Colorectal carcinoma(CRC)is the third most common cancer,and approximately 35%-55%of patients with CRC will develop hepatic metastases during the course of their disease.Surgical resection represents the only chance o...Colorectal carcinoma(CRC)is the third most common cancer,and approximately 35%-55%of patients with CRC will develop hepatic metastases during the course of their disease.Surgical resection represents the only chance of long-term survival.The goal of surgery should be to resect all metastases with negative histological margins while preserving sufficient functional hepatic parenchyma.Although resection remains the only chance of long-term survival,management strategies should be tailored for each case.For patients with extensive metastatic disease who would otherwise be unresectable,the combination of advances in medical therapy,such as systemic chemotherapy(CTX),and the improvement in surgical techniques for metastatic disease,have enhanced prognosis with prolongation of the median survival rate and cure.The use of portal vein embolization and preoperative CTX may also increase the number of patients suitable for surgical treatment.Despite current treatment options,many patients still experience a recurrence after hepatic resection.More active systemic CTX agents are beingused increasingly as adjuvant therapy either before or after surgery.Local tumor ablative therapies,such as microwave coagulation therapy and radiofrequency ablation therapy,should be considered as an adjunct to hepatic resection,in which resection cannot deal with all of the tumor lesions.Formulation of an individualized plan,which combines surgery with systemic CTX,is a necessary task of the multidisciplinary team.The aim of this paper is to discuss different approaches for patients that are treated due to CRC liver metastasis.展开更多
目的探讨肿瘤标记物CA19-9、CEA与胃癌生物学特性的关系,及其对判断胃癌的转移及预后的价值。方法回顾性分析我院2003年收治的248例胃癌患者的病例资料。采用单因素法分析血清CA19-9浓度、血清CEA浓度与胃癌病理生物学特性的关系,ROC曲...目的探讨肿瘤标记物CA19-9、CEA与胃癌生物学特性的关系,及其对判断胃癌的转移及预后的价值。方法回顾性分析我院2003年收治的248例胃癌患者的病例资料。采用单因素法分析血清CA19-9浓度、血清CEA浓度与胃癌病理生物学特性的关系,ROC曲线分析血清CA19-9、CEA浓度对胃癌转移的预测价值,Kap lain-M e ier法分析血清CA19-9、CEA浓度与Ⅲ~Ⅳ期胃癌预后的关系。结果单因素分析显示血清CA19-9浓度升高与胃癌的浸润深度、淋巴结转移、肿瘤大小、周围脏器受累有相关性,血清CEA浓度升高与胃癌的浸润深度、淋巴结转移、肝转移、腹膜转移、肿瘤大小、周围脏器受累有相关性;ROC曲线显示血清CA19-9浓度对胃癌淋巴结转移的预测准确率较高,血清CEA浓度对胃癌淋巴结转移、肝转移、周围脏器受累的预测准确率较高。在同期别胃癌中（Ⅲ-Ⅳ期）血清CA19-9、CEA浓度阳性组与阴性组预后有明显差别。结论血清CA19-9、CEA浓度升高是胃癌的晚期事件,且对判断胃癌的转移及预后有一定的价值。展开更多
Background Hepatoid adenocarcinoma of the stomach （HAS） is a rare type of gastric carcinoma, which has its unique clinicopathological features and poorer prognosis than that of the ordinary gastric adenocarcinoma. A...Background Hepatoid adenocarcinoma of the stomach （HAS） is a rare type of gastric carcinoma, which has its unique clinicopathological features and poorer prognosis than that of the ordinary gastric adenocarcinoma. At present, there is still a lack of understanding about this disease. The current study aimed to summarize and discuss the clinical,pathological, immunohistochemical, and prognostic features of this disease.Methods A total of 20 patients of HAS were retrospectively studied. All the patients were treated in Cancer Hospital of Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences between March 1998 and October 2009. Statistical analysis, including the Kaplan-Meier method, log-rank test and Cox model, were performed by the SPSS 15.0 software.Results Seventeen patients （85%） had at least 1 lymph node metastases; 17 patients （85%） received postoperative immunohistochemical examinations, with an alpha-fetoprotein （AFP） positive rate of 94.1% （16/17）; 14 patients had distant metastases （including 12 liver metastases, 1 lung metastasis, and 1 celiac widespread metastases）, and one simultaneously had anastomotic recurrence and liver metastases. The overall survival time was 2-99 months （median：12.0 months）. The 3-year survival rate of the 20 patients was 17.2%. The 3-year survival rate of patients with complete hepatocyte-like regions and those with both hepatocellular carcinoma and adenocarcinoma regions was 20.0% and 17.5%, respectively （P=0.361）. The survival difference among the radical surgery group, palliative surgery group and no surgery group was statistically significant （P=0.022）. The Kaplan-Meier method and log-rank test showed that surgery,pTNM stages, and adjuvant chemotherapy were associated with prognosis （P 〈0.05）. The Cox model only confirmed that the pTNM stages and adjuvant chemotherapy had statistical significance for the prognosis of HAS （P〈0.05） due to the limited cases.Conclusions HAS is a special type of gastric carcinoma and has a poor prognosis. The pTNM展开更多
