Prognostic factors and prognostic index for chemonaive and gemcitabine-refractory patients with advanced pancreatic cancer
Prognostic factors and prognostic index for chemonaive and gemcitabine-refractory patients with advanced pancreatic cancer
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DOI:
10.1159/000120627
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发表时间:
2007-01-01
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影响因子:
3.5
通讯作者:
Van Laethem, J. L.
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作者:
Marechal, R.;Demols, A.;Van Laethem, J. L.
Background: Gemcitabine monotherapy is the cornerstone of the treatment of patients suffering from advanced pancreatic cancer (PC). For a few years, new chemotherapeutic agents and combinations have been under validation. The use of such treatment makes it necessary to determine factors that could predict survival time. Patients and Methods: To identify factors that predict survival time in chemonaive patients with advanced PC and after gemcitabine failure, a retrospective analysis was performed on patients with advanced PC coming from phase II and III studies and treated with gemcitabine-based first-line chemotherapy. Results: Ninety-nine patients (median age 66 years, range 27-87) suffering from pathologically proven unresectable or metastatic adenocarcinoma of the pancreas were reviewed. Median overall survival time for the whole population was 251 days and progression-free survival in first- and second-line treatment was 108 and 67 days, respectively. The Cox regression analysis identified aspartate transaminase 1 53 IU/l, weight loss >= 10% and Karnofsky performance status ! 90 as significant independent negative prognostic factors in first- line and CA 19-9 > 400 IU/ml and albumin