1.Clinical study of treating somatoform pain disorder with the combination of electroacupuncture and duloxetine
Yongsheng DONG ; Shuhong SUN ; Shuang XU ; Dongbo YU ; Wei LI ; Jue HONG
Journal of Acupuncture and Tuina Science 2023;21(3):210-216
Objective:To observe the clinical efficacy of treating somatoform pain disorder(SPD)with electroacupuncture(EA)at the Governor and Conception Vessel points plus duloxetine.Methods:Eighty-two SPD patients were randomly allocated to an observation group and a control group,with 41 cases in each group.The control group was intervened by oral administration of duloxetine hydrochloride enteric capsules at a dose of 60 mg per time once a day;based on the medication,the observation group received additional EA treatment by selecting points from the Governor and Conception Vessels.Clinical efficacy was evaluated after 8 weeks of treatments;changes in the scores of the short-form McGill pain questionnaire(SF-MPQ),self-report symptom inventory,symptom check list-90(SCL-90),Pittsburgh sleep quality index(PSQI),and generic quality of life inventory-74(GQOLI-74)were also compared.Results:After the intervention,the observation group surpassed the control group in comparing the total effective rate(P<0.05).The SF-MPQ score,SCL-90 somatization score,and PSQI score dropped notably in both groups after treatment,and the intra-group differences were statistically significant(P<0.05);the three scores were significantly lower in the observation group than in the control group(P<0.05).The GQOLI-74 score got an increase in each dimension in both groups after treatment,and the intra-group differences were also statistically significant(P<0.05);the GQOLI-74 dimension scores were all significantly higher in the observation group than in the control group(P<0.05).Conclusion:For patients with SPD,combining EA at the Governor and Conception Vessel points and duloxetine hydrochloride enteric capsules can markedly improve their clinical symptoms and quality of life.
2.Efficacy evaluation of camrelizumab combined with apatinib in the treatment of primary hepatocellular carcinoma
XU Lei ; WANG Yichun ; KANG Mei ; ZHU Liyang ; CHEN Dongbo ; CHEN Xiangxun ; GAO Yu
Chinese Journal of Cancer Biotherapy 2023;30(4):331-337
[摘 要] 目的:重新评价卡瑞利珠单抗联合阿帕替尼治疗原发性肝癌(PHC)的有效性和安全性。方法:回顾性收集2019年1月至2021年5月在安徽医科大学附属第一医院确诊的PHC患者的临床资料。所有患者均接受卡瑞利珠单抗200 mg q3w联合阿帕替尼250 mg qd×21 d治疗。应用卡方检验进行基线特征比较,采用Kaplan-Meier法进行生存分析,从中估计中位总生存期(OS),然后采用Log-Rank检验进行比较;采用单因素Cox回归分析预测影响OS的因素。结果:本研究共纳入43例PHC患者,一线治疗患者的客观缓解率(ORR)为23.3%(7/30),二线及以上治疗患者的ORR为15.4%(2/13)。两组患者的疾病控制率(DCR)分别为83.3%(25/30)和61.5%(8/13),中位无进展生存期(PFS)分别为5.0个月(95% CI 3.2,6.8)和4.0个月(95% CI 1.7,6.3)(P=0.514),中位OS分别为13.0个月(95% CI 11.2,14.8)和9.0个月(95% CI 2.8,15.2)(P=0.179)。在43例患者中,33例(76.7%)存在3级或以上的治疗相关不良反应(AE);最常见的AE为血小板计数下降(14.0%)、高血压(9.3%)和蛋白尿(9.3%)。Cox单因素回归分析显示,Child-Pugh分级是影响PHC患者预后的独立危险因素[HR=0.324,95% CI (0.146,0.716),P<0.05]。结论:卡瑞利珠单抗联合阿帕替尼可显著改善PHC患者的OS、ORR和DCR,AE可控。
3.Correlation between perioperative new onset atrial fibrillation and prognosis of colorectal cancer
Kelai YIN ; Shuangming LIN ; Yibin ZHU ; Run XIE ; Zhipeng QUE ; Runsheng LAI ; Dongbo XU
Chinese Journal of General Surgery 2023;38(1):38-43
Objective:To investigate the correlation between perioperative new onset atrial fibrillation and the prognosis of colorectal cancer.Methods:This study involved 180 colorectal cancer patients undgoing radical resection at the Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Longyan First Hospital from Jan 2014 to Jan 2015. Among them, 47cases suffered from perioperative new onset atrial fibrillation.Results:The perioperative new onset atrial fibrillation group had a higher mean age and a higher mean postoperative C-reactive protein level than the control group ( t=-3.080, P=0.002; t=-2.184, P=0.030). Hence these patients had a longer hospital stay ( t=-5.072, P=0.001; t=-2.577, P=0.011). Multivariate analysis showed that postoperative new onset atrial fibrillation, high postoperative mean C-reactive protein level, poor tumor differenciation and late tumor stage were independent risk factors for the prognosis of colorectal cancer ( HR=1.835, P=0.018; HR=1.008 P=0.017; HR=1.950 P=0.046; HR=1.300, P=0.047). The median survival time of perioperative new onset atrial fibrillation group and control group were 59.05 months and 63.23 months, respectively ( P=0.005). Conclusions:Colorectal cancer patients suffering from perioperative new onset atrial fibrillation were more common among advanced age and high postoperative mean C-reactive protein level with higher all-cause mortality.
4.Analysis of risk factors affecting the completion of postoperative adjuvant chemotherapy in elderly patients with progressive gastric cancer
Zhipeng QUE ; Shuangming LIN ; Run XIE ; Runsheng LAI ; Guoxin HU ; Nong YU ; Hao ZENG ; Zizhao LUO ; Dongbo XU
Chinese Journal of Geriatrics 2023;42(10):1213-1217
Objective:To investigate the risk factors affecting the completion of postoperative adjuvant chemotherapy in elderly patients with progressive gastric cancer.Methods:Clinicopathological data of patients diagnosed with gastric adenocarcinoma and treated with radical surgery at our hospital between January 2017 and December 2018 were retrospectively collected, and 96 patients were finally included in the study according to the inclusion and exclusion criteria.Patients were divided into a completed chemotherapy group and an uncompleted chemotherapy group depending on whether they had completed 6 cycles of adjuvant chemotherapy after surgery.The optimal cut-off value was derived from the receiver operating characteristic(ROC)curve, and the Youden Index was calculated.Relevant factors that might affect the completion of postoperative adjuvant chemotherapy in elderly patients with progressive gastric cancer were included in univariate and multivariate Logistic regression analyses to identify independent risk factors affecting the completion of postoperative adjuvant chemotherapy in gastric cancer patients.The Kaplan-Meier(K-M)method was used to plot the survival curves for the groups, and the log-rank test was used to compare the survival rates between the groups.Results:A total of 96 patients, aged 60-89 years, with a mean age of(70.3±7.0)years, were included.Sixteen patients completed postoperative adjuvant chemotherapy, while 80 patients did not.The following analysis was performed on clinicopathological data of patients in the two groups.Univariate Logistic regression analysis showed that patient age ≥70 years( OR=8.135, 95% CI: 1.735-38.153, P=0.008)or a preoperative prognostic nutritional index(PNI)score <49.5( OR=4.765, 95% CI: 1.549-14.656, P=0.006)affected the completion of postoperative adjuvant chemotherapy.The risk factors that might affect the completion of postoperative adjuvant chemotherapy in elderly gastric cancer patients were analyzed using multivariate Logistic regression and the results showed that age ≥70 years( OR=9.815, 95% CI: 1.947-49.485, P=0.006)and a preoperative PNI score <49.5( OR=5.895, 95% CI: 1.711-20.305, P=0.005)were independent risk factors hindering the completion of postoperative adjuvant chemotherapy. Conclusions:Age ≥70 years and PNI<49.5 are independent risk factors for the completion of postoperative adjuvant chemotherapy.Failure to complete postoperative adjuvant chemotherapy is associated with a poor prognosis.PNI is a valid predictor for whether postoperative adjuvant chemotherapy will be completed and helps to screen chemotherapy patients who need nutritional intervention.