AIM: To reveal the correlation between the functional differentiation phenotypes of gastric carcinoma cells and the invasion and metastasis by a new way of cell-function classification.METHODS:Surgically resected spec...AIM: To reveal the correlation between the functional differentiation phenotypes of gastric carcinoma cells and the invasion and metastasis by a new way of cell-function classification.METHODS:Surgically resected specimens of 361 gastric carcinomas(GC) were investigated with enzyme-, mucin-, and tumor-related marker immunohistochemistry. According to the direction of cell-function differentiation, stomach carcinomas were divided into five functionally differentiated types. RESULTS: (1) Absorptive function differentiation type (AFDT): there were 82 (22.7%) patients including 76 (92.7%) aged 45 years. Sixty-nine (84.1%) cases belonged to the intestinal type. Thirty-eight (46.3%) expressed CD44v6 and 9 (13.6%) of 66 male patients developed liver metastasis.The 5-year survival rate of patients in this group (58.5%) was higher than those with the other types (P【0.01). (2) Mucin secreting function differentiation type (MSFDT): 54 (15%) cases. Fifty-three (98.1%) tumors had penetrated the serosa, 12 (22.2%) expressed ER and 22 (40.7%) expressed CD44v6. The postoperative 5-year survival rate was 28.6%. (3) Absorptive and mucin-producing function differentiation type (AMPFDT): there were 180 (49.9%) cases, including 31 (17.2%) aged younger than 45 years. The tumor was more common in women (62, 34.4%,) and expressed more frequently estrogen receptors (ER) (129, 81.7%) than other types (P【0.01). Ovary metastasis was found in 12 (19.4%) out of 62 female subjects. The patients with this type GC had the lowest 5-year survival rate (24.7%) among all types. (4) Specific function differentiation type (SFDT): 13 (3.6%) cases. Nine (69.2%) tumors of this type derived from APUD system, the other 4 (30.7%) were of different histological differentiation. Sixty per cent of the patients survived at least five years. (5) Non-function differentiation type (NFDT): 32 (8.9%) cases. Nineteen (59.4%) cases had lymph node metastases but no one with liver or ovary metastasis. The 5-year survival rate was 28.1%. CONCLUSION: This new cell-f展开更多
AIM:To investigate differences between common gastric cancer andα-fetoprotein(AFP)-producing gastric cancer according to the presence or absence of liver metastasis.METHODS:Between 1997 and 2011,1299 patients underwe...AIM:To investigate differences between common gastric cancer andα-fetoprotein(AFP)-producing gastric cancer according to the presence or absence of liver metastasis.METHODS:Between 1997 and 2011,1299 patients underwent gastrectomy for gastric cancer(GC)at our institute and their hospital records were reviewed retrospectively.Patients were immunohistochemically divided into two groups:23 patients(1.8%)with AFPproducing GC and 1276 patients(98.2%)without it.RESULTS:AFP-producing GC patients had a significantly higher incidence of deeper tumors,venous invasion,lymphatic invasion,lymph node metastasis,and liver metastasis and a poorer prognosis(P<0.005)than those without AFP-producing GC.However,multi-variate analysis revealed that AFP-positivity was not an independent prognostic factor.The prognosis of AFPproducing GC was similar to that of AFP-non producing GC according to the presence or absence of liver metastasis.Concerning recurrence,47.8%of patients(11/23)with AFP-producing GC and 20.0%of patients(256/1276)without AFP-producing GC exhibited recurrence.Liver metastasis[90.9%(10/11)]was the most prevalent in AFP-producing GC patients.Multivariate analysis revealed that liver metastasis was the only independent prognostic factor in AFP-producing GC(HR=17.6,95%CI:2.1-147.1;P=0.0081).CONCLUSION:AFP-producing GC is similar to common GC without liver metastasis,which should be specifically targeted in an effort to improve the prognosis of AFP-producing GC patients.展开更多
