneal lavage for gastric cancer patients.</p>