5.Screening of genes related to the prognosis of gastric cancer and the efficacy of 5-fluorouracil based on bioinformatics method
Changyu LI ; Shuangming LIN ; Dongbo XU
Cancer Research and Clinic 2022;34(9):654-660
Objective:To screen biomarkers related to the prognosis of gastric cancer and the efficacy of 5-fluorouracil based on the bioinformatics method.Methods:Gastric cancer datasets like GSE54129, GSE79973 and GSE51725 based on GPL570 platform were downloaded from Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) database. Genes related to the overall survival (OS) of the top 500 gastric cancer patients were downloaded from GEPIA2 online gene expression profile.GEO2R was used to identify the differentially expressed genes (DEG) between gastric cancer tissues and adjacent normal tissues, STRING database was used to build protein-protein interaction networks (PPI) and to identify the key genes, the enrichment analysis of gene ontology (GO)and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) was made by using OmicShare. Kaplan-Meier Plotter was used to calculate the value of key genes in predicting the OS of gastric cancer patients. All patients were divided into the high expression group and low expression group according to the optimal cut-off value of gene expression level.Results:A total of 59 DEG were screened, including 39 up-regulated genes and 20 down-regulated genes. The key up-regulated genes including homeodomain transcription factors 2(PITX2), hepatocyte growth factor (HGF), fibroblast growth factor 1 (FGF1), transforming growth factor β 2 (TGFB2), thromobospondin 1 (THBS1) were analyzed by using PPI. Survival analysis results showed that the OS of gastric cancer patients with low expression of FGF1, HGF, PITX2 and TGFB2 genes was better (all P < 0.01); the OS of gastric cancer patients with low expression of THBS1 gene was poor, while the difference was not statistically significant ( P > 0.05). The patients with low expression of RIEG1 gene who received 5-fluorouracil-based chemotherapy regimen had the better OS ( P < 0.01),while those with THBS1 and HGF low expression had the worse OS ( P < 0.05). It was found that key genes might promote the development of gastric cancer by participating in the regulation of TGF- β signaling pathway, Rap1 signaling pathway, MAPK signaling pathway, PI3K-Akt signaling pathway, Hippo signaling pathway, Ras signaling pathway and focal adhesion pathway. Conclusions:Bioinformatics analysis shows that the expressions of FGF1, HGF, PITX2 and TGFB2 genes are related to the prognosis of gastric cancer, and the expressions of RIEG1, THBS1 and HGF are related to the efficacy of 5-fluorouracil, which may be used as a predictive marker of fluorouracil chemosensitivity in patients with gastric cancer.
6.Influences of age-adjusted Charlson comorbidity index on prognosis of patients undergoing laparoscopic radical gastrectomy: a multicenter retrospective study
Zukai WANG ; Jianxian LIN ; Yanchang XU ; Gang ZHAO ; Lisheng CAI ; Guoxin LI ; Zekuan XU ; Su YAN ; Zuguang WU ; Fangqin XUE ; Yihong SUN ; Dongbo XU ; Wenbin ZHANG ; Peiwu YU ; Jin WAN ; Jiankun HU ; Xiangqian SU ; Jiafu JI ; Ziyu LI ; Jun YOU ; Yong LI ; Lin FAN ; Jianwei XIE ; Ping LI ; Chaohui ZHENG ; Changming HUANG
Chinese Journal of Digestive Surgery 2022;21(5):616-627
Objective:To investigate the influences of age-adjusted Charlson comorbidity index (ACCI) on prognosis of patients undergoing laparoscopic radical gastrectomy.Methods:The retrospective cohort study was conducted. The clinicopathological data of 242 gastric cancer patients who underwent laparoscopic radical gastrectomy in 19 hospitals of the Chinese Laparoscopic Gastrointestinal Surgery Study Group-04 study, including 54 patients in Fujian Medical University Union Hospital, 32 patients in the First Hospital of Putian City, 32 patients in Renji Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, 31 patients in Zhangzhou Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, 17 patients in Nanfang Hospital of Southern Medical University, 11 patients in the First Affiliated Hospital with Nanjing Medical University, 8 patients in Qinghai University