Gastric cancer,one of the most common malignancies in the world,frequently reveals lymph node,peritoneum,and liver metastases.Most of gastric cancer patients present with lymph node metastasis when they were initially...Gastric cancer,one of the most common malignancies in the world,frequently reveals lymph node,peritoneum,and liver metastases.Most of gastric cancer patients present with lymph node metastasis when they were initially diagnosed or underwent surgical resection,which results in poor prognosis.Both the depth of tumor invasion and lymph node involvement are considered as the most important prognostic predictors of gastric cancer.Although extended lymphadenectomy was not considered a survival benefit procedure and was reported to be associated with high mortality and morbidity in two randomized controlled European trials,it showed significant superiority in terms of lower locoregional recurrence and disease related deaths compared to limited lymphadenectomy in a 15-year followup study.Almost all clinical investigators have reached a consensus that the predictive efficiency of the number of metastatic lymph nodes is far better than the extent of lymph node metastasis for the prognosis of gastric cancer worldwide,but other nodal metastatic classifications of gastric cancer have been proposed as alternatives to the number of metastatic lymph nodes for improving the predictive efficiency for patient prognosis.It is still controversial over whether the ratio between metastatic and examined lymph nodes is superior to the number of metastatic lymph nodes in prognostic evaluation of gastric cancer.Besides,the negative lymph node count has been increasingly recognized to be an important factor significantly associated with prognosis of gastric cancer.展开更多
Colorectal cancer(CRC) is a common malignancy worldwide. In CRC patients, metastases are the main cause of cancer-related mortality. In a group of metastatic CRC patients, the metastases are limited to a single site(s...Colorectal cancer(CRC) is a common malignancy worldwide. In CRC patients, metastases are the main cause of cancer-related mortality. In a group of metastatic CRC patients, the metastases are limited to a single site(solitary organ); the liver and lungs are the most commonly involved sites. When metastatic disease is limited to the liver and/or lungs, the resectability of the metastatic lesions will dictate the management approach and the outcome. Less commonly, the site of solitary organ CRC metastasis is the peritoneum. In these patients, cytoreduction followed by hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy may improve the outcome. Rarely, CRC involves other organs, such as the brain, bone, adrenals and spleen, as the only site of metastatic disease. There are limited data to guide clinical practice in these cases. Here, we have reviewed the disease characteristics, management approaches and prognosis based on the metastatic disease site in patients with CRC with metastases to a single organ.展开更多
MicroRNAs(miRNAs) are small, single-stranded, noncoding RNAs that can post-transcriptionally regulate the expression of various oncogenes and tumor suppressor genes. Dysregulated expression of many miRNAs have been sh...MicroRNAs(miRNAs) are small, single-stranded, noncoding RNAs that can post-transcriptionally regulate the expression of various oncogenes and tumor suppressor genes. Dysregulated expression of many miRNAs have been shown to mediate the signaling pathways critical in the multistep carcinogenesis of colorectal cancer(CRC). MiR NAs are stable and protected from RNase-mediated degradation, thereby enabling its detection in biological fluids and archival tissues for biomarker studies. This review focuses on the role and application of miRNAs in the prognosis and therapy of CRC. While stage Ⅱ CRC is potentially curable by surgical resection, a significant percentage of stage Ⅱ CRC patients do develop recurrence. MiRNA biomarkers may be used to stratify such high-risk population for adjuvant chemotherapy to provide better prognoses. Growing evidence also suggests that miRNAs are involved in the metastatic process of CRC. Certain of these miRNAs may thus be used as prognostic biomarkers