Construction and Validation of a Prognostic Index for Patients With Metastatic Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma
Construction and Validation of a Prognostic Index for Patients With Metastatic Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma
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DOI:
10.1097/mpa.0b013e3182021376
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发表时间:
2011-04-01
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影响因子:
2.9
通讯作者:
Mitsunaga, Shuichi
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作者:
Morizane, Chigusa;Okusaka, Takuji;Mitsunaga, Shuichi
Objectives: To identify prognostic factors in patients with metastatic pancreatic adenocarcinoma.Methods: The relationship between patient characteristics and outcome was examined by multivariate regression analyses of data from 409 consecutive patients with metastatic pancreatic adenocarcinoma who had been treated with a gemcitabine-containing regimen, and we stratified the patients into 3 risk groups according to the number of prognostic factors they had for a poor outcome. A validation data set obtained from 145 patients who had been treated with agents other than gemcitabine was analyzed. The prognostic index was applied the each of the patients.Results: The multivariate regression analyses revealed that the presence of pain, peritoneal dissemination, liver metastasis, and an elevated serum C-reactive protein value significantly contributed to a shorter survival time. The patients were stratified into 3 groups according to their number of risk factors, and their outcomes of the 3 groups were significantly different. When the prognostic index was applied to the validation data set, the respective outcomes of the 3 groups were found to be significantly differed from each other.Conclusions: Pain, peritoneal dissemination, liver metastasis, and an elevated serum C-reactive protein value are important prognostic factors for patients with metastatic pancreatic adenocarcinoma.