Affiliated Hospital, 8 patients in Meizhou People′s Hospital, 7 patients in Fujian Provincial Hospital, 6 patients in Zhongshan Hospital of Fudan University, 6 patients in Longyan First Hospital, 5 patients in the First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University, 5 patients in the First Hospital Affiliated to Army Medical University, 4 patients in the Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 4 patients in West China Hospital of Sichuan University, 4 patients in Beijing University Cancer Hospital, 3 patients in the First Affiliated Hospital of Xiamen University, 3 patients in Guangdong Provincial People′s Hospital, 2 patients in the First Affiliated Hospital of Xi′an Jiaotong University, from September 2016 to October 2017 were collected. There were 193 males and 49 females, aged 62(range, 23?74)years. Observation indicators: (1) age distribution, comorbidities and ACCI status of patients; (2) the grouping of ACCI and comparison of clinicopathological characteristics of patients in each group; (3) incidence of postoperative early complications and analysis of factors affecting postoperative early complications; (4) follow-up; (5) analysis of factors affecting the 3-year recurrence-free survival rate of patients. Follow-up was conducted using outpatient examination or telephone interview to detect postoperative survival of patients up to December 2020. Measurement data with normal distribution were represented as Mean± SD, and comparison between groups was conducted using the t test. Measurement data with skewed distribution were represented as M( Q1, Q3) or M(range), and comparison between groups was conducted using the Mann-Whitney U test. Count data were described as absolute numbers or percentages, and comparison between groups was conducted using the chi-square test or Fisher exact probability. Comparison of ordinal data was conducted using the nonparametric rank sum test. The X-Tile software (version 3.6.1) was used to analyze the best ACCI grouping threshold. The Kaplan-Meier method was used to calculate survival rates and draw survival curves. The Log-Rank test was used for survival analysis. The Logistic regression model was used to analyze the factors affecting postoperative early complications. The COX proportional hazard model was used for univariate and multivariate analyses of factors affecting the 3-year recurrence-free survival rate of patients. Multivariate analysis used stepwise regression to include variables with P<0.05 in univariate analysis and variables clinically closely related to prognosis. Results:(1) Age distribution, comor-bidities and ACCI status of patients. Of the 242 patients, there were 28 cases with age <50 years, 68 cases with age of 50 to 59 years, 113 cases with age of 60 to 69 years, 33 cases with age of 70 to 79 years. There was 1 patient combined with mild liver disease, 1 patient combined with diabetes of end-organ damage, 2 patients combined with peripheral vascular diseases, 2 patients combined with peptic ulcer, 6 patients combined with congestive heart failure, 8 patients combined with chronic pulmonary diseases, 9 patients with diabetes without end-organ damage. The ACCI of 242 patients was 2 (range, 0-4). (2) The grouping of ACCI and comparison of clinicopathological characteristics of patients in each group. Results of X-Tile software analysis showed that ACCI=3 was the best grouping threshold. Of the 242 patients, 194 cases with ACCI <3 were set as the low ACCI group and 48 cases with ACCI ≥3 were set as the high ACCI group, respectively. Age, body mass index, cases with preoperative comorbidities, cases of American Society of Anesthesiologists classification as stage Ⅰ, stage Ⅱ, stage Ⅲ, tumor diameter, cases with tumor histological type as signet ring cell or poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma and cases with tumor type as moderately or well differentiated adenocarcinoma, cases with tumor pathological T staging as stage T1, stage T2, stage T3, stage T4, chemotherapy cycles were (58±9)years, (22.6±2.9)kg/m 2, 31, 106, 85, 3, (4.0±1.9)cm, 104, 90, 16, 29, 72, 77, 6(4,6) in the low ACCI group, versus (70±4) years, (21.7±2.7)kg/m 2, 23, 14, 33, 1, (5.4±3.1)cm, 36, 12, 3, 4, 13, 28, 4(2,5) in the high ACCI group, showing significant differences in the above indicators between the two groups ( t=-14.37, 1.98, χ2=22.64, Z=-3.11, t=-2.91, χ2=7.22, Z=-2.21, -3.61, P<0.05). (3) Incidence of postoperative early complications and analysis of factors affecting postoperative early complications. Of the 242 patients, 33 cases had postoperative early complications, including 20 cases with local complications and 16 cases with systemic complica-tions. Some patients had multiple complications at the same time. Of the 20 patients with local complications, 12 cases had abdominal infection, 7 cases had anastomotic leakage, 2 cases had incision infection, 2 cases had abdominal hemorrhage, 2 cases had anastomotic hemorrhage and 1 case had lymphatic leakage. Of the 16 patients with systemic complications, 11 cases had pulmonary infection, 2 cases had arrhythmias, 2 cases had sepsis, 1 case had liver failure, 1 case had renal failure, 1 case had pulmonary embolism, 1 case had deep vein thrombosis, 1 case had urinary infection and 1 case had urine retention. Of the 33 cases with postoperative early complications, there were 3 cases with grade Ⅰ complications, 22 cases with grade Ⅱ complications, 5 cases with grade Ⅲa complications, 2 cases with grade Ⅲb complications and 1 case with grade Ⅳ complica-tions of Clavien-Dindo classification. Cases with postoperative early complications, cases with local complications, cases with systemic complications were 22, 13, 9 in the low ACCI group, versus 11, 7, 7 in the high ACCI group, respectively. There were significant differences in cases with postoperative early complications and cases with systemic complications between the two groups ( χ2=4.38, 4.66, P<0.05), and there was no significant difference in cases with local complications between the two groups ( χ2=2.20, P>0.05). Results of Logistic regression analysis showed that ACCI was a related factor for postoperative early complications of gastric cancer patients undergoing laparoscopic radical gastrectomy [ odds ratio=2.32, 95% confidence interval ( CI) as 1.04-5.21, P<0.05]. (4) Follow-up. All the 242 patients were followed up for 36(range,1?46)months. During the follow-up, 53 patients died and 13 patients survived with tumor. The 3-year recurrence-free survival rate of the 242 patients was 73.5%. The follow-up time, cases died and cases survived with tumor during follow-up, the 3-year recurrence-free survival rate were 36(range, 2-46)months, 29, 10, 80.0% for the low ACCI group, versus 35(range, 1-42)months, 24, 3, 47.4% for the high ACCI group. There was a significant difference in the 3-year recurrence-free survival rate between the two groups ( χ2=30.49, P<0.05). (5) Analysis of factors affecting the 3-year recurrence-free survival rate of patients. Results of univariate analysis showed that preoperative comorbidities, ACCI, tumor diameter, histological type, vascular invasion, lymphatic invasion, neural invasion, tumor pathological TNM staging, postoperative early complications were related factors for postoperative 3-year recurrence-free survival rate of gastric cancer patients undergoing laparoscopic radical gastrectomy [ hazard ratio ( HR)=2.52, 3.64, 2.62, 0.47, 2.87, 1.90, 1.86, 21.77, 1.97, 95% CI as 1.52-4.17, 2.22-5.95, 1.54-4.46, 0.27-0.80, 1.76-4.70, 1.15-3.12, 1.10-3.14, 3.01-157.52, 1.11-3.50, P<0.05]. Results of multivariate analysis showed that ACCI, tumor pathological TNM staging, adjuvant chemotherapy were indepen-dent influencing factors for postoperative 3-year recurrence-free survival rate of gastric cancer patients undergoing laparoscopic radical gastrectomy ( HR=3.65, 11.00, 40.66, 0.39, 95% CI as 2.21-6.02, 1.40-86.73, 5.41-305.69, 0.22-0.68, P<0.05). Conclusions:ACCI is a related factor for post-operative early complications of gastric cancer patients undergoing laparos-copic radical gastrectomy. ACCI, tumor pathological TNM staging, adjuvant chemotherapy are indepen-dent influencing factors for postoperative 3-year recurrence-free survival rate of gastric cancer patients undergoing laparoscopic radical gastrectomy.