to identify patients more likely to have micro-metastasis, who could be monitored more closely after surgery and/or given more aggressive adjuvant chemotherapy. Intrinsic and acquired resistance to chemotherapy severely hinders successful chemotherapy in CRC treatment. Predictive miRNA biomarkers for response to chemotherapy may identify patients who will benefit the most from a particular regimen and also spare the patients from unnecessary side effects. Selection of patients to receive the new targeted therapy is becoming possible with the use of predictive miRNA biomarkers. Lastly, forced expression of tumor suppressor miRNA or silencing of oncogenic miRNA in tumors by gene therapy can also be adopted to treat CRC alone or in combination with other chemotherapeutic drugs.展开更多
文摘Colorectal carcinoma(CRC)is the third most common cancer,and approximately 35%-55%of patients with CRC will develop hepatic metastases during the course of their disease.Surgical resection represents the only chance of long-term survival.The goal of surgery should be to resect all metastases with negative histological margins while preserving sufficient functional hepatic parenchyma.Although resection remains the only chance of long-term survival,management strategies should be tailored for each case.For patients with extensive metastatic disease who would otherwise be unresectable,the combination of advances in medical therapy,such as systemic chemotherapy(CTX),and the improvement in surgical techniques for metastatic disease,have enhanced prognosis with prolongation of the median survival rate and cure.The use of portal vein embolization and preoperative CTX may also increase the number of patients suitable for surgical treatment.Despite current treatment options,many patients still experience a recurrence after hepatic resection.More active systemic CTX agents are beingused increasingly as adjuvant therapy either before or after surgery.Local tumor ablative therapies,such as microwave coagulation therapy and radiofrequency ablation therapy,should be considered as an adjunct to hepatic resection,in which resection cannot deal with all of the tumor lesions.Formulation of an individualized plan,which combines surgery with systemic CTX,is a necessary task of the multidisciplinary team.The aim of this paper is to discuss different approaches for patients that are treated due to CRC liver metastasis.
文摘目的探讨肿瘤标记物CA19-9、CEA与胃癌生物学特性的关系,及其对判断胃癌的转移及预后的价值。方法回顾性分析我院2003年收治的248例胃癌患者的病例资料。采用单因素法分析血清CA19-9浓度、血清CEA浓度与胃癌病理生物学特性的关系,ROC曲线分析血清CA19-9、CEA浓度对胃癌转移的预测价值,Kap lain-M e ier法分析血清CA19-9、CEA浓度与Ⅲ~Ⅳ期胃癌预后的关系。结果单因素分析显示血清CA19-9浓度升高与胃癌的浸润深度、淋巴结转移、肿瘤大小、周围脏器受累有相关性,血清CEA浓度升高与胃癌的浸润深度、淋巴结转移、肝转移、腹膜转移、肿瘤大小、周围脏器受累有相关性;ROC曲线显示血清CA19-9浓度对胃癌淋巴结转移的预测准确率较高,血清CEA浓度对胃癌淋巴结转移、肝转移、周围脏器受累的预测准确率较高。在同期别胃癌中（Ⅲ-Ⅳ期）血清CA19-9、CEA浓度阳性组与阴性组预后有明显差别。结论血清CA19-9、CEA浓度升高是胃癌的晚期事件,且对判断胃癌的转移及预后有一定的价值。
文摘Background Hepatoid adenocarcinoma of the stomach （HAS） is a rare type of gastric carcinoma, which has its unique clinicopathological features and poorer prognosis than that of the ordinary gastric adenocarcinoma. At present, there is still a lack of understanding about this disease. The current study aimed to summarize and discuss the clinical,pathological, immunohistochemical, and prognostic features of this disease.Methods A total of 20 patients of HAS were retrospectively studied. All the patients were treated in Cancer Hospital of Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences between March 1998 and October 2009. Statistical analysis, including the Kaplan-Meier method, log-rank test and Cox model, were performed by the SPSS 15.0 software.Results Seventeen patients （85%） had at least 1 lymph node metastases; 17 patients （85%） received postoperative immunohistochemical examinations, with an alpha-fetoprotein （AFP） positive rate of 94.1% （16/17）; 14 patients had distant metastases （including 12 liver metastases, 1 lung metastasis, and 1 celiac widespread metastases）, and one simultaneously had anastomotic recurrence and liver metastases. The overall survival time was 2-99 months （median：12.0 months）. The 3-year survival rate of the 20 patients was 17.2%. The 3-year survival rate of patients with complete hepatocyte-like regions and those with both hepatocellular carcinoma and adenocarcinoma regions was 20.0% and 17.5%, respectively （P=0.361）. The survival difference among the radical surgery group, palliative surgery group and no surgery group was statistically significant （P=0.022）. The Kaplan-Meier method and log-rank test showed that surgery,pTNM stages, and adjuvant chemotherapy were associated with prognosis （P 〈0.05）. The Cox model only confirmed that the pTNM stages and adjuvant chemotherapy had statistical significance for the prognosis of HAS （P〈0.05） due to the limited cases.Conclusions HAS is a special type of gastric carcinoma and has a poor prognosis. The pTNM
