1.Exploration of biomarkers for the efficacy of anti-PD-1 immunotherapy in patients with gastric cancer peritoneal metastasis
Yutao WEI ; Yue WANG ; Ju YANG ; Hanbing WANG ; Xiaoyu ZHOU ; Yunfeng PAN ; Shiji REN ; Wenqi LIU ; Baorui LIU ; Jia WEI
Chinese Journal of Oncology 2025;47(6):525-532
Objective:To explore the prognosis of patients with gastric cancer peritoneal metastasis (PM) receiving programmed cell death-1 (PD-1) antibody therapy, and investigate the biomarkers that affect the prognosis of anti-PD-1 therapy.Methods:This restrospecific study collected the clinic-pathological data of 56 patients with peritoneal metastasis of gastric cancer who received first-line treatment in the Nanjing Drum Town Hospital from March 2020 to September 2023, among which 41 had received anti-PD-1 immunotherapy and 15 hadn't. The relationship between overall survival (OS) and anti-PD-1 immunotherapy was evaluated by Kaplan-Meier analysis. The relationship between baseline peripheral blood indicators and treatment response of patients with anti-PD-1 treatment was analyzed using unpaired t-test. Subsequently, the Cox proportional risk regression model was used to explore the clinical prognostic factors that may affect anti-PD-1 immunotherapy by univariate and multivariate analysis. The clinical prognostic factors included baseline data and baseline peripheral blood indexes such as anti-PD-1 treatment lines, Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status (ECOG PS), combined positive score (CPS), expression of human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (Her-2), EBER status, pathological types, other metastatic lesions, ascites content before immunotherapy, with or without abdominal drainage during anti-PD-1 treatment, blood lipid indicators, inflammatory indicators, and tumor indicators. Results:Kaplan-Meier survival statistics showed similar OS (15.9 vs. 15.2 months, P=0.600) in patients with anti-PD-1 therapy compared to those without anti-PD-1 therapy. Patients with baseline high-density lipoprotein (HDL) ≥0.97 mmol/L ( n=22) demonstrated a significantly longer median OS compared to those with HDL<0.97 mmol/L (15.2 vs. 13.5 months; P=0.018). Similarly, the cohort with apolipoprotein A1 (ApoA1) levels ≥0.86 g/L ( n=21) showed superior survival outcomes, with a median OS of 17.7 months versus 12.3 months in the ApoA1<0.86 g/L group ( n=20; P=0.006). In contrast, elevated baseline alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) levels ( n=2) were associated with markedly reduced survival (median OS: 5.7 vs. 15.2 months in normal AFP group, n=37; P=0.005). Notably, elevated pretreatment ApoA1 levels correlated with enhanced immunotherapy response ( P=0.017). Multivariate Cox regression analysis revealed that ApoA1 deficiency (≥0.86 g/L) independently predicted better OS following PD-1 antibody therapy ( HR=0.35, 95% CI: 0.12-0.98, P=0.046) in gastric cancer patients with PM. Conclusions:In our study, it is first proposed that ApoA1 could be a significant predictor of the survival advantages of immunotherapy in gastric cancer patients with PM.
2.Clinical prognosis and immunotherapeutic benefit in patients with gastric cancer and bone metastasis
Wenqi LIU ; Tao SHI ; Shiji REN ; Yutao WEI ; Baorui LIU ; Jia WEI
Chinese Journal of Cancer Biotherapy 2025;32(7):746-753
Objective:To analyze the clinicopathological characteristics and prognostic factors in gastric cancer patients with bone metastasis,and to evaluate the impact of different treatment regimens on survival in patients with synchronous and metachronous bone metastasis.Methods:A total of 120 gastric cancer patients with bone metastasis treated at Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital between 2015 and 2023 were enrolled,including 36 with synchronous bone metastasis and 84 with metachronous bone metastasis.Clinicopathological features were compared between the two groups using the χ2 test.Cox proportional hazards regression model was employed to identify risk factors for overall survival after bone metastasis(OS-BM).The Kaplan-Meier method was used to analyze the effects of different treatments on OS-BM in both synchronous and metachronous groups.Results:Among the 120 patients,104(86.6%)had metastases to other organs.Comparative analysis revealed that synchronous bone metastasis patients exhibited elevated serum C-reactive protein and decreased serum albumin,whereas metachronous bone metastasis patients had reduced peripheral white blood cell and neutrophil counts(all P<0.05).Metachronous bone metastasis(HR=2.35,95%CI[1.47,3.74],P<0.01),serum CA125≥30.2 U/mL(HR=1.6,95%CI[1.03,2.48],P=0.036),white blood cell count≥9.5×10?/L(HR=2.15,95%CI[1.17,3.92],P=0.013),and absence of immunotherapy(HR=2.26,95%CI[1.5,3.39],P<0.01)were independent risk factors affecting patient prognosis.Combined immunotherapy significantly prolonged OS-BM in gastric cancer patients with bone metastasis compared to non-immunotherapy regimens(9.63 vs 4.53 months,P=0.002).Patients with metachronous bone metastasis demonstrated better response to immunotherapy compared to those with synchronous metastases(median OS-BM:10.8 vs 7.3 months,P=0.004).Conclusion:Immunotherapy is an independent protective factor for survival in gastric cancer patients with bone metastasis.Early combination therapy centered on immunotherapy alongside chemotherapy is recommended to prolong survival in such patients.