7.Chinese consensus on surgical treatment of traumatic rib fractures (2021)
Lingwen KONG ; Guangbin HUANG ; Yunfeng YI ; Dingyuan DU ; Baoguo JIANG ; Jinmou GAO ; Lianyang ZHANG ; Jianxin JIANG ; Xiangjun BAI ; Tianbing WANG ; Xingji ZHAO ; Xingbo DANG ; Zhanfei LI ; Feng XU ; Zhongmin LIU ; Ruwen WANG ; Yingbin XIAO ; Qingchen WU ; Chun WU ; Liming CHENG ; Bin YU ; Shusen CUI ; Jinglan WU ; Gongliang DU ; Jin DENG ; Ping HU ; Jun YANG ; Xiaofeng YANG ; Jun ZENG ; Haidong WANG ; Jigang DAI ; Yong FU ; Lijun HOU ; Guiyou LIANG ; Yidan LIN ; Qunyou TAN ; Yan SHEN ; Peiyang HU ; Ning TAO ; Cheng WANG ; Dali WANG ; Xu WU ; Yongfu ZHONG ; Anyong YU ; Dongbo ZHU ; Renju XIAO ; Biao SHAO
Chinese Journal of Trauma 2021;37(10):865-875
Traumatic rib fractures are the most common injury in thoracic trauma. Previously,the patients with traumatic rib fractures were mostly treated non-surgically,of which 50%,especially those combined with flail chest presented chronic pain or chest wall deformities and over 30% had long-term disabilities,being unable to retain a full-time job. In the past two decades,thanks to the development of internal fixation material technology,the surgical treatment of rib fractures has achieved good outcomes. However,there are still some problems in clinical treatment,including inconsistency in surgical treatment and quality control in medical services. The current consensuses on the management of regional traumatic rib fractures published at home and abroad mainly focus on the guidance of the overall treatment decisions and plans,and relevant clinical guidelines abroad lacks progress in surgical treatment of rib fractures in recent years. Therefore,the Chinese Society of Traumatology affiliated to Chinese Medical Association and Chinese College of Trauma Surgeons affiliated to Chinese Medical Doctor Association,in conjunction with national multidisciplinary experts,formulate the Chinese Consensus for Surgical Treatment of Traumatic Rib Fractures(2021)following the principle of evidence-based medicine,scientific nature and practicality. This expert consensus puts forward some clear,applicable,and graded recommendations from aspects of preoperative imaging evaluation,surgical indications,timing of surgery,surgical methods,rib fracture sites for surgical fixation,internal fixation methods and material selections,treatment of combined injuries in rib fractures,in order to provide references for surgical treatment of traumatic rib fractures.
8.Application of Moorehead-Ardelt Questionnaire Ⅱ in evaluation of quality of life among patients after bariatric surgery
Dongbo LIAN ; Chen LIU ; Guangzhong XU ; Dexiao DU ; Buhe AMIN ; Nengwei ZHANG
Chinese Journal of General Surgery 2021;36(6):440-445
Objective:To evaluate the application of Moorehead-Ardelt Ⅱ questionnaire (MA Ⅱ) in assessment of the quality of life (QOL) among obese patients after bariatric surgery.Methods:One hundred and five patients with obesity were enrolled, the weight, body mass index (BMI), comorbidities and MA Ⅱ scores before and after operation were counted. The difference between the QOL of pre- and post-operation was analyzed.Results:All the patients completed the questionnaire. The Cronbach α coefficient of the questionnaire was higher than 0.7. The post-operational scores of 6 items were significantly higher than that of pre-operation. ( P<0.001). The proportion of "poor" and "very poor" QOL in the pre-operational patients was 43.8%, compared with 0 in the post-operative patients;the proportion of "good" and "very good" QOL in the pre-operatve patients was 4.7%, compared to 86.7% in the post-operative patients ( χ2=146.863, P<0.001). Conclusions:MA Ⅱ questionnaire is a professional, easy oprated tool for assessment of QOL associated with obesity.