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China, No. 39270300. No. 39370772Training Program for Trans-Century Talents by the State Education Commission of China
文摘AIM: To reveal the correlation between the functional differentiation phenotypes of gastric carcinoma cells and the invasion and metastasis by a new way of cell-function classification.METHODS:Surgically resected specimens of 361 gastric carcinomas(GC) were investigated with enzyme-, mucin-, and tumor-related marker immunohistochemistry. According to the direction of cell-function differentiation, stomach carcinomas were divided into five functionally differentiated types. RESULTS: (1) Absorptive function differentiation type (AFDT): there were 82 (22.7%) patients including 76 (92.7%) aged 45 years. Sixty-nine (84.1%) cases belonged to the intestinal type. Thirty-eight (46.3%) expressed CD44v6 and 9 (13.6%) of 66 male patients developed liver metastasis.The 5-year survival rate of patients in this group (58.5%) was higher than those with the other types (P【0.01). (2) Mucin secreting function differentiation type (MSFDT): 54 (15%) cases. Fifty-three (98.1%) tumors had penetrated the serosa, 12 (22.2%) expressed ER and 22 (40.7%) expressed CD44v6. The postoperative 5-year survival rate was 28.6%. (3) Absorptive and mucin-producing function differentiation type (AMPFDT): there were 180 (49.9%) cases, including 31 (17.2%) aged younger than 45 years. The tumor was more common in women (62, 34.4%,) and expressed more frequently estrogen receptors (ER) (129, 81.7%) than other types (P【0.01). Ovary metastasis was found in 12 (19.4%) out of 62 female subjects. The patients with this type GC had the lowest 5-year survival rate (24.7%) among all types. (4) Specific function differentiation type (SFDT): 13 (3.6%) cases. Nine (69.2%) tumors of this type derived from APUD system, the other 4 (30.7%) were of different histological differentiation. Sixty per cent of the patients survived at least five years. (5) Non-function differentiation type (NFDT): 32 (8.9%) cases. Nineteen (59.4%) cases had lymph node metastases but no one with liver or ovary metastasis. The 5-year survival rate was 28.1%. CONCLUSION: This new cell-f
文摘AIM:To investigate differences between common gastric cancer andα-fetoprotein(AFP)-producing gastric cancer according to the presence or absence of liver metastasis.METHODS:Between 1997 and 2011,1299 patients underwent gastrectomy for gastric cancer(GC)at our institute and their hospital records were reviewed retrospectively.Patients were immunohistochemically divided into two groups:23 patients(1.8%)with AFPproducing GC and 1276 patients(98.2%)without it.RESULTS:AFP-producing GC patients had a significantly higher incidence of deeper tumors,venous invasion,lymphatic invasion,lymph node metastasis,and liver metastasis and a poorer prognosis(P<0.005)than those without AFP-producing GC.However,multi-variate analysis revealed that AFP-positivity was not an independent prognostic factor.The prognosis of AFPproducing GC was similar to that of AFP-non producing GC according to the presence or absence of liver metastasis.Concerning recurrence,47.8%of patients(11/23)with AFP-producing GC and 20.0%of patients(256/1276)without AFP-producing GC exhibited recurrence.Liver metastasis[90.9%(10/11)]was the most prevalent in AFP-producing GC patients.Multivariate analysis revealed that liver metastasis was the only independent prognostic factor in AFP-producing GC(HR=17.6,95%CI:2.1-147.1;P=0.0081).CONCLUSION:AFP-producing GC is similar to common GC without liver metastasis,which should be specifically targeted in an effort to improve the prognosis of AFP-producing GC patients.
