Xin-Ke Zhang1, Zhi-Ling Zhang2, Xu Lu3, Ping Yang1, Mu-Yan Cai1, Wan-Ming Hu1, Jing-Ping Yun1, Fang-Jian Zhou2, Chao-Nan Qian4, Yun Cao5. 1. Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center; State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, Guangzhou, China; Department of Pathology, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, China. 2. Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center; State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, Guangzhou, China; Department of Urology, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, China. 3. Department of Biology, University of Findlay, Findlay, OH. 4. Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center; State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, Guangzhou, China. 5. Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center; State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, Guangzhou, China; Department of Pathology, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, China. Electronic address: caoyun@sysucc.org.cn.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Upper urinary tract urothelial carcinoma (UUTUC) is one of the uncommon malignancies lacking of prognostic indicators. Lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) has been demonstrated to correlate with clinical outcomes in human cancers. In this study, we aimed to evaluate the prognostic implication of the preoperative LDH in UUTUC. PATIENTS AND METHODS: A cohort of 100 UUTUC samples along with the preoperative LDH value was recruited from January 1990 to June 2011. The cutoff value was set at 245 u/L for the upper value of normal limitation. Univariate and multivariate analyses were conducted to determine the association of LDH with overall survival (OS) and disease-free survival (DFS). RESULTS: Kaplan-Meier analysis revealed that high level of LDH (> 245 u/L) was significantly associated with poor OS (P < .001) and DFS (P = .002). Multivariate Cox proportional analysis indicated LDH, controlled by vascular invasion, pathological stage, lymph node status, subsequent bladder tumor, tumor grade, tumor necrosis, architecture, and multifocality, was as an independent predictor of OS (hazard ratio, 3.181; 95% confidence interval, 1.223-8.276; P = .018) and DFS (hazard ratio, 3.041; 95% confidence interval, 1.247-7.417; P = .015). Stratified showed that elevated serum LDH was correlated with the worse OS in patients without lymph node metastasis (P = .002) and those at advanced pathological stage (P < .001). CONCLUSION: The preoperative LDH was an independent prognostic factor for patients with UUTUC and could be used as a risk factor to predict the tumor aggressiveness.
BACKGROUND: Upper urinary tract urothelial carcinoma (UUTUC) is one of the uncommon malignancies lacking of prognostic indicators. Lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) has been demonstrated to correlate with clinical outcomes in humancancers. In this study, we aimed to evaluate the prognostic implication of the preoperative LDH in UUTUC. PATIENTS AND METHODS: A cohort of 100 UUTUC samples along with the preoperative LDH value was recruited from January 1990 to June 2011. The cutoff value was set at 245 u/L for the upper value of normal limitation. Univariate and multivariate analyses were conducted to determine the association of LDH with overall survival (OS) and disease-free survival (DFS). RESULTS: Kaplan-Meier analysis revealed that high level of LDH (> 245 u/L) was significantly associated with poor OS (P < .001) and DFS (P = .002). Multivariate Cox proportional analysis indicated LDH, controlled by vascular invasion, pathological stage, lymph node status, subsequent bladder tumor, tumor grade, tumor necrosis, architecture, and multifocality, was as an independent predictor of OS (hazard ratio, 3.181; 95% confidence interval, 1.223-8.276; P = .018) and DFS (hazard ratio, 3.041; 95% confidence interval, 1.247-7.417; P = .015). Stratified showed that elevated serum LDH was correlated with the worse OS in patients without lymph node metastasis (P = .002) and those at advanced pathological stage (P < .001). CONCLUSION: The preoperative LDH was an independent prognostic factor for patients with UUTUC and could be used as a risk factor to predict the tumor aggressiveness.
Authors: Ping Tan; Jie Chen; Nan Xie; Hang Xu; Jianzhong Ai; Huan Xu; Liangren Liu; Lu Yang; Qiang Wei Journal: Cancer Med Date: 2018-08-27 Impact factor: 4.452