9.Progress in diagnosis of bone metastasis of prostate cancer.
Jun LIU ; Yongchao DONG ; Dongbo XU ; Chunlei ZHANG ; Tian LAN ; Dehui CHANG
Journal of Central South University(Medical Sciences) 2021;46(10):1147-1152
The diagnosis of bone metastasis of prostate cancer (PC) is of great significance to the treatment and prognosis of patients with PC.Bone scan is the most commonly used in the early diagnosis of bone metastasis, but its specificity is low and there is a high false positive.In recent years, with the in-depth study of the application of CT, MRI, emission computed tomography (ECT), positron emission computed tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) and deep learning algorithm-convolutional neural networks (CNN) in the diagnosis of bone metastasis, the combined application of various auxiliary parameters in the diagnosis of bone metastasis has significantly been improved. The therapeutic effect of PC patients with bone metastasis can also be evaluated, which is expected to achieve the treatment of bone metastasis as well as diagnosis. By systematically expounding the research progress of the above-mentioned techniques in the diagnosis of bone metastasis, it can provide clinicians with new methods for the diagnosis of bone metastasis and improve the diagnostic efficiency for bone metastasis.
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10.Construction of artificial neural network model for predicting the efficacy of first-line FOLFOX chemotherapy for metastatic colorectal cancer
Shuangming LIN ; Xiaojie WANG ; Shenghui HUANG ; Zongbin XU ; Ying HUANG ; Xingrong LU ; Dongbo XU ; Pan CHI
Chinese Journal of Oncology 2021;43(2):202-206
Objective:To explore and establish an artificial neural network (ANN) model for predicting the efficacy of first-line FOLFOX chemotherapy for metastatic colorectal cancer.Methods:A set of FOLFOX chemotherapy data from a group of patients with metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC) (GSE104645) was downloaded from the GEO database as a training set. According to the FOLFOX protocol, the efficacy was divided into two groups: the chemo-sensitive group (including complete response and partial response) and the chemo-resistant group (including stable disease and progressive disease), including 31 cases in the sensitive group and 23 in the resistant group. Then, chip data (accessible number: GSE69657) from Fujian Medical University Union Hospital were chosen as a test set. A total of 30 patients were enrolled in the study, including 13 in the sensitive group and 17 in the resistant group. The batch effect correction was performed on the expression values of the two sets of matrices using the R 3.5.1 software Combat package. The gene expression difference of sensitive and resistant group in GSE104645 was analyzed by the GEO2R platform. P<0.05 and the absolute value of log 2FC>0.33 (FC abbreviation of fold change) were used as the threshold value to screen the drug resistance and sensitive genes of the FOLFOX regimen. An ANN was constructed using the multi-layer perceptron (MLP) to perform the FOLFOX regimen on the GSE104645 dataset. The GSE69657 expression matrix and clinical efficacy parameters were then used for retrospective verification. Receiver operating characteristic(ROC) curves were used to evaluate the test results and predictive power. Results:A total of 2, 076 differentially expressed genes in GSE104645 were selected, of which 822 genes were up-regulated and 1, 254 genes were down-regulated in the chemo-resistance group. The down-regulated genes were sensitive genes. GO analysis of the biological processes in which the differentially expressed genes were involved, revealed that they were mainly involved in the regulation of substance metabolism. A total of 39 genes were included in the final model construction. This was a neural network model with two hidden layers. The accuracy of predicting training samples and test samples was 75.7% and 76.5%, respectively, and the area under the ROC curve was 0.875. The chip data set of our department (GSE69657) was set as the test set, and the area under the ROC curve was 0.778.Conclusions:In this study, an artificial neural network model is successfully constructed to predict the efficacy of first-line FOLFOX regimen for metastatic colorectal cancer based on the microarray, and an independent external verification is also conducted. The model has good stability and well prediction efficiency. Besides, the results of this study suggest that the gene functions related to oxaliplatin resistance are mainly enriched in the regulation process of substance metabolism.

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