基金Supported by Anticancer Major Projects of Tianjin Municipal Science and Technology Commission,No.12ZCDZSY16400National Basic Research Program of China(973 Program),No.2010CB529301Science Foundation of Tianjin Medical Univer-sity,No.2012KYM01
文摘Gastric cancer,one of the most common malignancies in the world,frequently reveals lymph node,peritoneum,and liver metastases.Most of gastric cancer patients present with lymph node metastasis when they were initially diagnosed or underwent surgical resection,which results in poor prognosis.Both the depth of tumor invasion and lymph node involvement are considered as the most important prognostic predictors of gastric cancer.Although extended lymphadenectomy was not considered a survival benefit procedure and was reported to be associated with high mortality and morbidity in two randomized controlled European trials,it showed significant superiority in terms of lower locoregional recurrence and disease related deaths compared to limited lymphadenectomy in a 15-year followup study.Almost all clinical investigators have reached a consensus that the predictive efficiency of the number of metastatic lymph nodes is far better than the extent of lymph node metastasis for the prognosis of gastric cancer worldwide,but other nodal metastatic classifications of gastric cancer have been proposed as alternatives to the number of metastatic lymph nodes for improving the predictive efficiency for patient prognosis.It is still controversial over whether the ratio between metastatic and examined lymph nodes is superior to the number of metastatic lymph nodes in prognostic evaluation of gastric cancer.Besides,the negative lymph node count has been increasingly recognized to be an important factor significantly associated with prognosis of gastric cancer.
文摘Colorectal cancer(CRC) is a common malignancy worldwide. In CRC patients, metastases are the main cause of cancer-related mortality. In a group of metastatic CRC patients, the metastases are limited to a single site(solitary organ); the liver and lungs are the most commonly involved sites. When metastatic disease is limited to the liver and/or lungs, the resectability of the metastatic lesions will dictate the management approach and the outcome. Less commonly, the site of solitary organ CRC metastasis is the peritoneum. In these patients, cytoreduction followed by hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy may improve the outcome. Rarely, CRC involves other organs, such as the brain, bone, adrenals and spleen, as the only site of metastatic disease. There are limited data to guide clinical practice in these cases. Here, we have reviewed the disease characteristics, management approaches and prognosis based on the metastatic disease site in patients with CRC with metastases to a single organ.
基金Supported by the Direct Grant for Research,Faculty of Medicine,the Chinese University of Hong Kong,No.4054371
文摘MicroRNAs(miRNAs) are small, single-stranded, noncoding RNAs that can post-transcriptionally regulate the expression of various oncogenes and tumor suppressor genes. Dysregulated expression of many miRNAs have been shown to mediate the signaling pathways critical in the multistep carcinogenesis of colorectal cancer(CRC). MiR NAs are stable and protected from RNase-mediated degradation, thereby enabling its detection in biological fluids and archival tissues for biomarker studies. This review focuses on the role and application of miRNAs in the prognosis and therapy of CRC. While stage Ⅱ CRC is potentially curable by surgical resection, a significant percentage of stage Ⅱ CRC patients do develop recurrence. MiRNA biomarkers may be used to stratify such high-risk population for adjuvant chemotherapy to provide better prognoses. Growing evidence also suggests that miRNAs are involved in the metastatic process of CRC. Certain of these miRNAs may thus be used as prognostic biomarkers to identify patients more likely to have micro-metastasis, who could be monitored more closely after surgery and/or given more aggressive adjuvant chemotherapy. Intrinsic and acquired resistance to chemotherapy severely hinders successful chemotherapy in CRC treatment. Predictive miRNA biomarkers for response to chemotherapy may identify patients who will benefit the most from a particular regimen and also spare the patients from unnecessary side effects. Selection of patients to receive the new targeted therapy is becoming possible with the use of predictive miRNA biomarkers. Lastly, forced expression of tumor suppressor miRNA or silencing of oncogenic miRNA in tumors by gene therapy can also be adopted to treat CRC alone or in combination with other chemotherapeutic drugs.
