1.Effect of baseline serum VEGF level on clinical factors,pathological features and prognosis of patients with non-triple-negative breast cancer
Tongcheng XIAN ; Xuelin ZHANG ; Jun BIE ; Minye YANG ; Jie WANG ; Yi LUO
International Journal of Laboratory Medicine 2024;45(15):1849-1855
Objective To analyse the effect of baseline serum vascular endothelial growth factor(VEGF)level on clinical factors,pathological features and prognosis of patients with non-triple-negative breast cancer.Methods A total of 120 patients with non-triple-negative breast cancer admitted to the hospital from January 2019 to December 2020 were selected as the study objects.According to the TNM stage of the tumor,the stud-y objects were divided into 80 patients with TNM stage Ⅰ and Ⅱ(group A)and 40 patients with TNM stageⅢ(group B).Serum VEGF levels,clinical factors and pathological features were compared between the two groups.Receiver operating characteristic(ROC)curve was used to analyze the optimal cut-off value of serum VEGF level in predicting stage Ⅲ breast cancer.Survival curves for overall survival and disease-free survival were plotted using the Kaplan-Meier method,and comparisons were made using the Log-rank test.The effects of baseline serum VEGF levels on overall survival and disease-free survival in non-triple-negative breast cancer were investigated by multivariate Cox regression model.Results Serum VEGF,D-dimer,fibrinogen(FIB),fi-brin degradation products(FDP),cancer antigen 125(CA-125)and cancer antigen 15-3(CA15-3)in group B were significantly different from those in group A(P<0.05).ROC curve analysis showed that the area under the curve of serum VEGF in TNM stage Ⅲ of non-triple-negative breast cancer was 0.875,95%CI(0.802-0.948),P<0.001.The levels of D-dimer,FIB,FDP,CA-125 and CA15-3 in serum VEGF≥180.40 pg/mL patients were higher than those in serum VEGF<180.40pg/mL patients,and the differences were statistically significant(P<0.05).In patients with serum VEGF<180.40 pg/mL,the proportion of tumor T1 stage,tumor N0 and N1 stage,TNM stage Ⅰ/Ⅱ,and Luminal type A were higher than those with serum VEGF≥180.40 pg/mL patients,and the differences were statistically significant(P<0.05).The disease-free survival rate of serum VEGF<180.40 pg/mL patients was significantly higher than that of serum VEGF≥180.40 pg/mL patients,and the difference was statistically significant(P<0.001).After correction,VEGF≥180.40 pg/mL was a risk factor for recurrence and metastasis of non-triple-negative breast cancer[HR=2.563,95%CI(1.772-3.708),P<0.001].Conclusion High baseline VEGF levels are associated with progression of non-triple-negative breast cancer and are an influential factor in its prognosis.