3.Exploration of biomarkers for the efficacy of anti-PD-1 immunotherapy in patients with gastric cancer peritoneal metastasis
Yutao WEI ; Yue WANG ; Ju YANG ; Hanbing WANG ; Xiaoyu ZHOU ; Yunfeng PAN ; Shiji REN ; Wenqi LIU ; Baorui LIU ; Jia WEI
Chinese Journal of Oncology 2025;47(6):525-532
Objective:To explore the prognosis of patients with gastric cancer peritoneal metastasis (PM) receiving programmed cell death-1 (PD-1) antibody therapy, and investigate the biomarkers that affect the prognosis of anti-PD-1 therapy.Methods:This restrospecific study collected the clinic-pathological data of 56 patients with peritoneal metastasis of gastric cancer who received first-line treatment in the Nanjing Drum Town Hospital from March 2020 to September 2023, among which 41 had received anti-PD-1 immunotherapy and 15 hadn't. The relationship between overall survival (OS) and anti-PD-1 immunotherapy was evaluated by Kaplan-Meier analysis. The relationship between baseline peripheral blood indicators and treatment response of patients with anti-PD-1 treatment was analyzed using unpaired t-test. Subsequently, the Cox proportional risk regression model was used to explore the clinical prognostic factors that may affect anti-PD-1 immunotherapy by univariate and multivariate analysis. The clinical prognostic factors included baseline data and baseline peripheral blood indexes such as anti-PD-1 treatment lines, Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status (ECOG PS), combined positive score (CPS), expression of human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (Her-2), EBER status, pathological types, other metastatic lesions, ascites content before immunotherapy, with or without abdominal drainage during anti-PD-1 treatment, blood lipid indicators, inflammatory indicators, and tumor indicators. Results:Kaplan-Meier survival statistics showed similar OS (15.9 vs. 15.2 months, P=0.600) in patients with anti-PD-1 therapy compared to those without anti-PD-1 therapy. Patients with baseline high-density lipoprotein (HDL) ≥0.97 mmol/L ( n=22) demonstrated a significantly longer median OS compared to those with HDL<0.97 mmol/L (15.2 vs. 13.5 months; P=0.018). Similarly, the cohort with apolipoprotein A1 (ApoA1) levels ≥0.86 g/L ( n=21) showed superior survival outcomes, with a median OS of 17.7 months versus 12.3 months in the ApoA1<0.86 g/L group ( n=20; P=0.006). In contrast, elevated baseline alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) levels ( n=2) were associated with markedly reduced survival (median OS: 5.7 vs. 15.2 months in normal AFP group, n=37; P=0.005). Notably, elevated pretreatment ApoA1 levels correlated with enhanced immunotherapy response ( P=0.017). Multivariate Cox regression analysis revealed that ApoA1 deficiency (≥0.86 g/L) independently predicted better OS following PD-1 antibody therapy ( HR=0.35, 95% CI: 0.12-0.98, P=0.046) in gastric cancer patients with PM. Conclusions:In our study, it is first proposed that ApoA1 could be a significant predictor of the survival advantages of immunotherapy in gastric cancer patients with PM.
4.The application of volume navigation with ultrasound and MR fusion image in neurosurgical braintumor resection
Dongfang WU ; Wen HE ; Song LIN ; Bo HAN ; Xiaohui REN ; Shiji WEI ; Mengze LIU
Chinese Journal of Ultrasonography 2018;27(12):1036-1041
Objective To observe the feasibility in neurosurgical brain tumor resection using ultrasound fusion navigation technology . Methods Thirty patients undergoing brain tumor rescetion accepted fusion ultrasound ( US ) navigation with magnetic renounce/computed tomography ( MR/CT ) technique and cognitive fusion" by neurosurgeon based on the tumor′s localization of magnetic renounce imaging (MRI) separately to definite the position and size of the craniotomy window flaps . After removal cranial bone ,conventional B-mode ultrasound scanning was used to detect lesion firstly . Then ,fusion US/MR navigation was applied again after automatically registration;the images of tumors from B-mode ultrasound and contrast-enhanced ultrasound separately were compared to those from coplanar reconstructive MR/CT in a real time . Results Fusion US/MR navigation was useful to define the position and size of the craniotomy window flaps ,and tumors in all patients were fully exposed to the microscope field of view . In all of 30 cases ,26 cases of fusion imaging of volume navigation technology were successfully registrated . The tumors in 3 cases of glioma ( WHO Ⅰ - Ⅱ grade) and 1 patient with pathologically verified inflammatory couldn′t be localized by conventional B-mode ultrasound but could be accurately localized after fusion ( US/MR) imaging navigation . Compared to contrast-enhanced MR ,high-grade glioma with contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) showed enhancement in arterial phase and clear tumor boundary rapidly . The enhanced modality with CEUS and MR was functioned equal . Low-grade glioma with CEUS showed scattered point or linear enhancement in arterial phase and the tumor′s margin was blurred . The preoperative T1-weighted enhanced MRI demonstrated no enhancement in the low-grade glioma . Conclusions Fusion ultrasound navigation can be used to definite size of bone flap before craniotomy . It is more suitable for fusion with preoperative T 2 Flair phase to localize low grade glioma . High-grade glioma is suitable to preoperative T 1 weighted enhanced phase for discerning margin of tumor .

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